Subject: Ever wanted to go aboard the ISS?
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Posted on: 2019-07-07 00:06:00 UTC

...because Google maps now has a explorable model of the International Space Station, assembled from photos taken in 2017. You can "walk" through each module (although you need to use hyperlinks to travel vertically, as Google Map's streetview software wasn't designed for moving around a environment where there is no defined "up" plane, and can only move freely along what it thinks is a horizontal axis), and since the photos were taken while the SpaceX Dragon cargo vehicle was docked to the station, go inside the cargo bay of the said spacecraft. I assume there's a Soyuz they also took pictures of, but I didn't find the entry point if there is.

Here's the link, for convenience:

https://www.google.com.au/maps/space/iss/@29.5602853,-95.0853914,2a,75y,223.98h,86.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szChzPIAn4RIAAAQvxgbyEg!2e0!7i10000!8i5000

The tour starts in the Cupola module, which is essentially a massive window unit, for those not versed in space station modules.

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