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By Scott Knaster, Google Developers Blog EditorAs regular Fridaygram readers
might recall, Street View isn’t just for streets anymore. Street View Special Collections provide panoramic images of cool locations from
Antarctica to
World Heritage sites. This week we launched Street View images for
Kennedy Space Center as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. With this collection, you can visit the enormous
Vehicle Assembly Building without leaving your couch, view a
Space Shuttle engine from very close range, and pretend you’re pushing the buttons as you look at
Launch Firing Room #4.
In other news involving launches and space stuff, Russia’s space program this week accomplished the feat of docking a cargo ship at the International Space Station
less than six hours after it launched from Earth. This technology might be expanded to future Soyuz flights, which include crews. With the fast docking, the crews would be more comfortable (or really, would be uncomfortable for shorter times) and would require fewer supplies before arriving at their destination.
It’s a good thing space is so big, because it’s a busy place. Coming up late Sunday or early Monday, depending on
where on Earth you are, the
Mars Rover Curiosity is scheduled to make a
dramatic landing on the red planet. You can follow along on
NASA's site as the landing progresses. Finally, we’ll find out how the Martians feel about
our flying saucer landing on
their planet.
Each week our Fridaygram presents cool things from Google and elsewhere that you might have missed. Fridaygram items aren't necessarily related to developer topics; they're just interesting to us nerds.2013, By: Seo Master