Explore with NASA
Free simulations, maps, and live trackers from NASA. Each one opens in a new tab.
Fly through space in 3D
- Eyes on the Solar System (opens in a new tab) The planets, moons, and 100+ spacecraft, where they really are right now. Open the Menu (top right) for Stories, Planets & Moons, Comets, and Spacecraft.
- Eyes on Exoplanets (opens in a new tab) Thousands of planets around other stars. Opens on the featured ones.
- Eyes on Asteroids (opens in a new tab) Asteroids and comets that come near Earth.
- Eyes on the Earth (opens in a new tab) The satellites that watch Earth, and what they measure: temperature, carbon dioxide, sea level, and more.
Explore real maps
- Moon Trek (opens in a new tab) Maps of the Moon made from spacecraft photos.
- Mars Trek (opens in a new tab) Maps of Mars made from spacecraft photos.
- Worldview (opens in a new tab) Satellite pictures of the whole Earth, every day for years. Opens on Nepal.
- Earth Online Visuals (opens in a new tab) From ESA, the European Space Agency: globes of what its satellites measure, such as how salty the sea is, clouds, sea ice, winds, forests, cyclones, and Earth’s magnetic field and gravity. Press Enter on the first screen.
Track the Sun, Moon, and spacecraft
- Deep Space Network Now (opens in a new tab) Live: which giant antenna is talking to which spacecraft, how far away it is, and how long its signal takes.
- Helioviewer (opens in a new tab) Today’s Sun, photographed by spacecraft, and every day before it.
- Moon Phase and Libration (opens in a new tab) How the Moon looks at any hour of the year.
- Where Is Webb? (opens in a new tab) Where the James Webb Space Telescope is now.
- Where Is the Space Station? (opens in a new tab) A live map of where the International Space Station is right now, made from NASA Mission Control’s orbit predictions, and when to see it from Kathmandu.