Next release preview!!!

Imagine for a second that you have the possibility to command your own aircraft on a low altitude flight over the surface of Mars. This is what you will be able to experience with the next release of The Planets Explorer.

Thanks to the high quality pictures sent by NASA mission "Mars Global Surveyor", and the Mars altimetry data collected by the Laser Altimeter on board the Mars Orbiter (MOLA), we have been able to reconstruct, with unprecedent quality and resolution, the entire surface of Mars, with its canyons and volcanoes, its craters and valleys, with astounding realism.

Just have a look to these videos, captured directly from the screen. Imagine the same in full screen. Imagine yourself controlling the flight with simple mouse actions, deciding go right or left, up or down, faster or slower. You can do all of this in real time. The videos show the area of Mars called "Valles Marineris", a huge canyon system (Great Colorado Canyon is extremely small in comparison).

Current customers of The Planets Explorer will benefit from special discounts if they decide to upgrade to the new edition when released.

Click on the image to download a demo video of The Planets Explorer

What you see is exactly what you experience when using The Planets Explorer (only that with the program you can see it in full screen). The video has been captured directly live from the screen output. The different views are obtained by navigating with mouse drag commands.

Explore the Earth. Watch Phobos with Mars in the background. Play with zoom controls to get the nicest views of Jupiter and its moon Io.

A second demo video of The Planets Explorer

Watch Saturn rings seen from its satellite Mimas. Fly back to the Earth and use the zoom tool to get a very close view of our planet. Do not miss the opportunity to have a look to the Moon.