Can’t attend this year’s X Prize event in Las Cruces, New Mexico but still want to be part of the experience? Space.com has partnered with Frank Taylor at Google Earth Blog and the folks at the Wirefly X Prize to present a special collection of new features you can experience using Google Earth!

Access all the collections here. It includes:

• 3D spaceship models
• 3D experience of the Wirefly X Prize Cup event
• Ultimate Space Atlas (museums, astronomy clubs, observatories, launch sites, and more)
• New Mexico Trails
• and much, much more!

Related Links:

• Space.com: Live Coverage of the Wirefly X Prize Cup
• Google Earth: Featured Wirefly X Prize Cup modules
• Flight of Space Ship One Depicted in Google Earth
• Space Atlas for Google Earth
• X Prize Cup Event in 3D

Missing any locations or major categories? Let us know, we’ll be adding more content to Google Earth in the near future!

Note: The following organizations helped gather these space-related resources for Google Earth: Google Earth Blog, Starry Night, Space.com, and the Google Earth and SketchUp teams. Thanks also to the many Google Earth Community members who developed content referenced in the collections.

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