Spacecraft

Alien Spaceship Actually Found on Google Street View?

An alien spaceship has been spotted in northern Spain, and we have the proof! Well, not so fast. Yes, something VERY interesting has been found by Google's Street View camera, but before we get too carried away, let's take a…

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Friday, 27th May 2011

Apollo 11

Unless you've been living on the, er, Moon, you can hardly have failed to notice that today1 marks the 40th anniversary of the historic landing of the Apollo 11 mission – during which, Neil Armstrong became the first human being…

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Monday, 20th July 2009

Guiana Space Centre

The European Space Agency is a collaboration between 18 European states with the simple aim of "exploring space" and yesterday they announced their first new recruits to the Astronaut Corps in more than a decade. The European Space Agency's spaceport…

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Thursday, 21st May 2009

US Space & Rocket Center

NASA's first visitor centre, and one of the world's largest public collections of space bits is the U.S. Space and Rocket Center near Huntsville, AL. The main building houses hundreds of space-related artefacts, including bits of real moon rock and…

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Thursday, 12th February 2009

Kyrgyzstan UFO!

Our first post from Kyrgyzstan is evidence of alien visitation to Earth! While skeptics may dismiss this as some image artifact or tape used to hold different images together, the presence of an image ghost (previously explained on Google Sightseeing)…

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Wednesday, 14th January 2009

The Space Shuttle Columbia

On the 1st of February 2003 the Space Shuttle Columbia tragically broke up on re-entry killing all seven astronauts on board. However, here it is, seemingly unscathed in a Canadian field! It turns out that is actually a full-scale model…

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Thursday, 21st February 2008

Welcome to Google Sightseeing!

Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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