Google is currently the most universally used search engine in the world and has been for many years. In fact, I doubt that will ever change. It is instrumental when it comes to keeping people well informed and entertained. A lot of designers and programmers keep coming up with new and unique ways to keep people hooked on such popular web applications. Google gravity focused Mr. Doob is among popular programmers who have developed new and fun ways in which users can make use of the Google search tool. His experiments frequently involve manipulating the regular search page to perform various features that keep users hooked and entertained. His three favorite features are the Google GravityGoogle Space, and Google Sphere. Below is a brief look at those features and what they involve. After a first-of-its-kind initiative with the European Space Agency (ESA), Google on Friday rolled out the 'Street View' of the International Space Station (ISS) on Google Maps. Astronaut Thomas Pesquet from the ESA spent six months at the ISS and captured the 'Street View' imagery in zero gravity to help people discover and explore the experience of being in a spaceship. The still photos collected from the ISS were sent down to Earth where they were stitched together to create a panoramic 360-degree imagery of the ISS. "I am very enthusiastic about bringing street view aboard ISS. It will be a fantastic opportunity for everyone to experience the incredible feeling of being in space," Pesquet said in a statement. "The six months that we spent on the ISS, it was difficult to find the words or take a picture that accurately describes the feeling of being in space. Working with Google on the mission has made me think about my own world a little differently," he added. The photos that Pesquet captured include 'Cupola Observation Module', 'US Laboratory Module' and an image of American astronaut Peggy Whitson dining at the galley table with friends and Joint Airlock area that contains space suits also known as Extravehicular Mobility Units. The 'Street View' team worked with NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas and Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama to design a gravity-free method of collecting the imagery using DSLR cameras and equipment already on the ISS, the company said.

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