| 3D Solar System Simulator: A Java applet that shows an interactive 3D representation of the planets and satellites of the solar system. |
| AstroFly: [freeware - Win 98/ME/2000/XP] Three-dimensional models of the Milky Way neighborhood. |
| Celestia: A free 3D space simulator that lets you travel through the solar system and beyond to over 100,000 stars. [Windows, Mac; Open source] |
| ChView: [Freeware - Win3.x/95] A three-dimensional aid to viewing some of the nearer stars of our galaxy, navigating the distances between them, and accessing basic stellar information. |
| Copernic space simulator: A freeware program that lets you navigate through the solar system neighbourhood at different times in past or future, and to see the sky in a stereographic projection. |
| GrandTour: Accurate wireframe simulator for the Voyager and Giotto space missions, with animation capability. Developed at JPL for science/navigation, and filmed by the BBC/NOVA. Conveniently runs from any Windows/DOS. Freeware. |
| Gravel: [freeware - Windows] Models the interaction between bodies in space according to Newtonian physics. |
| Gravity Simulator: [freeware - Win 9x/NT/2k/XP] Simulates orbits of planets and other celestial bodies. |
| Liftoff Space Simulator: [commercial - Windows] Hands-on presentations and simulations about being an astronaut and commanding the space shuttle. |
| OpenUniverse: [open source - Win95/98/NT/2000 or Unix/Linux & OpenGL] Newest NASA data creates a fast 3D display of our home solar system, 25000 stars, galaxy, planets, moons, asteroids and even controllable spacecraft. |
| Solar Kingdom: [commercial, demo available - Win95/98/NT] A solar system simulator and planetarium, with planetary encyclopaedia. |
| Solar System Applet: [online Java applet] This 3-d solar system applet can be rotated and zoomed with the mouse. Below it are links to other online gravity simulators and resources for building solar system simulations. |
| Space simulator and 3d engine tutorials: Space simulators reviews and tutorials to program a 3d engine for a space sim. |
| SpaceWander Virtual Space Trip!: SpaceWander's award-winning multimedia tour of the Universe features real space pictures from NASA |
| Starry Night: [commercial - Win95/98/NT, Macintosh] A planetarium and solar-system simulator; lets you view the universe from anywhere in our planetary neighbourhood in the past, present, and future. |
| StarStrider software 3D planetarium: [shareware - Win 98/ME/2K/XP] A 3D software planetarium. Photo realistic real-time 3D renderings of 2 million stars, galaxies, nebulae, and the Milky Way. Includes several educative tutorials. |
| Xstar N-body Solver: [open source - Unix] Displays results to the screen or can be used as a screen saver. Includes a college level introductory text on the n-body problem. |
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