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.
AstroFly
[freeware - Win 98/ME/2000/XP] Three-dimensional models of the Milky Way neighborhood.
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.
Virtual Galaxy Project
[freeware - DOS] Interactive 3D virtual reality Solar System which allows users to "fly" to and around nearby stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.
Liftoff Space Simulator
[commercial - Windows] Hands-on presentations and simulations about being an astronaut and commanding the space shuttle.
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.
3D Solar System Simulator
A Java applet that shows an interactive 3D representation of the planets and satellites of the solar system.
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.
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.
Gravity Simulator
[freeware - Win 9x/NT/2k/XP] Simulates orbits of planets and other celestial bodies.
Gravel
[freeware - Windows] Models the interaction between bodies in space according to Newtonian physics.
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.
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]
Solar Kingdom
[commercial, demo available - Win95/98/NT] A solar system simulator and planetarium, with planetary encyclopaedia.
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.
Guide to the Galaxy - Stella 2000
[Win 9x/Me/NT/2000 shareware] Mixes sky simulator and astronomical encyclopedia with speaking guide. Simulates most aspects of the space-watching experience. Other free astronomy software included.
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