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Have you ever dreamed of being an astronaut? Now you can make that dream come true (virtually speaking)!

Travel along on the Apollo Space Missions using the unique and powerful features of Starry Night®, and place yourself at the exact spot along the lunar trajectories of the Apollo spacecraft, during the most memorable and historic moments of these flights.

Key features of Starry Night Apollo include:

• Interactive SkyGuide Tour with multimedia exploration of the Apollo Lunar Program
• Moon inbound/outbound trajectories and Lunar Descent/Ascent trajectories for Apollo 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17
• Accurate 3-D models of the Apollo Spacecraft - including the Saturn V rocket, the Command Service Module and the Lunar Lander Module
• Lunar Landing sites for all Apollo Missions

Additional points of interest to note during the journey:

• Engine firings to correct spacecraft trajectory to and from the Moon
• Photographs of the Moon and Earth taken by the Apollo crew
• Television transmissions broadcast from space
• Star sightings to align the spacecraft guidance system
• Comments from the astronauts as they peered through the window

The simulated trajectories have been made as accurate as possible, using actual data published by NASA. You'll be impressed and amazed with the realism of Starry Night Apollo!

File size: ~160 MB Win / ~100 MB Mac

I have not purchased Starry Night yet. Do I need to before I can run Apollo?

No, you do not need to purchase Starry Night first. Apollo is a completely separate program and runs independently of other Starry Night software. Simply purchase, download and install the program.

I already have a version of Starry Night. Is the Apollo download compatible with what I have?

Unlike the Starry Night data modules, which require the core application to run, Apollo is a completely separate program and does not require the previous installation of any other Starry Night software. However, if you already have a version of Starry Night installed, Apollo will not conflict with it.

How is Apollo different from the Apollo Landings Horizon Panorama module?

While similarities do exist, the Landings Horizon module requires the core application to run, whereas Apollo is a complete, standalone application. In addition, the Landings Horizon module does not include trajectory data for the Apollo missions, 3-D spacecraft modeling, television transmissions and a host of other unique features.

How do I download Starry Night Digital Download?

After your purchase of Starry Night Apollo, you will receive an email with the subject line of:

License Key and Download Link for Starry Night Apollo

This email contains an encrypted link to the download page.

Follow the instructions on the page to download and install.

When prompted, enter your name and License Key EXACTLY as they appear in the email you received upon purchase of Starry Night Apollo.

If you do not remember your License Key, please click here to receive it: http://www.starrynight.com/support/esd/

To make sure that emails with the download links are delivered to your inbox (rather than your junk or bulk e-mail box), please enter a valid email address when ordering and please add orders@starrynightorders.com to your e-mail address book or white list.

To run Starry Night® Apollo you need:

Windows: Requires Windows XP, 500 MHz or higher processor, 128 MB RAM and 900 MB of hard disk space. 32 MB OpenGL capable graphics card. Minimum recommended monitor resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.

Macintosh: Universal Binary runs natively on Intel and PPC Macintosh computers. Requires OS X 10.3.9 or higher, G3 450 MHz or higher processor, 128 MB RAM and 900 MB of hard disk space. Will not run on OS 9.x or earlier. 32 MB OpenGL capable graphics card. Minimum recommended monitor resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.

Basic support for joysticks recognized by Windows XP and Mac OS X.

Starry Night Apollo will run on a Windows Vista computer provided the latest graphics card Vista drivers supporting hardware-accelerated OpenGL are installed. At present, there are Vista drivers that do not support hardware-accelerated OpenGL to the extent required by Starry Night. This is beyond our control.

The following graphics cards have been successfully tested against Starry Night on Windows Vista using latest manufacturer's drivers:

nVidia: 7600, 7300, 6600, 6200
ATI: X1900, X1650, X1550, X1300, X800 (non-AGP only)

By no means is this an exhaustive list. We are certain there are many more cards that will work and we will add more cards to this list as we are able to fully test them.

MacWorld UK — April 2008

"We found watching the rotating Moon with all Apollo landing sites marked for easy reference enlightening, and the images of the rotating Earth below were beautiful. Watching the Moon recede as Apollo 10 returned home was impressive, but nothing compared to watching the surface of the Moon rotate beneath the orbiting Apollo 10 spacecraft."

"The inclusion of actual photographs of earth and the Moon - taken by the astronauts during the missions - is a bonus."

"What really floored us was seeing the same skies and constellations the Apollo astronauts saw as they stood on the surface of the Moon. This software will delight anyone with an interest in history or spaceflight."