3D Space Simulator

[C60]

This download is soooo cool its a 3D sim of about half of our galaxy and if you have any interest in astronomy I seriously suggest you download it. Even with dial-up its worth the wait. Here it is Sim

[Nevermore]

They have other galaxies too, and addons, I used to have it. Plus it's open source, and you can add your own 3d wireframe models. I made an alternate univere with a death ray in orbit above Earth! lol

[Dave]

If you think that's something, try out Orbiter - it's a free (but closed source) space flight simulator. You can fly the shuttle, as well as quite a few other more space-age experimental craft. It's rather cool, but it's not easy to learn how to get these things into space.

[entropydave]

This download is soooo cool its a 3D sim of about half of our galaxy and if you have any interest in astronomy I seriously suggest you download it. Even with dial-up its worth the wait. Here it is Sim

The "download" link seems to be the only link that doesn't work!!! Really fancied a go at this - I'll try later!

[aaronmyung]

i got them both. The program "Orbiter" that dave posted is definately heaps better.

Strongly suggested

[Dave]

I've been playing around with it for quite a while now. I'm still finding that docking anything with the ISS is a complete pain in the ass. I just can't quite seem to sync the orbits up.