Web surfers may soon be able to explore the canyons of Marsandexperience a virtual flight over the surface of the moon thankstoa deal announced on Monday between Web search company GoogleInc.and the NASA Ames Research Center.

　　The Space Act Agreement is the first in a series ofcollaborationsbetween the Mountain View and the U.S. NationalAeronautics andSpace Administration .NASA and Google said theywill work togetheron a wide range of technical problems and willmake NASAs spaceexploration work, much of which is currentlyscattered across theWeb, more accessible to the public.

　　谷歌与美国航空暨太空总署艾米斯研究中心周一宣布了一项合作协议，得益于此，网民们将不久就能在网上探索火星峡谷，并体验月球表面上的虚拟飞行。

　　太空行动协议只是双方系列合作的第一步，他们表示，将会合作解决广泛的技术问题，并使大众能够更容易理解NASA的太空探索工作。利用诸如GoogleEarth等软件，用类似卫星照片的图片格式让用户看到火星和月球的细部。