Explore the surfaces of planets in 'Elite: Dangerous' beta

The expansion pack for Elite: Dangerous, the one that lets you go planetside and explore the surface of places like Europa, is out now. Sort of. The Horizons Planetary Landings beta, teased in a video released last week, does exactly what it says assuming you've pre-ordered Horizons itself. Everyone else needs to wait for the official release sometime before year's end. Driving the all-new Surface Recon Vehicle, players can discover signals, crashed ships and mineral deposits, vastly expanding the range of gameplay. Creator David Braben recently showed off the expansion in a demo (below), and said that certain features, like textures and frame rates, might still have issues.

Odyssey's planetgen is not fine, please stop : r/EliteDangerous

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Explorer, Elite Dangerous Wiki

How do I turn off this blue overlay around the planet after I use the Detailed Surface Scanner? It stays on even out of supercruise and exploring rings :( : r/EliteDangerous

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Intro to Exploration - Deep Space Network

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New planet in update 6.0 : r/EliteDangerous