planetary is an htmlwidget for the planetary.js library, which facilitates the creation of "awesome interactive globes for the web". Check out http://planetaryjs.com/ for more info.
You can install planetary from GitHub with:
# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("jonmcalder/planetary")Simple rotating planet example with random pings - also draggable and zoomable.
library(planetary)
planetary(rotate = 10)