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  • iPhone Heads to the Final Frontier - NASA.app
    by
    Michael Essany
    Published on 10-24-2009 10:40 AM
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    Our friends at CNET put it best. This is one small step for man, one giant leap for the iPhone.

    Only hours ago, NASA released its first official app for the iPhone. The awe-inspiring application allows you to explore different NASA missions like the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Mars Exploration Rovers. In addition to the mission details, you can also check out images, videos and keep tabs on what NASA has to report about about the latest missions.

    Designed to provide information, updates, and images on all current and scheduled NASA missions, the app--which can be found in Apple's App Store under the name "NASA app for iPhone--nicely allows you to search for any specific mission, say, Constellation, and then find information and images just for that project.
    The application was created by the New Media Team at NASA's Ames Research Center, which is charged with keeping an interested population of space-nuts informed of both future and past NASA missions.

    Having delved into the app as quickly as I could, I can report that the coolest feature of them all is the ability to track where the International Space Station is relative to Earth in addition to a host of other spacecraft currently orbiting earth. Within hours of the app's formal launch, there were already eleven posts - many from astronauts - about present space missions and progress reports, many of which included images and videos.



    Users can access NASA countdown clocks, the NASA Image of the Day, Astronomy Image of the Day, online videos, NASA's many Twitter feeds and more, the space agency said in a press release about the app.
    The NASA app is free and is available in the App Store.

    Images via CNET
    This article was originally published in forum thread: iPhone Heads to the Final Frontier - NASA.app started by Michael Essany View original post
    Comments 14 Comments
    1. NArush's Avatar
      NArush - 10-24-2009, 10:42 AM
      REALLY cool app!!
    1. awesomeSlayer's Avatar
      awesomeSlayer - 10-24-2009, 10:54 AM
      Awesome!
    1. dq13's Avatar
      dq13 - 10-24-2009, 10:55 AM
      Sounds really interesting, I will definetly check it out when I get home
    1. adsonjustin's Avatar
      adsonjustin - 10-24-2009, 11:10 AM
      that's cool
    1. StealthBravo's Avatar
      StealthBravo - 10-24-2009, 11:13 AM
      I just installed it, its pretty cool
    1. pnutx007's Avatar
      pnutx007 - 10-24-2009, 12:08 PM
      just realized you have to have wi-fi on and all the content came up. really cool app. i like.
    1. nighthawk283's Avatar
      nighthawk283 - 10-24-2009, 12:57 PM
      Its nice and fun app to see and play with
    1. ebl4287's Avatar
      ebl4287 - 10-24-2009, 01:22 PM
      Niiice!
    1. metaserph's Avatar
      metaserph - 10-24-2009, 01:53 PM
      Get Unrestrictor working on this. Pretty awesome app!
    1. Fallguy's Avatar
      Fallguy - 10-24-2009, 03:48 PM
      Cant wait to get this app. Its about time .
    1. cuty_kamu's Avatar
      cuty_kamu - 10-24-2009, 05:43 PM
      i just installed.. i think it's pretty nice for the space lovers.. the only thing i'm waiting for is ability to get push notifications for the international space station's location above the earth. that would be damn cool !!
    1. tudtran's Avatar
      tudtran - 10-25-2009, 08:30 AM
      For some reason, I'm not really interested in this apps.
    1. [AnubiS]'s Avatar
      [AnubiS] - 10-26-2009, 11:34 AM
      If they post pictures, and you can use it as wallpapers, it will be my dream come true...
    1. rhekt's Avatar
      rhekt - 11-14-2009, 11:01 PM
      i installed and quite imediatley deleted
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