In a July 27 media advisory, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced the upgrading of its www.nasa.gov and www.science.nasa.gov websites, with future launch of an on-demand streaming service (NASA+) and an upgraded NASA app to enable all people to access their world-class web content from any device.
You can watch a short video of the new website here. NASA encourages users to visit the beta website and provide feedback for improvement. My short visit to the beta website was very interesting. There was plenty of information about NASA activities (NASA News, NASA Newsletter, image of the day). There were collections on specific topics: Earth Information Center (satellite observations of earth), humans in space, earth and climate, solar system exploration, welcome to the universe. And perhaps most fascinating, there was NASA TV, providing live coverage of various NASA missions. Find the schedule of NASA TV daily programming here.
The upcoming NASA+ on-demand streaming platform will be family-friendly, free-of-charge and ad-free. It will include existing videos and some new series, all focused on NASA missions past and future. NASA says they will be “putting space on demand and at your fingertips.” NASA+ will be available through the NASA app on most phones, streaming media players (e.g., Roku, AppleTV, FireTV) and through the web on laptop and desktop computers.
