iPhone: The Official NASA App
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 running time 04:24
In this week's episode of App Judgment, David Prager reviews NASA's foray into mobile apps with NASA for the iPhone.
Segments
Nasa is all about exploration, science, and experiments, but they also put an incredible amount of effort into educating and making information available about all of their missions to the public. The NASA iPhone app is another way of making mission information accessible, this time through your iPhone.
Inside of the app you'll see four menu items on a bottom nav bar that correspond with missions, images, videos, and updates. Each of those is really just a customizable filter of NASA content.
I think the best part of NASA's app is sorting through missions. Here you can scroll through nearly 50 active NASA missions. They are filtered into 7 categories such as Moon and Mars, Earth, Solar System that let you customize your master list.
When you select a mission, you can read an updated summary about it in a middle box, the amount of time that has passed since the mission began (or a countdown timer of when a mission scheduled to begin - like a launch countdown). Across the top nav bar buttons for video, images, and updates associated with the mission you're exploring that are updated regularly.
One of the most impressive features for certain missions that include satellites orbiting the planet earth, like the international space station, is that you can actually track where it currently is from a latitude and longitude perspective overlaying a google map of the world.
Review by: David Prager
NASA
NASA
Version 1.0 | Developed by NASA Ames Research Center | Free
PROS:
~ Attractive UI, easy to navigate
~ Well organized NASA data
~ Solid overview of NASA's major missions and objectives
~ Good organization of NASA associated twitter feeds
CONS:
~ No ability to stream live NASA TV
~ The image resolutions could be better
~ The search function is limited
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Highlights
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May not be 100% accurate" If you're space -- then you absolutely can't miss this episode about judgment. Activision is brought to -- Squarespace. Welcome up judgment I'm David Prager and today we're gonna go to space because NASA has released their first ever -- for the iPhone. I love space via the streets are just had to check out. Announces all but exploration science experiments but they also put an incredible amount of effort into educating and making information available to the public. The best iPhone app is another way of making mission information accessible but this time to your iPhone. Inside the app you'll see menu items on the top now -- corresponding with missions. Images videos and updates if you slick videos you can select and play -- upload YouTube videos from within the app like this recent one of Ares one acts. By selecting filter on the top right you can pick and choose your favorite video feeds. In the photos section it's organized into two main categories NASA image of the day. And astronomy picture today you can get detailed captions for anybody select from the database like this one from the Mars exploration rover spirit. Taken on its 2052. Base that on March which is pretty incredible. The update section of the app is the place we can access all of NASA's various Twitter feeds. The filter options Pulitzer selected topics you're most interested in hearing about each section of the entire -- includes a search function where you can try to find particular videos images emissions. Now the highlight of NASA's app is sorting through missions. Here you can scroll through nearly fifty active NASA missions when you select commission you can read an updated so everybody in the middle box -- the amount of time that has passed since the mission began. Or count down number of one admission is scheduled to begin such as the shuttle launch. Across the top now bar buttons for video images an update associated with the mission. Updates and emissions correspond with the same 200 -- dimension earlier but filtered -- only two weeks from or about a particular mission. When you select photos or videos from with an admission you'll be able to quickly browse and access the photos and videos -- to be associated with the mission. Now the most impressive feature for satellites orbiting the planet earth. Like say the International Space Station is you can actually track where it currently is from a latitude and longitude perspective. Alright before the final judgment let's give a shout out to our sponsors."
" I -- is brought to you by square space you wanna start a blog I check out these blogs reviews and he keeps the difference would it not that recruitment film Ryan. All of them are brown Squarespace. You can get snazzy blob like there -- updated on the go with the new iPhone app. Imagine posted content entries and photos all with your iPod and technical labs site for you I I think you hit preview you don't have to leave the app. Plus check at the statistics -- making it the only iPhone application on any major publishing platform contains an iPhone native statistics interface I just started using app on my phone and I can tell if free Catholic people and guess what it's free in the app store. Check out Squarespace today for free when you sign up for the Trout membership type in what act judgment -- 10% off -- your order. If you've ever wanted a smooth looking blog check out Squarespace today. Now backed -- and his judgment on that. Okay."
" On the pros and cons -- it's a very attractive application it's easy to navigate information from various NASA sources as well organized. And it gives you -- solid overview of NASA's major missions and their objectives. On the cons the apple doesn't include the ability to stream live NASA TV that should be a no brainer. The image resolutions could be a bit better and the search function seems limited in the kind of results you can find. Most likely because there's only so much material accessible only through via. If I'm really looking for MySpace fix NASA has some of the best in -- well organized web pages of any government agency and I'd rather spend my time there. That said I didn't see that the NASA -- and has been a fine job with NASA's first ever iPhone app. You can learn all about all of NASA's missions of timely updates and associated links. It's free you know especially I think there should be without definitely down. I'm David Gregory you have another happy like distribution as an email -- at judgment at revision3.com. You can also find all the ways to subscribe to have judgement and never miss an episode don't forget our FaceBook page at FaceBook dot com slash -- judgment. And find us on Twitter under the accounts. -- pass judgment. Thanks for watching us."
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" If you're space -- then you absolutely can't miss this episode about judgment. Activision is brought to -- Squarespace. Welcome up judgment I'm David Prager and today we're gonna go to space because NASA has released their first ever -- for the iPhone. I love space via the streets are just had to check out. Announces all but exploration science experiments but they also put an incredible amount of effort into educating and making information available to the public. The best iPhone app is another way of making mission information accessible but this time to your iPhone. Inside the app you'll see menu items on the top now -- corresponding with missions. Images videos and updates if you slick videos you can select and play -- upload YouTube videos from within the app like this recent one of Ares one acts. By selecting filter on the top right you can pick and choose your favorite video feeds. In the photos section it's organized into two main categories NASA image of the day. And astronomy picture today you can get detailed captions for anybody select from the database like this one from the Mars exploration rover spirit. Taken on its 2052. Base that on March which is pretty incredible. The update section of the app is the place we can access all of NASA's various Twitter feeds. The filter options Pulitzer selected topics you're most interested in hearing about each section of the entire -- includes a search function where you can try to find particular videos images emissions. Now the highlight of NASA's app is sorting through missions. Here you can scroll through nearly fifty active NASA missions when you select commission you can read an updated so everybody in the middle box -- the amount of time that has passed since the mission began. Or count down number of one admission is scheduled to begin such as the shuttle launch. Across the top now bar buttons for video images an update associated with the mission. Updates and emissions correspond with the same 200 -- dimension earlier but filtered -- only two weeks from or about a particular mission. When you select photos or videos from with an admission you'll be able to quickly browse and access the photos and videos -- to be associated with the mission. Now the most impressive feature for satellites orbiting the planet earth. Like say the International Space Station is you can actually track where it currently is from a latitude and longitude perspective. Alright before the final judgment let's give a shout out to our sponsors."
" I -- is brought to you by square space you wanna start a blog I check out these blogs reviews and he keeps the difference would it not that recruitment film Ryan. All of them are brown Squarespace. You can get snazzy blob like there -- updated on the go with the new iPhone app. Imagine posted content entries and photos all with your iPod and technical labs site for you I I think you hit preview you don't have to leave the app. Plus check at the statistics -- making it the only iPhone application on any major publishing platform contains an iPhone native statistics interface I just started using app on my phone and I can tell if free Catholic people and guess what it's free in the app store. Check out Squarespace today for free when you sign up for the Trout membership type in what act judgment -- 10% off -- your order. If you've ever wanted a smooth looking blog check out Squarespace today. Now backed -- and his judgment on that. Okay."
" On the pros and cons -- it's a very attractive application it's easy to navigate information from various NASA sources as well organized. And it gives you -- solid overview of NASA's major missions and their objectives. On the cons the apple doesn't include the ability to stream live NASA TV that should be a no brainer. The image resolutions could be a bit better and the search function seems limited in the kind of results you can find. Most likely because there's only so much material accessible only through via. If I'm really looking for MySpace fix NASA has some of the best in -- well organized web pages of any government agency and I'd rather spend my time there. That said I didn't see that the NASA -- and has been a fine job with NASA's first ever iPhone app. You can learn all about all of NASA's missions of timely updates and associated links. It's free you know especially I think there should be without definitely down. I'm David Gregory you have another happy like distribution as an email -- at judgment at revision3.com. You can also find all the ways to subscribe to have judgement and never miss an episode don't forget our FaceBook page at FaceBook dot com slash -- judgment. And find us on Twitter under the accounts. -- pass judgment. Thanks for watching us."
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Started discussion: November 6, 2009 @ 9:48am GMT
Episode 39 - The Official NASA App [Discussion]
In this week's episode of App Judgment, David Prager reviews NASA's foray into mobile apps with NASA for the iPhone.
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spacegeek
True spacenerd/geek gets MissionClock app if he/she uses IPhone. It gives you countdowns to almost all launches around the world, where the nasa app only gives you info about nasa. http://www.latencyzero.com/lz/MissionClock.html