NASA is boldly venturing into the streaming wars, breaking new grounds as no space agency has done before.
After rolling out a cutting-edge website earlier this year, NASA is set to launch NASA+, a new, free-of-charge, ad-free platform available on iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, and Fire TV starting on Wednesday (Nov. 8).
NASA+ aims to become the go-to destination for inquisitive fans looking to explore the latest educational and entertaining content spanning the entire spectrum of space science. It will offer family-friendly news and feature stories, Emmy Award-winning live event coverage, special panels, exclusive interviews, and original video series.
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“Our vision is to inspire humanity through a unified, world-class NASA web experience,” said Jeff Seaton, chief information officer at NASA headquarters. “NASA’s legacy footprint presents an opportunity to dramatically improve the user experience for the public we serve. Modernizing our main websites from a technology standpoint and streamlining how the public engages with our content online are critical first steps in making our agency’s information more accessible, discoverable, and secure.”
Below are trailers for some of NASA+’s upcoming launch titles, such as “The Traveler,” “NASA Explorers,” and “Other Worlds.”
Furthermore, Earthbound citizens will have access to a wealth of NASA content, including an archive of over 21,000 images, NASA Television, Solar System Exploration features, weekly podcasts, International Space Station sighting opportunities and tracking, mission information, and Third Rock Radio.
To complement these expanded digital services, NASA has given its official mobile app a complete makeover with a sleek updated interface that provides details on upcoming and ongoing missions, climate data, research, discoveries, and Augmented Reality 3D models of over 30 NASA orbiters and crucial missions.
“We’re putting space on demand and at your fingertips with NASA’s new streaming platform,” added Marc Etkind, associate administrator at NASA. “Transforming our digital presence will help us better tell the stories of how NASA explores the unknown in air and space, inspires through discovery, and innovates for the benefit of humanity.”
NASA+ will be available on major platforms via the NASA App on iOS and Android mobile and tablet devices, as well as streaming media players like Roku, Apple TV, and Fire TV, and can be accessed online across most desktop and mobile devices.
