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NASA iPhone Application Appears in App Store

Friday October 23, 2009 11:22 am PDT by Eric Slivka

NASA, the U.S. space agency, has released an iPhone application [App Store, Free] that enables users to stay on top of the latest NASA news. The application offers access to up-to-the-minutes news, videos, and photos from NASA missions. Users can also track the orbital locations of various NASA spacecraft in real-time.

The NASA software makes extensive use of built-in iPhone features and usability to offer compelling yet concise information in a clear and intuitive way. Receive and share dynamic NASA mission updates, out-of-this-world images, and intriguing video links. Follow the path and progress of space exploration in real time while tracking the global orbits of your favorite spacecraft, all in the palm of your hand.

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15inchbrick
Posted: 34 months ago
Downloading Now...... Gotta love space.... It just so big...:D
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normwood
Posted: 34 months ago
....and will go on record as the most costly App to develop @ $1.2 million and a team of 77 engineers.....to develop a free app! :D

Steve
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ucfgrad93
Posted: 34 months ago
Can't wait to download this.
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Tilpots
Posted: 34 months ago

....and will go on record as the most costly App to develop @ $1.2 million and a team of 77 engineers.....to develop a free app! :D

Steve


LOL!:D

Unfortunately, Apple was forced to remove the app after reports of bricked iPhones. Scientists at NASA were "shocked" to learn that programming of the accelorometer was not supposed to be in metric numerics.;)
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jessica.
Posted: 34 months ago
Want to go to the moon?

There's an app for that.
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Small White Car
Posted: 34 months ago
I can tack the space station on my iPhone?

That is so pointlessly useless that...uhm...see...

I MUST HAVE THIS! :eek:

(I'm one step closer to owning a real-world Star Trek tricorder!)
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Teh Don Ditty
Posted: 34 months ago
It's out of this world!

Ok, sorry somebody had to go there.

Nice app. They pack a lot of info in there.
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BeyondtheTech
Posted: 34 months ago
Didn't I read something in the AT&T Terms of Service that "telemetry devices" are prohibited? Isn't that what the satellite data is?
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NewSc2
Posted: 34 months ago

Didn't I read something in the AT&T Terms of Service that "telemetry devices" are prohibited? Isn't that what the satellite data is?


I'm pretty sure they mean telemetry as directly connecting with remote devices. This app doesn't directly connect with NASA's satellites, it just grabs the latest news about them — no different than logging onto NASA's website to see the latest positioning of a probe.
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Small White Car
Posted: 34 months ago

Didn't I read something in the AT&T Terms of Service that "telemetry devices" are prohibited? Isn't that what the satellite data is?


I doubt it.

A telemetry device is something that measures and tracks objects like, say, a space station.

Your iPhone isn't doing that. NASA is doing that and simply sending your phone a map of the results. You're allowed to access a map from over the internet.
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