Making NASA more accessible to the public is a high priority for the agency," said Gale Allen, director of NASA's Strategic Integration and Management for Exploration Systems Mission. "Tools like this allow us to provide users easy access to NASA information and progress at a fast pace."
The space agency said the application, available at Apple Inc. stores, collects, customizes and delivers an extensive selection of updated information, images and videos from various online NASA sources, officials said. For example, users can access NASA countdown clocks and Twitter feeds. It also allows users to track the current positions of the International Space Station and other spacecraft currently orbiting Earth in three views: a map with borders and labels, visible satellite imagery or satellite overlaid with country borders and labels.
The New Media Team at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., developed the application.
More information about NASA's iPhone application is available at http://www.nasa.gov/iphone.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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