posted 02-26-2009 09:13 PM               

I've only used it for a day but it seems pretty cool. The thing I don't like is it doesn't present in a mobile device format so it can be cumbersome to read.

posted 03-02-2009 01:11 PM               

1. GoSatWatch from GoSoftWorks offers orbital tracking on the iPhone/iPod touch, including ISS, shuttle and a full database of satellites.

2. Ustream iPhone Viewing Application is not specifically a space app, but with a wifi connection and their SpaceVidCast Channel, you can watch NASA TV live on your iPhone.

posted 07-15-2009 12:11 AM            

Watch streaming live NASA-TV on iPhone. Works great on 3G and Wi-Fi. Excellent quality. Brought to you by Akamai, Apple, and NASA.

posted 10-23-2009 11:39 AM               

NASA App now Available from App Store

A NASA App for the iPhone and iPod touch is available free of charge at the App Store from Apple. The NASA application will deliver a wealth of information, videos, images and news updates about NASA missions to people's fingertips.

"Making NASA more accessible to the public is a high priority for the agency," said Gale Allen, director of Strategic Integration and Management for NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate in Washington. "Tools like this allow us to provide users easy access to NASA information and progress at a fast pace."

Credit: NASA

The NASA App collects, customizes and delivers an extensive selection of dynamically updated information, images and videos from various online NASA sources. Users can access NASA countdown clocks, the NASA Image of the Day, Astronomy Image of the Day, online videos, NASA's many Twitter feeds and other information in a convenient mobile package. It delivers NASA content in a clear and intuitive way by making full use of the iPhone and iPod touch features, including the Multi-Touch user interface. The New Media Team at NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., developed the application.

The NASA App 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.

"We're excited to deliver a wide range of up-to-the-minute NASA content to iPhone and iPod touch users," said Gary Martin, director of the New Ventures and Communications Directorate at Ames. "The NASA App provides an easy and interesting way for the public to experience space exploration."

posted 01-30-2010 10:18 AM               

NASA Images iPhone App

Check out the free NASA Images iPhone App, a window to the content available on nasaimages.org. With the app you can access the entire NASA Images library from your iPhone along with the metadata for each image, video, and animation.

The NASA Images app delivers the following features:

• Search and browse media from nasaimages.org

• View images with interactive zoom (zoom images by double taps)

• Watch NASA programs and mission footage

• Bookmark Favorites

• Send email with URLs of favorites

The NASA Images iPhone App was developed by Hajime Hirose from Tomute Software. Hirose has developed other iPhone Apps such as NASA Checker, and Whitehouse Checker.

posted 03-27-2010 04:51 PM               

Buzz Aldrin Portal to Science & Space Exploration

We are proud to announce our newest partnership with astronaut Buzz Aldrin. The Buzz Aldrin Portal to Science & Space Exploration is now available on the iTunes and the iPhone App store.

This must-have App for space enthusiasts will feature both nostalgic look-backs on Buzz's famous space missions with video, photos and personal stories, as well as a comprehensive treatment of all major space initiatives and programs. Buzz offers his unique take on all topics through video interviews, articles and journals and has invited the top scientists, astronauts and well-known space enthusiasts in the world to participate in the App via our unique Roundtable features.

Roundtable experts include space luminaries such as Carolyn Porco, Louis Friedman and Stephen Maran. The App includes NASA TV streaming and the latest news from NASA, JPL and other major news sources. Detailed background information on all space priorities via video, images, twitter feeds, articles and astronaut journals is featured. We have included a few screenshots from the App below.

Credit: The App Company

posted 03-29-2010 03:07 PM               

A friend sent me the info about it. Pretty fun and the graphics are very well done. Change the weather, overcast, Edwards/Kennedy Space Center runway and a few other things.

posted 06-03-2010 08:55 AM               

NASA TV: Live in the Palm of your Hand

Over the last few weeks, we've set up and begun doing a beta test broadcast of NASA TV onto your Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. We tweeted it out early yesterday to our Twitter followers before the landing of the Space Shuttle Atlantis once we were sure it was ready to have more of a spotlight shone on it. It's also been linked on the NASA TV web page in the left column for the last couple of weeks since we set up the stream.

This specially formatted HTML5, H.264 stream was set up to test out new streaming technologies within the NASA network infrastructure and to demonstrate the technology as practical given the resources available for NASA.gov. During the beta period, we're trying to identify issues and concerns with the reliability and delivery of the stream to you, our users. We're also trying to gauge the interest of our online audience in having NASA TV available for streaming on the iPhone and other mobile devices.

For now, this is just the first step. If everything goes well during the beta test period, we'll evaluate our next steps taking into account the availability of our limited resources. For the immediate future, this is an open ended beta test period. We are listening for feedback on the quality, reliability, and availability of the NASA TV stream. We're also listening for ideas of what you think the next steps should be. Some of the ideas we've most often heard are integration of NASA TV into the NASA iPhone App, mobile apps for other devices such as Android and Blackberry, and streaming NASA TV onto other devices. We've purchased the hardware that will allow us to do some of these ideas and expect to begin more streaming this summer.

As always, you can e-mail the NASA.gov Web Team or drop us a line in the comments. We also monitor tweets sent to @NASA. We'll try to respond as time allows, but know that we read every comment, e-mail, and tweet sent our way.

posted 06-16-2010 05:36 PM               

Soar Through A 3D Raceway-In-The-Sky In Rocket Racing League Game For iPhone And iPod Touch

Rocket Racing is the newest and most fascinating air sport of the 21st Century that can now be experienced as an exhilarating racing game for iPhone and iPod touch. The Rocket Racing League game is based on the real-world Rocket Racing League (RRL) where Top Gun pilots maneuver rocket-powered aircraft through a virtual 3D Raceway-In-The-Sky. In the game, players take control of a fully customizable Rocket Racer aircraft and pilot their way through floating 3D obstacle courses set in visually stunning environments.

"Rocket Racing League is poised to become the world's first truly interactive sporting franchise," said Dr. Peter Diamandis, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Rocket Racing League. "With the release of this app, the experience of flying rocket-powered aircraft in competition comes straight to one's fingertips. We plan to increase the level of interactivity with each new game and platform rendition, ultimately culminating into game play that offers full competitions between the gamer and real-world pilots during live RRL events."

Gamers and app fans can test their piloting and racing skills in single-player career mode or head-to-head against other virtual pilots via Bluetooth or LAN-based Wi-Fi Multi-Player. Featuring four race types (Lap, Drag, Arcade, Ground) and five track locations (Nevada Canyon, California Coast, City, Tropical Island, Space), the Rocket Racing League is accessible for players of all ages and skill levels. Additional locations and tracks will be released in the coming weeks.

With a global leaderboard and full Facebook Connect functionality, the Rocket Racing League App offers players several options to connect to their friends around the world, and to the real-world Rocket Racing League, including:

• RRL Portal: Connect with the League from within the game's main menu to receive news, updates, offers, events and more.
  
• Facebook: Post race results on your Facebook Wall and on friends' Walls.
  
• Leaderboards: View global leaderboards and individual player statistics.

Rocket Racing League is available now for $2.99 and can be purchased from the App Store on iPhone or iPod touch. Rocket Racing League will also be released for the iPad later this summer.

posted 07-07-2011 07:39 PM               

NASA Launches New App For Android

NASA has launched the free NASA App for Android, a new application designed for mobile devices that run the open source Android platform.

The NASA App is available for free on Android Market.

"The NASA App for iPhone and iPad has been a phenomenal success with over five million downloads so far," said Jerry Colen, NASA App project manager at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. "Making a version of the NASA App for Android has been the number one request from users. We are delighted to fulfill this request and put NASA's amazing content into the hands of millions of Android users around the world."

The NASA App for Android showcases a huge collection of NASA content, including images, videos on-demand, live streaming video from NASA Television, mission information, feature stories and breaking news. Users also can find sighting opportunities for the International Space Station and track the current positions of spacecraft currently orbiting Earth. App users also easily can share NASA content with their friends and followers on Facebook, Twitter or via e-mail.

posted 02-16-2014 08:18 AM            

I've been looking for something similar since I own several autographed Apollo astronaut frames. However, all the other live wallpapers were silly scroll apps.

Android live wallpaper featuring NASA Apollo Mission astronauts and parallax scrolling backgrounds on the surface of the moon.

Blast off to the moon with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon's surface! Go back to the 1960s when the Space Race began. The lunar rover is in the distance with the American flag while Buzz does backflips. The live wallpaper moves with the command module. This live wallpaper features everything that made the NASA Apollo program great: lunar rovers, astronauts, moon surface, stars, and more!