NASA enhances digital platforms, launches NASA+ free streaming service

NASA is making significant changes to its digital platforms to provide a better experience for users and space enthusiasts. The space agency is revamping its flagship and science websites, introducing its first on-demand streaming service, and upgrading the NASA app.

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Samsung collaborates with NASA for 4D lunar gravity VR experience

Samsung Electronics in association with NASA has launched “A Moon for All Mankind” (AMFAM), an immersive, consumer-focused 4D lunar gravity virtual reality (VR) experience. This lets users immerse in a visual and physical VR experience that accurately recreates a fictional moon mission, to let users know what it’s like in lunar gravity. Continue reading “Samsung collaborates with NASA for 4D lunar gravity VR experience”

Samsung Nexus S on board Space Shuttle Atlantis

Samsung Nexus S from Google is aboard  NASA’s space shuttle on its last mission ST-135. The Atlantis was launched into space last Friday on a 12 day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Two Nexus S phones are installed inside three Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites (SPHERES). Continue reading “Samsung Nexus S on board Space Shuttle Atlantis”