NASA Visualization Explorer Brings Earth Science News to the iPad
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Boldly go where no app has gone before with NASA Visualization Explorer. Courtesy of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., this new application will help keep iPad users up to date on the latest NASA research.
NASA Visualization Explorer is a multi-media magazine that blends NOVA-style science news features with movies and photos that offer readers a vantage few other agencies can. The New York Times may have countless satellite bureaus, but none of them orbit the earth (at least not yet).
The application joins NASA App HD for iPad in offering anyone from students to scholars a chance to access real satellite data, stunning images, Hi-res video, and the latest NASA news.
It’s easy for users to keep up with current earth science news using NASA Visualization Explorer because the app’s editors plan to release two new stories each week, in addition to the six that are available in the inaugural version.
While some of the current stories look to the heavens (“Meet NASA’s Earth-Observing Fleet,”) others focus is right here on terra firma (“India’s Disappearing Water,” “Base Camp: West Antarctica”). Future stories may also cover the solar system and beyond, include interviews with scientists, or imagery from a supercomputer’s models.
According to Michael Starobin, a senior producer at Goddard Space Flight Center, “The app will explore stories of climate change, Earth’s dynamic systems, plant life on land and in the oceans — all of the small and large stories captured in data by NASA satellites and then
visualized.”
NASA Visualization Explorer’s creators spent more than a year developing the application, and they know the information it contains will be worth sharing. Therefore, the app is designed so that users may share stories via Twitter, Facebook, or email.
Start learning more about Earth and its celestial surroundings today with NASA Visualization Explorer. It is available to download for free in the App store.
