NASA+, the American space agency’s streaming platform, is finally here! Free and without advertising, it offers documentaries relating to missions, educational content and original programs.
It’s a competitor to Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video that we didn’t see coming! While streaming platforms are multiplying like hotcakes and prices are skyrocketing, NASA, the legendary American space agency, is launching its own video-on-demand service, simply titled NASA+. Free, no advertising – a feat these days! –, this new platform for all audiences should delight science lovers, dreamers and budding explorers! “We’re putting space on demand and at your fingertips with NASA’s new streaming platform”said Marc Etkind, NASA associate administrator for communications, in a statement. “Transforming our digital presence will help us better tell the story of how NASA explores the unknown in air and space, inspires through discovery, and innovates for the good of humanity”. NASA+ will be accessible via a web browser, in the NASA mobile app on iOS and Android, and on popular TV players, such as Roku, Apple TV and Fire TV, starting November 8.
NASA+: to infinity and beyond!
On NASA+, users will have access to the agency’s Live – Emmy Award-winning – and its missions through collections of original productions, some of which are new. Eleven programs have been announced so far, including “NASA Talks”, “NASA Kids”, “The Color of Space”, “Space Out”, “NASA Explorers”, “Webb Space Telescope” – find out more about the incredible images captured by the telescope –, “First Light, Artemis I: Path to the Pad” – for the ambitious lunar mission –, “First Light” – dedicated to the Chandra space telescope in the observation of X-rays – and animated programs like “Lucy” and “Mars is Hard.”
The American space agency is taking the opportunity to give a little facelift to its digital space. Thus, it will have a new website and a brand new application on Android and iOS. Its main website will display information about the agency’s missions and research, climate data, Artemis updates and more, while new websites nasa.gov and science.nasa.gov “will deliver a connected, topic-driven experience with a common search engine, integrated navigation and optimized publishing capabilities in a modernized and secure web toolset”in the words of Jeff Seaton, director of information at the agency’s headquarters in Washington.
“Transforming our digital presence will help us better tell the story of how NASA explores the unknown in air and space, inspires through discovery, and innovates for the benefit of humanity”, rejoiced Marc Etkind, associate administrator in the communications office at NASA headquarters. It is already possible to test the new site in beta version at this address.