NASA is launching its own streaming service
The free streaming platform for launches, documentaries, series and more arrives later this year
NASA is launching a free streaming service for TV and mobile that will allow viewers to watch launches, documentaries and more.
The US federal space agency's platform, called NASA Plus, will be advert-free and family friendly. New, original series will be produced by the agency exclusively for the service.
NASA is looking to “better tell the stories of how NASA explores the unknown” and connect with more people by transforming its digital presence, Marc Etkind, NASA’s associate administrator of communications, said in a press release.
The new streamer is set to launch at an unspecified date later this year and will be available on TV hubs and streaming boxes as well as the agency’s brand new beta website. Once NASA Plus officially launches it will be integrated into an upgraded NASA app available on iOS and Android.
NASA’s CIO Jeff Seaton said that the beta web experience is designed to make the agency’s information “more accessible, discoverable, and secure”. The site will include NASA mission details, research, climate data and more.
It will also be the place to get up-to-date information on next year’s crewed Artemis II mission.
The news follows NASA sharing its recordings with the world including audio of plasma waves hitting Earth's magnetic field earlier this year and audio of a black hole in 2022. Also this year, a NASA scientist and his brother created music from the ocean’s colours.
Another NASA recording from 2022 revealed that Mars has two speeds of sound, while in 2021 the agency shared music from deep space nebula using data sonification.
