NASA Is Launching a Streaming Service

NASA is set to launch an on-demand streaming service, as well as upgrade its app and revamp its websites to allow easier access to the agency’s content.

“Our vision is to inspire humanity through a unified, world-class NASA web experience,” says Jeff Seaton, NASA’s chief information officer. To achieve that, both nasa.gov(Opens in a new window) and science.nasa.gov(Opens in a new window) are being updated to share a common search engine and navigation system. This will take the form of a beta site updated on a rolling basis over the coming months.

Later this year, the NASA app will be upgraded in order to support the launch of a new NASA streaming service called NASA+(Opens in a new window). The ad-supported service will allow access to the agency’s “Emmy Award-winning live coverage and views into NASA’s missions through collections of original video series, including a handful of new series launching with the streaming service.”

NASA+ will be viewable through the app on iOS and Android devices, on the web, and also through streaming media players including Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, and we have to assume Google’s Chromecast devices, too.

Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, said: “From exoplanet research to better understanding Earth’s climate and the influence of the Sun on our planet along with exploration of the solar system, our new science and flagship websites, as well as forthcoming NASA+ videos, showcases our discovery programs in an interdisciplinary and crosscutting way, ultimately building stronger connections with our visitors and viewers.”

Anyone interested to see what NASA has planned can head on over to the beta website(Opens in a new window) and download the NASA app(Opens in a new window) in preparation for its upgrade later this year.