NASA Space Images App, Website Broaden Cosmic Horizons

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News release: 2011-132 May 3, 2011

NASA Space Images App, Website Broaden Cosmic Horizons

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PASADENA, Calif. – Professional and amateur space aficionados are in for a treat with
the new Space Images Version 2 app, created by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Pasadena Calif. The free app is now optimized for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and
Android, and is also available online.

The app's higher-resolution images and improved user interface allow galactic admirers to
zoom in on and rate their favorite images and share photos from NASA/JPL spacecraft
with their friends on Facebook and Twitter.

The Space Images app uses an intuitive category-selection tool. People can see the initial
batch of images, showing galaxies, stars, the sun and planets – including Earth and dwarf
planets –as well as videos and editor picks. In the videos tab, users can see footage
compiled by active NASA/JPL spacecraft and watch movies about astronomy and
various space missions. Additional images will be added in coming months.

The app release is coupled with the launch of a Space Images website at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages, which pulls in ratings from the app and allows users
to create an account and photo albums, as well as download wallpapers. The website also
includes an extensive collection of images in an easy-to-browse and interactive format.

After its release in January 2010, the original version of Space Images was selected as an
iTunes "Staff Favorite," became a top app in the App Store's Education category, and
reached over half a million downloads. The app has been praised for its extensive and
stunning image collection and for its educational uses.

Visit http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/apps/spaceimages/index.cfm to download Space Images
free. Stay informed about the latest science and space news from JPL by signing up for
text news alerts at http://www.facebook.com/NASAJPL (click on the "Text Alerts" link
on the left column) or by texting JPLNEWS to 67463 (message and data rates may
apply). JPL is managed for NASA by the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

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