NASA Launches New App For Android

July 7, 2011

Grey Hautaluoma
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0668
grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov

Rachel Hoover
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
650-604-4789
rachel.hoover@nasa.gov
RELEASE: 11-185

NASA LAUNCHES NEW APP FOR ANDROID

WASHINGTON -- NASA has launched the free NASA App for Android (TM), a
new application designed for mobile devices that run the open source
Android platform.

The NASA App is available for free on Android MarketTM at:

https://market.android.com/details?id=gov.nasa

"The NASA App for iPhone and iPad has been a phenomenal success with
over five million downloads so far," said Jerry Colen, NASA App
project manager at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field,
Calif. "Making a version of the NASA App for Android has been the
number one request from users. We are delighted to fulfill this
request and put NASA's amazing content into the hands of millions of
Android users around the world."

The NASA App for Android showcases a huge collection of NASA content,
including images, videos on-demand, live streaming video from NASA
Television, mission information, feature stories and breaking news.
Users also can find sighting opportunities for the International
Space Station and track the current positions of spacecraft currently
orbiting Earth. App users also easily can share NASA content with
their friends and followers on Facebook, Twitter or via e-mail.

For more information about the NASA App for Android, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/nasaapp

Android and Android Market are trademarks of Google Inc. Use of these
trademarks is subject to Google permission.

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