Is That An Astronaut In Your Pocket?

NASA?s got an iPhone app

Few of us can ever hope to become an astronaut in our lifetimes, so the latest iPhone app from NASA lets us enjoy the next best thing: keeping tabs on absolutely everything they do ? from the International Space Station and the Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter to Mars exploration and space shuttle launches.

The app will be a boon to anyone who?s given up on trying to make sense of the US space agency?s website by collecting and customising an extensive range of information, images and videos from within NASA. Users will be able to access countdown clocks, the numerous Twitter feeds from within the agency, videos and more. The app even grants the ability to track the current position of satellites and other spacecraft orbiting the Earth, including the International Space Station.

The NASA iPhone app is currently available to download free from the Apple app store.

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