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NASA and Google announce an agreement
Washington (UPI) Dec 18, 2006 NASA and Google Inc. signed an agreement to work together on a variety of technical problems, including better use of the U.S. space agency's Internet data. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Google initially will focus on making the most use of NASA's information available on the Internet. Real-time weather visualization and forecasting, high-resolution 3-D maps of the moon and Mars, real-time tracking of the International Space Station and the space shuttle will be explored in the future. "This agreement between NASA and Google will soon allow every American to experience a virtual flight over the surface of the moon or through the canyons of Mars," said NASA Administrator Michael Griffin. "This innovative combination of information technology and space science will make NASA's space exploration work accessible to everyone." NASA and Google said they intend to collaborate in a variety of areas, including incorporating agency data sets in Google Earth, focusing on user studies and cognitive modeling for human computer interaction, and science data search utilizing a variety of Google features and products. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News
Malaysian Astronaut To Blast Off Next October
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Dec 15, 2006Malaysia's first astronaut will blast off on October 6 next year, Science Minister Jamaluddin Jarjis said according to a report Friday. Jarjis said the lift-off date was put back by a month due to rescheduling at the International Space Station following a delay in US space shuttle flights. "As a result of the shuttle delays, the Soyuz launch in March was delayed to April and this subsequently pushed back our own launch date," he said, according to The Star daily. |
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