Last summer we first heard about NASA+, a service that promises to please all fans of space exploration. In case you don’t remember what it is or haven’t read it at the time, NASA+ is a video-on-demand service that offers access to much of the space agency’s video catalog, an archive dating back to the agency’s first mission. content.

It is true that until now the US space agency already offered access to a large part of its audiovisual catalog, but the main problem was that many of the pieces were scattered across websites dedicated to missions, historical events, and so on. So while these resources will continue to be published in these locations, NASA+ will also offer a centralized access point to them that will make their exploration much easier.

NASA managers are obviously very intelligent people, and that gives them their undivided attention the importance of the agency’s public image. Thus, over the decades, they have managed to turn it into a great reference for space research, even though other countries and regions have their own agencies. We should not go too far, just remember how many people we saw with clothes and accessories (t-shirts, jackets, caps, handbags, etc.) with the logo and name of the agency and how many with the same one, but from the European Space Agency (ESA). Movements such as the creation of this platform, therefore, in addition to giving us first-class access to its catalog, also contribute to the maintenance and even improvement of said image.

As already indicated at the beginning, the service was announced in the summer, but Today, NASA+ is available to all interested users. So now its content can be accessed through this link as well as through the agency’s app available for major platforms. As stated in the press release announcing its launch «NASA+ will be available on most major platforms through the NASA app on iOS and Android mobile devices and tablets; streaming media players like Roku, Apple TV, and Fire TV; and on the web via mobile and desktop devices«. And I clarify that access is through an app that has been available for a long time, because I read a message on social media that asked for a specific app for the service, which was not, and still is, unforeseen.

In NASA+ we find both content already uploaded to the service and planned premieres that we can consult here, which is a more than evident sign that NASA plans to improve the production of audiovisual content, whether it refers to current or past events to feed the platform.