Common Sense Media Review
By Dana Anderson
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Information-packed tool delivers videos, photos, and more.
Parents Need to Know
Why Age 7+?
Any Positive Content?
Where to Download
Videos and Photos
NASA
What's It About?
Kids can discover a lot about space exploration with NASA App. They can read up on facts about planets and NASA's space programs, see NASA's photos and videos, and even keep up to date on NASA's tweets, launch schedule, and features in the news. The information is fairly organized, but there is a lot of get through.
Is It Any Good?
With NASA APP, the NASA Ames Research Center has created an all-in-one astronomy, engineering, and future-astronaut inspiration tool. You can check out a sunset over South America from space, the Obamas' touring the shuttle launch facility, and stay tuned to the next launch via a countdown clock all on the same (free!) app. Track the orbit of the International Space Station, count down the liftoff of the next mission launch, learn about the NASA Hall of Fame, view amazing photos from space, and more. New photos, videos, and tweets are added constantly.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Given the large amount of information in NASA App, provide a goal or focus for a given play session such as "Let's learn about Jupiter today," or "Let's see what NASA's next mission is about."
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android
- Subjects : Science : astronomy
- Skills : Thinking & Reasoning : investigation , part-whole relationships , thinking critically
- Pricing structure : Free
- Release date : April 25, 2011
- Genre : Education
- Topics : STEM
- Publisher : NASA Ames Research Center
- Version : 4.0.7
- Minimum software requirements : Requires iOS 9.3 or later. Android 5.0 and up.
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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