In May, NASA released the Space Place Prime app for both iPhone and iPad. This app’s target audience is not only kids, but for teachers, parents, and all space enthusiasts. Based on NASA’s website, The Space Place, this app presents some of the most recent and best offerings of NASA:
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Timely educational and easy-to-read articles from the website
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Daily updates of NASA space and Earth-from-space images and the latest, informative videos and articles
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Interface is a slidable, looping grid of images with icons indicating whether they represent an image, a video, or an article
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Alternatively, a list mode and a carousel mode present images, videos, and articles sorted separately
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Content is updated daily and favorites can be tagged and permanently saved