William Atkins
Monday, 28 July 2008 19:17
Science -
Space
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NASA announced Thursday, July 24, 2008 that it now has a “non-profit digital library … [of] the most comprehensive compilation ever of NASA’s vast collection of photographs, historic film and video.”
The searchable video library is located at
http://www.nasaimages.org/. It is a collection of twenty-one major NASA image groups. The home page of the NASA Images website contains the four major headings of: "Universe," "Solar System," "Earth," and "Astronauts."
Viewers can also gain access to the website from its
http://www.nasa.gov home page.
NASA states the new website contains millions of “still” images and thousands of hours of “moving” video and audio recordings. In addition, it contains enhanced search-and-viewing capabilities.
NASA deputy administrator
Shana Dale states,
"This partnership with Internet Archive enables NASA to provide the American public with access to its vast collection of imagery from one searchable source, unlocking a new treasure trove of discoveries for students, historians, enthusiasts and researchers. This new resource also will enable the agency to digitize and preserve historical content now not available on the Internet for future generations." [NASA: "
NASA and Internet Archive Launch Centralized Resource for Images"]
The nonprofit organization
Internet Archive won the competition for the NASA contract to manage the NASA Images website under a non-exclusive Space Act agreement signed in July 2007.
NASA states,
“The five-year project is at no cost to the taxpayer and the images are free to the public.”
Learn more about Brewster Kahle, the co-founder of Internet Archive, and the NASA project on page two.
