Monday, February 8, 2016

NASA Releases 360-Degree Video Of Martian Surface

TechCrunch 8 hours ago 
Today, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory released a new 360-degree video, giving you a virtual tour of the Martian surface. The video was created by stitching together images taken by the Mars Curiosity Rover on December 18th, 2015. The scene takes place at Namib Dune with a view of Mount Sharp on the horizon. Curiosity’s Mast Camera took the images on the 1,197th sol (a Martian day) of its mission. A Martian day is about 40 minutes longer than an Earth day. Open up the video in your phone’s YouTube app to view it best. By moving around your smartphone, you can get a high quality 360-degree look at Curiosity and its Martian surroundings. The first version of this video was released on Facebook ...
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Take a virtual tour of Mars with this new 360-degree image from NASA

Sean O'Kane,The Verge 12 hours ago 
NASA published a 360-degree image on the Curiosity rover's official Facebook page last week that was meant to let viewers "explore Mars" with their smartphones. Luckily, a new version has just been uploaded to the YouTube channel of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and it looks much ...
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First 360-degree view of Mars 2020 mission

CBS News 16 hours ago 
"CBS This Morning" social media producer Kevin Prince traveled to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, to capture virtual reality video of the campus in partnership with Jaunt VR. WATCH: We worked with JauntVR to create this 360-degree tour of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, where the Mars 2020 mission is under wayPosted by CBS This Morning on Monday, February 8, 2016 The first thing you see when entering the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory campus is a sign that fittingly reads: "Welcome to our universe." We arrived at 7:15 a.m., and the JPL Visitors Center was already buzzing with guests waiting to enter the NASA campus that is home to the Mars Curiosity ...
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