WASHINGTON, July 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA and Internet
Archive, a non-profit digital library based in San Francisco, made
available the most comprehensive compilation ever of NASA's vast collection
of photographs, historic film and video Thursday. Located at
http://www.nasaimages.org, the Internet site combines for the first time 21 major
NASA imagery collections into a single, searchable online resource. A link
to the Web site will appear on the http://www.nasa.gov home page.
The Web site launch is the first step in a five-year partnership that
will add millions of images and thousands of hours of video and audio
content, with enhanced search and viewing capabilities, and new user
features on a continuing basis. Over time, integration of
http://www.nasaimages.org with http://www.nasa.gov will become more seamless and
comprehensive.
"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," said NASA Deputy
Administrator Shana Dale. "This new resource also will enable the agency to
digitize and preserve historical content now not available on the Internet
for future generations."
Through a competitive process, NASA selected Internet Archive to manage
the NASA Images Web site under a non-exclusive Space Act agreement, signed
in July 2007. The five-year project is at no cost to the taxpayer and the
images are free to the public.
"NASA's media is an incredibly important and valuable national asset.
It is a tremendous honor for the Internet Archive to be NASA's partner in
this project," says Brewster Kahle, founder of Internet Archive. "We are
excited to mark this first step in a long-term collaboration to create a
rich and growing public resource."
The content of the Web site covers all the diverse activities of
America's space program, including imagery from the Apollo moon missions,
Hubble Space Telescope views of the universe and experimental aircraft past
and present. Keyword searching is available with easy-to-use resources for
teachers and students.
Internet Archive is developing the NASA Images project using software
donated by Luna Imaging Inc. of Los Angeles and with the generous support
of the Kahle-Austin Foundation of San Francisco.
For more information about NASA and agency programs, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov
For more information about Internet Archive, visit:
http://www.archive.org
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