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Spinoff story
NASA Missions Inspire Online Video Games
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
Goddard Space Flight Center and other NASA groups provided funding for Army Game Studio, of Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, and Virtual Heroes of Applied Research Associates, in Raleigh, North Carolina, to develop an online video game to help inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, and explorers. The game has been downloaded nearly 300,000 times, and an expanded version is in the works.