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Spinoff story
Programs Visualize Earth and Space for Interactive Education
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
Kevin Hussey and others at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory produced web applications to visualize all of the spacecraft in orbit around Earth and in the Solar System. Hussey worked with Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based The Elumenati to rewrite the programs, and after licensing them, the company started offering a version that can be viewed on spheres and dome theaters for schools, museums, science centers, and other institutions.