From: NASANews@hq.nasa.gov (by way of Jan Wee <jwee@mail.arc.nasa.gov>)
Subject: Spcae Shuttle Mission Video Available over Internet
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 16:41:42 -0600
Dear discuss-lfm members,
Thought some of you might be interested in
hearing this news from NASA....
Jan
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Brian Dunbar
Headquarters, Washington, DC February 10, 1997
(Phone: 202/358-0873)
Kelly Humphries
Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
(Phone: 281/244-5050)
RELEASE: I97-2
SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION VIDEO AVAILABLE OVER INTERNET
NASA's Shuttle Web will provide continuous audio and video
coverage of the STS-82 Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission in
a test of the latest technology for streaming video over the
Internet.
Working with Technology Interface Inc. and other commercial
Internet service and content providers, NASA will use a Dutch-
manufactured product called "WebCam" to stream NASA Television
programming over the World Wide Web. In addition to
"cybercasting" the launch and landing, NASA will transmit live
video of the four space walks, all mission briefings and the daily
"Mission Update" program.
Links to the video stream through American and European
reflectors are available on the NASA Shuttle Web, which maintains
a constant address of:
http://shuttle.nasa.gov
WebCam requires no plug-ins or special software for video
streaming, and is capable of providing synchronized audio through
audio-streaming software.
This experiment will help NASA evaluate the use of video
technology for future missions. If the cybercast functions as
expected and network bandwidth considerations can be successfully
addressed, the agency may provide similar coverage on future
missions.
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