From: wecooks@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Re: Spcae Shuttle Mission Video Available over Internet
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 23:22:16 -0800
Here's the link from spacezone, a great site in and of itself: http://www.spacezone.com/vidsch.htm jkc On 02/10/97 16:41:42 you wrote: > >Dear discuss-lfm members, > >Thought some of you might be interested in >hearing this news from NASA.... > >Jan > >************************************************************* > > >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. > -end- > > > >