1. A Solar System Journey, Free
This app brings users on a journey through our Solar System. This includes all of the planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Each planet comes with comments and facts. A close up image of the planet is also included. There is also an animated orbit for the planets.
2. Astronomy Picture of the Day, Free
Developed in partnership with NASA, Astronomy Picture of the Day for the iPhone/iPad brings the vastness of space right into your hand. Browse through decades of high resolution NASA space photos hand selected by NASA astronomers. Jump to photos by date, save them to your photo roll or share them friends. Want that latest Hubble photo as a background? Then APOD is for you.
3. Buzz Aldrin Portal to Science and Space Exploration, $1.99
This app, created by Buzz Aldrin, brings together a huge wealth of new, important and historical information about science and space exploration. Some features include live NASA streaming TV, hundreds of videos and photos of every important space initiate, both current and historic, and Roundtable discussions moderated by the top minds in the Science and Space community, and roundtable discussions moderated by the top minds in the Science and Space community.
4. Constellations Quiz Game, Free
This is an educational app that will help you learn the 88 constellations in the night sky. The app challenges you to identify a constellation by its location in the sky via a quiz game to help make learning fun. You can play with the constellation art on or off and you can zoom in on the constellations to get a better look.
5. NASA App HD, Free
This app collects, customizes and delivers an extensive selection of dynamically updated information, images and videos from various online NASA sources in a convenient mobile package.
Alex Cornacchini is an editorial intern with eSchool Media.
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