America Online Provides Space Fans a Virtual Ride on Space Shuttle Discovery.
Users Can Watch Unfiltered, Live Video Feeds of July 13 Launch from
Multiple Camera Angles, Including Camera Mounted on Shuttle
Extensive Coverage Includes Interactive Mission Profile, News Links,
On-site Blogger; Begins Monday, July 11, on the AOL.com(R) portal
More than two years after the Columbia tragedy, NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. is ready to fly again with Space Shuttle space shuttle, reusable U.S. space vehicle. Developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it consists of a winged orbiter, two solid-rocket boosters, and an external tank. Discovery, and America Online See AOL. is inviting online users to take a virtual ride with the shuttle into space, via multiple, uninterrupted, simultaneous live streams of the historic launch. In addition, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. has created an in-depth site that provides a rich source of background information on preparations for this launch, reports from an on-site blogger, picture and video galleries, news links and much more. Starting at noon on July 13, AOL(R) News will offer live, uninterrupted, streaming coverage of the countdown to the launch. Coverage will begin as astronauts leave for the pad and continue until three minutes "Three Minutes" is the 46th episode of Lost. It is the twenty-second episode of the second season. The episode was directed by Stephen Williams, and written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. It first aired on May 17, 2006 on ABC. after liftoff. During the launch, users will be able to view multiple simultaneous streams of the launch at one time - a "beach tracker" view, a long-range view, a view from below the engines and a view from a camera mounted on the external tank that will transmit images until the shuttle's solid rocket boosters Solid rocket boosters (SRB) (or motors, SRM) are used to provide the main thrust in spacecraft launches from the launchpad up to burnout of the SRBs. Many launch vehicles include SRBs, including the Ariane 5, Atlas V, and the NASA Space Shuttle. are jettisoned. "By offering multiple live simultaneous video streams of the shuttle launch, we are providing an interactive experience for users, letting them decide how they want to watch NASA's highly anticipated return to space," said Lewis D'Vorkin, Vice President, Editor-in-Chief, AOL News & Sports. "No other online news site can match the interactive, live, unfiltered Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since and on-demand video coverage we are providing through the AOL.com portal." "AOL helped us cover the X Prize in a way we couldn't have done on our own. We were extremely pleased with the on-demand multi-angle player. We'll be eager to see how they cover the Space Shuttle," said Bob Weiss Robert William Weiss (born May 7, 1942 in Easton, Pennsylvania) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach in the NBA. He was most recently the head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). , Vice Chairman of the X Prize Foundation. The countdown on the AOL (R) service begins July 11 with in-depth features leading up to the launch, including a mission profile, reports from an on-site blogger, and two exclusive packages made for AOL by National Geographic: the history of the shuttle and the history of spacewalks. Other features include: a photo gallery of space missions, a SkyWatch feature that will tell users how to spot the shuttle when it is in orbit, access to the latest headlines about the mission, a mission Alerts feature, quizzes, and much more. The Space Shuttle Discovery launch is an extension of AOL's commitment to broadcasting online, live historic events: from the Live 8 concerts, which drew an audience of 5 million over the course of the day, to the Pope's election and President Reagan's funeral. AOL pioneered live and interactive coverage of news events with its Press Pass technology during the 2004 Election, including record breaking coverage of the political conventions, presidential debates and Election Day results. In October 2004, AOL gave users an exclusive view into SpaceShipOne's winning X Prize mission, offering streams of the space flight from six angles, including the cockpit, the exterior and mission control. (To see on-demand streams of that space flight, go to http://channelevents.aol.com/research/xprize/index.adp) To see AOL's comprehensive coverage of the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery, go to the AOL.com portal or http://space.aol.com. About America Online, Inc. America Online, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Time Warner Inc. Based in Dulles, Virginia Dulles, Virginia is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The headquarters of AOL, Orbital Sciences Corporation and ODIN technologies and the former headquarters of MCI Inc. are located in Dulles. , America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. |
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