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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is launching more than just rockets these days. Last month, its new streaming service, NASA+, took off.

In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, NASA said the ad-free, no-cost and family-friendly streaming service will feature Emmy-award winning live shows and original series. The service “embeds you into our missions through new original video series and puts the universe at your fingertips,” the agency said.

The official announcement came about three months after NASA teased out the release of the service on its website. It will be available on most major platforms including the NASA App on iOS and Android devices, streaming media players including Roku, Apple TV and Fire TV, and on the web across both desktop and mobile devices.

The agency also said it is revamping its flagship NASA and science websites and upgrading the NASA App. Additional agency websites and multimedia libraries will also be connected to the platform.

“We’re putting space on demand and at your fingertips with NASA’s new streaming platform,” Marc Etkind, NASA associate administrator of the Office of Communications, said in a statement.

“Transforming our digital presence will help us better tell the stories of how NASA explores the unknown in air and space, inspires through discovery, and innovates for the benefit of humanity.”

News of free streaming services comes when people need it most.

In the last three months, consumers have been hit with price hikes at many of the major streaming services, including Apple TV, Netflix, Discovery Plus, Disney+ and Hulu.

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