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New App Allows Science Center Visitors to Explore Space

Ideastream Public Media | By Brooke Forrest
Published November 6, 2017 at 12:37 PM EST
Kids play with the new Mission to STEM app at the Great Lakes Science Center.
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Kids play with the new Mission to STEM app at the Great Lakes Science Center.
Kids play with the new Mission to STEM app at the Great Lakes Science Center.
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GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER
Kids play with the new Mission to STEM app at the Great Lakes Science Center.

has launched a to allow visitors to explore scientific and historical equipment that would usually be available only to astronauts in space.  

According to , president and CEO of the science center, the app was created to give a more hands-on experience for all of the museum's exhibits.

鈥淢ission to STEM is the new app we鈥檝e created for our And this is an opportunity for us to use augmented and virtual reality to help our guests touch and use and get inside some historic, important NASA artifacts that are otherwise hands off,鈥� says Ellenbogen.

Users can explore the inside of spacecraft with the new app
Credit GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER
Users can explore the inside of spacecraft with the new app

Ellenbogen says the science center has been testing the program for months, and though it is designed for grades four through eight,  people of all ages use the app to explore spacecraft and navigate virtual missions and experiments.

The free mobile app is available only for Apple devices but the center allows visitors to check out free iPads during their visit. 

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Brooke Forrest
Brooke is a senior journalism major and photojournalism minor. She has experience in photography, multimedia, print, radio and visual journalism. She has worked with Kent State student media including The Kent Stater and KentWired. She is a disc jockey and the former web director for Black Squirrel Radio. She is currently the general manager of Black Squirrel Radio.
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