The space agency and the Internet Archive said Tuesday that they plan to scan and archive more than 12 million NASA photographs and 100,000 hours of film and video footage for free access online, under an exclusive five-year agreement. As part of the deal, the Internet Archive will host the media album on a new Web site, Nasaimages.org.

NASA and the Internet Archive announced they plan to make available for free access on the web more than 12 million NASA photos and some 100000 hours of film and video recordings. This is to happen under an exclusive 5-year agreement. Part of the deal is also that Internet Archive will host this media album on a web site called Nasaimages.org.

I can’t wait to see this, being an amateur astronomer. Many of these photos and videos NASA already showed to the public, usually after a couple of years, and these were all scattered on the numerous specific NASA sites. This is a welcome development and will give many more people an opportunity to peek into the beauty and the unknown of outer space, but also in the other direction, towards Earth.

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