NASA has launched its redesigned site, the 5.0 version. I must say it looks good, although JavaScript intensive to the point my laptop processor cooler is spinning out of this world (yes all the space pun is intended ). NASA is celebrating its 50th anniversary next year, so the new site has been released to introduce content in web 2.0 fashion, and in my opinion they’ve done it. Apart from everything else, there is also a bookmarking widget that allows site content to be shared and bookmarked on the most popular social bookmarking services like Del.icio.us, Digg, StumbleUpon, Technorati, and also on My NASA. There are plenty of details that I liked very much, like the icons in the right sidebar and the accordion sections featuring latest news and content, but it’s best if you see the new NASA site for yourself.

The has many neat web 2.0 implementations using script.aculo.us and Prototype. More about the technical side of NASA’s new website can be found on Ajaxian.

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