ABOUT OUR SOFTWARE

We have developed our software programs to bring the "best of the web" directly and safely to your home computer (or your school library, science center, or museum). They have been tested and used by over one million visitors at the Houston Museum of Natural Science and other fine science centers. Our software is an inexpensive NASA-developed resource - easy enough for children to use, and in depth enough to students of all ages.

APPS

Our primary software suite for science education is Space Update, an interactive, real-time display system of space science images and data. We also offer our interactive eSurvey application, Tic·Tac·Toe quiz game, and our planetarium software apps, Marquee and MediaShow .

We no longer support our Earth Update software suite, but it is free to download, and there is an online version of its content to explore.

All of our current software apps are updated to the latest MacOS (10.13) and Windows OS (10). In addition, all QuickTime™ components have been replaced with native video support on both platforms.

KIOSKS

Most of our software titles are available in full-screen versions that black out the remainder of the display window, preventing access to the desktop and any OS menus or toolbars. These versions are perfect for kiosks or computer classrooms where there's a need to limit access to the computer, and are available from the various software page links, as application-only downloads, without any required support files. You will need to have purchased or installed the regular version of the software title first, then place the full-screen version of the app in the same folder. Full-screen versions of our software all require a registration number to run beyond their 30-day demo. Contact sales@spaceupdate.com to acquire a registration number.

Software Description Sales
eSurvey survey/quiz app that tracks user input data for analsis, includes eSurvey Editor BUY
Marquee kiosk app that lets user view videos by selecting poster thumbnails BUY
MediaShow buttonbox interface planetarium display software, includes MediaShow-Mirror BUY
Space Update 4 modules of space science - updating with today's data BUY
-- Astronomy Update Space Update module - astronomy objects and discoveries with SU
-- Sky Tonight Space Update module - night sky stars, constellations, planets with SU
-- Solar System Update Space Update module - solar system objects and discoveries with SU
-- Space Weather Space Update module - aurora, solar forecasts, satellites with SU
Tic·Tac·Toe game featuring software data, included w/ Space Update, Earth Update, Space Weather FREE
Tic·Tac·Toe Editor edit existing game datasets or create new ones BUY
Unsupported Software Description Sales
Cosmos Clock screensaver, counts up/down from set time using planetary clocks FREE
DataMiner mine numerous data topics from World Research Institute database FREE
Earth Update 5 spheres of Earth science - updating with today's data FREE
HotSpots game activity trying to locate topical hot spots on the globe FREE
Evolution Of Our Solar System explore timeline of solar system formation and Earth evolution FREE
Telescope Time Machine demo application using time & distance to explore astronomical objects FREE
Mars Update Mars only version of Solar System Update FREE
Mars Panoramas Standalone app that displays Mars panoramas as explorable VR images FREE
Polar Explorer kiosk application with 7 sections exploring polar topics FREE
Weather Almanac region specific kiosk app dislpaying current and historical weather data FREE