EarthBalls and NASA
EarthBalls are created with the most modern NASA satellite digital images. As part of NASA's "Blue Marble Project," the first giant satellite imagery
EarthBalls were created for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. EarthBalls continue to be the most photo-realistic giant globes ever made.
NASA continues to be involved in EarthBalls. The 16" diameter inflatable EarthBalls with glow-in-the-dark cities are currently sold at the following NASA locations: Kennedy Space Center, Johnson Space Center in Houston,
Stennis Space Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Ames Space Center, Jet Propulsion Lab,
NASA Glenn in Ohio, NASA Core (distributing NASA products to educators), and various NASA Learning Resource Centers.
Before EarthBalls were created with NASA satellite images, they were made from an artist's rendition of Earth from space.
One lucky EarthBall travelled in the NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis and was launched into orbit with seven astronauts.
During their 9 day mission, comprising 143 Earth orbits and 3.7 million miles, the crew of STS-45 deployed the Earthball
as an assistant in filming the educational video "The Atmosphere Below."
