MarsLink
4.8star
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About this app
MarsLink was built with the goal to give people an easy way to stay in touch with their inner scientist as Curiosity and Perseverance study Mars.
MarsLink allows real-time Mars images from Curiosity and Perseverance to be used as the background for your device. When active, MarsLink will cycle through that day’s downloaded images every half hour. An auto-update feature can be enabled to automatically check for new images from the rover every 24 hours. With both of these options active, you never need to open the app to see the latest images from Mars.
We also added the ability to manually select images for display. This is included in case some images don’t make great backgrounds and you would prefer they not be used. Keep in mind that the manual selection option will reset any time the images from a new day are loaded.
Most importantly, note that none of this would be possible without the efforts of the people involved with the success of the mission. If you are excited to see what MarsLink brings you each sol, you owe it to yourself to learn more about NASA’s ongoing efforts to explore Mars by visiting them at mars.nasa.gov.
MarsLink allows real-time Mars images from Curiosity and Perseverance to be used as the background for your device. When active, MarsLink will cycle through that day’s downloaded images every half hour. An auto-update feature can be enabled to automatically check for new images from the rover every 24 hours. With both of these options active, you never need to open the app to see the latest images from Mars.
We also added the ability to manually select images for display. This is included in case some images don’t make great backgrounds and you would prefer they not be used. Keep in mind that the manual selection option will reset any time the images from a new day are loaded.
Most importantly, note that none of this would be possible without the efforts of the people involved with the success of the mission. If you are excited to see what MarsLink brings you each sol, you owe it to yourself to learn more about NASA’s ongoing efforts to explore Mars by visiting them at mars.nasa.gov.
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Ratings and reviews
4.8
6 reviews
A Google user
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August 11, 2017
Simple...but solid. Being able see new pictures everyday from the rover is a great idea. It might be cool to mix in pics from others as well (Opportunity rover and Mars orbiters)
A Google user
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September 14, 2017
Great pics and simple presentation, but doesn't refresh background automatically after daily download of new photos.
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Laboratory10
September 15, 2017
Adam, thanks for the feedback. We haven't seen this behavior on any of our test devices, but we will look into it in more detail to understand what causes this. In the meantime, you can cycle the MarsLink button by pressing it twice to restart the rotation.
A Google user
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August 15, 2017
Fresh images of Mars right on your friggin phone! What's not to like?!
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What’s new
Addresses minor issue found in previous release that updated the target API
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About the developer
Jonathan Denison
laboratory0010@gmail.com
United States
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