Plugins and Copyright Information

Players, Viewers, and Plugins

Some file formats for images and documents require separate applications or plugins in order to view them. The links to obtain those applications or plugins are on sites outside the NASA domain. No endorsement of these sites is implied. When users follow a link to an outside web site, they are leaving the NASA domain and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside web site(s). NASA is not responsible for the information collection practices of non-NASA sites.

• Apple QuickTime for MOV, MPEG, TIFF files
• Portable Document Format (PDF) reader: Adobe Acrobat Reader | PDF Reader software list
• Ghostscript for reading PostScript (PS) files.
• xv interactive image manipulation program for the X Window System
• XAnim for playing a variety of animation, audio and video formats on unix X11 machines
• Java Runtime Environment
• Adobe Players for: Flash | Shockwave
• Microsoft Viewers for: PowerPoint | Word | Excel

Reproduction Guidelines/Copyright

Unless otherwise noted, all images and animations are generally not copyrighted. You may use NASA imagery, video and audio material for educational or informational purposes, including photo collections, textbooks, public exhibits, and Internet web pages.

This general permission does not extend to use of the NASA insignia logo (the blue "meatball" insignia), the retired NASA logotype (the red "worm" logo), and the NASA seal. These images may not be used by persons who are not NASA employees or on products (including web pages) that are not NASA-sponsored.

NASA should be acknowledged as the source of the material except in cases of advertising. See NASA Advertising Guidelines. Please credit the NASA/GSFC/JPL/LaRC, MISR Science Team when using MISR images.

For commercial use, the use of some images may require further coordination through a NASA corporate associate. If the NASA material is to be used for commercial purposes, especially including advertisements, it must not explicitly or implicitly convey NASA's endorsement of commercial goods or services. If a NASA image includes an identifiable person, using the image for commercial purposes may infringe that person's right of privacy or publicity, and permission should be obtained from the person.

Any questions regarding application of any NASA image or emblem should be directed to:

Photo Department
NASA Headquarters
300 E St. SW
Washington, DC 20546
Tel: 202-358-1900
Fax: 202-358-4333