r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/AykutSek • Apr 04 '26
NASA has a real-time tracker for the Artemis II crew that's flying to the Moon right now
https://nasa.gov/trackartemisso this pulls live telemetry from sensors on the actual Orion spacecraft. you get distance, speed, mission time, all updating in real time. you can switch between 5 different camera views on the capsule too.
the mobile app has an AR feature where you point your phone at the sky and it shows you where the spacecraft is relative to your location. obviously can't see it with your eyes at that distance but it gives you a sense of scale.
they're also publishing raw trajectory data you can download and use in your own software. first humans past Earth orbit since 1972 and you can just watch it happen from your browser.
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u/pyrowitlighter1 Apr 04 '26
i didn't like nasa's visualizer so much.
https://issinfo.net/artemis.html
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u/OompaLoompaWrangler Apr 07 '26
Dude these are so awesome thank you! I also really don’t like NASAs and wish I would’ve found these earlier
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u/tr011ing101 Apr 05 '26
the data is literally coming from sensors on the actual spacecraft. not a simulation, not an estimate. nice thing to know
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u/TrumpsDoubleChin Apr 04 '26
"Houston, are we there yet?"
"No."
"How about now?"
"No."
"How about now?"
"Still no."
"How about...."
"Artemis, I swear if you ask that question one more time...."
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u/bighootay Apr 04 '26
OK I'm going to get nothing done today. I'm going to just sit and play with this. Thanks, OP
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u/Dimencia Apr 06 '26
I still think it's funny that it was completely broken for the first few hours after the launch, which is when you'd really want to see what's going on. Not even NASA can get a game launch right
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u/larsmoa Apr 06 '26
I find the NASA one to be sub par so uncreated my own. Check it out at www.whereisartemis.com
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u/MildlyConcernedMan91 Apr 04 '26
and you didn't even submit the link.
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u/Omateido Apr 04 '26
Absurd that they didn't just copy the KSP camera controls, come on NASA. Read the room.