Corey S Powell9h ago

What an amazing view of Earth from Artemis II.

The Sun is behind the Earth, illuminating a thin crescent. This low-light shot, taken by Reid Wiseman using a Nikon D5, shows auroras over the poles, city lights, and the glow of the atmosphere.

And yes, there are stars!

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hello-world/ #space #science #nature #technology

Show threadOnno (VK6FLAB)9h ago

As an aside, there's a fan-made tracker here:

https://artemis-ii-tracker.com

Artemis II Mission Dashboard

Show threadZenHeathen 🇨🇦5h ago
@vk6flab Or, you could see the pro version the Canadian Space Agency had already made:
https://artemis.cdnspace.ca/
Artemis II Tracker — Live Mission Control

Real-time mission control dashboard tracking NASA's Artemis II crewed lunar flyby. Live telemetry, DSN comms, orbit visualization, and crew activities.

Canadian Space
Show threadsen
@ZenHeathen @vk6flab Thank you! I hadn't seen the CSA one, I'll set that one up on my wall display. The fan-made one seems to have the wrong data (it's significantly ahead of where the mission actually is in both MET and distance) at least on my machines.
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Show threadZenHeathen 🇨🇦3h ago
@sen I notice that sometimes the CSA one seems behind, to me, though not by a lot. More data is better! Think of how worlds ahead we are compared to folks at home wanting news about Apollo! @vk6flab