artemis-ii-tracker.com
https://artemis-ii-tracker.com/
For those of us who apparently need a dedicated place to monitor this mission instead of behaving like well-adjusted people.
Great sense of scale, lovely to see the Moon apparently a long way from the "intercept" point, and it seems "accurate enough".
Also, it’s pretty common to see people immediately label projects as “AI slop.” There are quite a few folks who react that way right away, like @jug did here. That reaction is somewhat expected given how quickly AI has taken off and the existential/job-security concerns many computer engineers are dealing with right now, including the massive layoffs at Google 1-2 years ago.
At the end of the day, using AI to help write code is not that different from hiring a freelancer or contractor to implement parts of a project. The core idea, the decision to build it in the first place, the design choices, the testing, and the overall direction still come from humans. Those parts require thought, effort, and ownership, and that deserves appreciation. Either way, I think projects like this are valuable for sparking curiosity and making technical ideas more approachable to common people, which is always a good thing.
Vibe coders, like the eggman himself, are philosophical zombies.
I don't care if its vibe-coded but if you looked at this and thought "yeah that looks good", it only shows how bad you are at UI.
These types of interfaces are cool if you're like 12
Trajectory, distance, speed, and comms delay are computed from NASA’s published Artemis II mission plan parameters, not pulled live from NASA telemetry.
Also, the current discrepancy is likely caused by the orbital phase and reference model being used. Right now the tracker shows about 192,000 km, while NASA’s AROW shows about 80,000 miles, which is roughly 129,000 km. So yes, that is off by around 60,000 km.
difference can happen because the spacecraft is in a elliptical orbit and different trackers may be using different assumptions, interpolation methods, .. or reference points for the trajectory.
There are two kinds of countries: countries that use metric, and countries who have put a person on the moon.
Doesn't NASA use the metric system and only when they interact with the public they provide imperial units?
It has "Distance From Earth" at 44,096 km (converted from miles...,) as opposed to 158,000 km. So yes, far off.
Trajectory, distance, speed, and comms delay are computed from NASA's published Artemis II mission plan parameters, not pulled live from NASA telemetry.
Also, the current discrepancy is likely caused by the orbital phase and reference model being used.
Right now the tracker shows about 192,000 km, while NASA's AROW shows about 80,000 miles, which is roughly 129,000 km. So yes, that is off by around 60,000 km. Difference can happen because the spacecraft is in a elliptical orbit and different trackers may be using different assumptions, interpolation methods,... or reference points for the trajectory.
https://artemislivetracker.com/
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis-ii/arow/
Aside... so impressed with the UI on the posted version.
Five trackers total, including the original posted:
False scale gives a direct way to see which body is which and where the craft is between them without having to work it out backwards from the rest of the context (while real scale makes both sides just looks like dots on typical sized screens and you need to know/read the rest before you can figure out which is which otherwise).
Combine that with "the scale of the Earth is already too large to comprehend accurately anyways" and defaulting to real scale doesn't really add as much as one might think to the experience anyways.
I'm not hear to talk down to you about the site, I love this little thing that gives me just enough info to satisfy my curiosity.
I'm not necessarily against people sharing AI generated projects but there almost needs to be an [AI] tag if they do because it's really crashing the excitement of seeing a Show HN post where the assumption is this is something someone has been working hard on and is proud to show it off rather than something they just got out of Claude or whatever after a few prompts.
My take: If you didn't spend at least 24 hours of your own time (i.e. not munging with what the LLM is outputting but dedicated time for your own edits/testing) then it shouldn't qualify as a normal Show HN.
The trajectory depicted has them hitting the moon; it should instead show them passing 2+ lunar diameters behind the moon.
What’s the data source? Assuming NASA being NASA they have a public API for the mission?
BTW, 90% of the comments being about whether this was made with AI or not (and personal opinions on it) is much MUCH worse than it being made with AI. The lack of downvotes for submissions is not an invitation to bring negativity to the comments; if the submission doesn't provide value to you, just move along. Make another post with your opinions on AI and see how many care to read it.