u/kvsankar

Artemis II - Track and visualize the Flyby here

I am visualizing all the events of today here - https://sankara.net/astro/lunar-missions/mission.html?mission=artemis2 in a scientific, to-the-scale, geometry-correct animation using NASA JPL orbit data here.

You can try your shot composing Earth-set, Earth-rise, and the eclipse images here.

The following are events are tracked

- Lunar SoI entry
- Earth set
- Closest aporach
- Max distance
- Earth rise
- Eclipse start
- Eclipse end
- Lunar SoI exit

https://preview.redd.it/76a4yeuhultg1.png?width=1222&format=png&auto=webp&s=b316dd6a462660c1c54c021590f9d07e89bd0eff

TLDR: I have developed an interactive, scientific, to-the-scale, 3D orbit animation for Artemis 2. Now works well on mobiles though desktop experience is still richer.

https://sankara.net/astro/lunar-missions/artemis2/

Desktop UX

Mobile UX

Features:

- Real-world orbit data and predictions based on information available from JPL/NASA HORIZONS interface
- Units in metrics and American
- 2D and 3D
- View orbit in Earth or Moon centered reference frames
- View orbit in Earth-Moon relative reference frame
- Views of Moon and Earth as seen from Artemis II
- Compose an Earthrise photograph for Artemis II
- Information on all orbit maneuvers and other events
- Realistic textures for Earth and Moon in 3D mode
- Astronomically correct rendering of sunlight on Earth and Moon, poles, and polar axes
- Various animation controls for education - camera controls (pan, zoom, rotate), timeline controls, visibility controls
- Support for a rich desktop UX as well as a good mobile experience

This project is part of a larger effort to capture the orbits of all lunar missions wherever orbit data is available: https://sankara.net/astro/lunar-missions/

The software is open source at: https://github.com/kvsankar/moon-mission/ Hope you like it! Thanks for your time.