how to use the NASA website and app to know where you are like on Google Maps

Let’s explain to you how to know where the capsule is Orion of the Artemis II mission, something that you will be able to do with a special website launched by NASA, or through its official website. This portal will allow you to see the exact point where the Artemis II capsule is in real time, as if it were Google Maps.

The mission Artemis II has been the first to reach the Moon from orbiting around the Moon since the Apollo missions, and has even managed to reach further which is orbiting our satellite and being able to see its hidden side. The astronauts on this mission will not set foot on the Moon, that should happen with Artemis IV, but it is a vital mission to check the operation of our current technology so far from Earth.

See where Artemis II is in real time

Map
Map

To enter the website created by NASA to find out where Artemis II is in real time, you have to enter the website nasa.gov/missions/artemis-ii/arow. In it, at the bottom you will have the main data of the mission such as the time the astronauts have been away from our planet, the speed of Artemis II, and how far it is from the Earth and the Moon.

On the left side you will have the Zoom controls, and you will also have three small icons to position yourself on the map. One button will be to put you on the Moon, another for Earth, and another for the mission’s Orion capsule. At all times you will be able to see the trajectory they are going to take.

Capsule Camera
Capsule Camera

Besides, If you click on the icon Mission View You will access a visualization where the capsule and the views around it are represented. This way, you can rotate to find where the Moon is in relation to them.

Nasa App
Nasa App

You can also access this visualization from the NASA appavailable for free both for Android as for iOS. In it, on the main page you will find the AROW tool to access these visualizations.

Augmented reality
Augmented reality

The mobile app has an augmented reality viewer that does not have the website. When you activate it, you can point your phone towards the sky (or the ground) to know the exact point in relation to you where the Orion capsule of the Artemis II mission is located.

The NASA app also has streaming in real time in case the views are not enough and you want to see what is happening through one of the agency’s official broadcasts.

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