Tracking satellites and the ISS is pretty easy. All you really need is an SDR dongle or a handheld transceiver, a simple homebrew antenna, and a clear view of the sky. Point the antenna at the ...

There’s a growing movement of people who believe that our space agencies are underfunded (see: Penny4NASA) because humanity is just not paying enough attention to our present accomplishments and ...

As I gazed up at the night sky, I could actually track satellites with my naked ... with light pollution from large cities. The International Space Station (ISS) on the other hand is a large ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit created his own device to help him take photos of the stars while on the International Space Station — and the results are pretty impressive. In a Reddit thread spotted by ...

In November, Pettit captured the trail SpaceX's giant Starship megarocket made in Earth's atmosphere during its sixth-ever ...

But therein lies Pettit's genius. He's brought with him to space a homemade star tracker, a device that rotates a camera to compensate for the ISS's movement. It's a variation on a tool used by ...

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The International Space Station (ISS) has once again served as a window into the universe and a hub for groundbreaking research this year. NASA's latest collection of best science images of 2024 ...

But therein lies Pettit's genius. He's brought with him to space a homemade star tracker, a device that rotates a camera to compensate for the ISS's movement. It's a variation on a tool used by ...