There’s a growing movement of people who believe that our space agencies are underfunded (see: Penny4NASA) because humanity ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...