Visualizing the Artemis II Mission
This article details a project that visualizes the Artemis II mission trajectory and photography using the Foxglove robotics data platform. The author fused JPL ephemeris data with mission photos to create a synchronized, interactive 3D timeline.
Why it matters
It demonstrates the versatility of robotics visualization tools when applied to complex aerospace datasets, bridging the gap between engineering software and public science communication.
Orion's real trajectory, hundreds of mission photos, and a custom photo-stepper extension — all replayable on one Foxglove timeline
Community Tutorial Visualization In April 2026, four astronauts flew around the Moon for the first time in over fifty years. Hank Green, a science communicator and YouTuber, built an awesome website to visualize the many photos taken on and around the spacecraft throughout the mission.
I was inspired by Hank’s project (as I am by most of his projects and content), and as a recent addition to the Foxglove team, I saw a great opportunity to both learn our tool and explore the same dataset in a new way.
Foxglove is built for robotics, it organizes and visualizes the sensor data that goes into developing and debugging autonomous systems. The same tools generalize well beyond robots, and it’s a genuinely fun environment to build things in.
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