The Virtual Telescope Project has imaged the Orion spacecraft “Integrity” of ARTEMIS II, carrying the first crew en route to the Moon in 53 years, near its maximum, record setting distance from Earth. Incredible,...
We cap We spotted the Orion “Integrity” spacecraft again, now that ARTEMIS II is approaching its flyby with the Moon. We observed again the Orion “Integrity” spacecraft of ARTEMIS II on its way to...
We succeeded imaging the Orion “Integrity” spacecraft, part of the ARTEMIS II mission, with the first astronauts flying to the Moon after more than 53 years. After several days of bad weather, we were...
We are pleased to share with you an image of Cosmos 482, taken just before sunrise from Rome, Italy, a few hours before its reentry in our atmosphere. Cosmos 482 is visible as a...
We imaged the Esa’s GAIA spacecraft, now that it stopped its scientific operations and looks much brighter than in the past. The image above comes from the average of 3, 300-second, unguided exposures, unfiltered,...
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Next 13 Dec. 2024 the Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, will have its second, close fly-by with the Earth. The Virtual Telescope Project will show the probe to you live,...
We succeeded capturing a truly record setting image: the Polaris Dawn’s Crew Dragon “Resilience” spacecraft orbiting the Earth, a few hours after the historic, first private spacewalk ever. The image above comes from a...
We imaged the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2C satellite again, capturing a beautiful picture We share it here. The image above comes from a single 3-second exposure, remotely taken with the ARTEC250+Paramount ME+C3Pro61000EC robotic unit...
Less than 24 hours after its launch, we imaged the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2C satellite, under difficult conditions. Here it is our picture. The image above comes from the average of five, 2-second exposures,...
We spotted the ESA’s Juice spacecraft again, ready to its fly-by with the Earth next 20 Aug. and going to explore the icy satellites of Jupiter, reaching it in 2031. We present our image...
Almost one year and half after its launch, we imaged the ESA’s Juice spacecraft, having a fly-by with the Earth next 20 Aug. and going to explore the icy satellites of Jupiter, reaching it...
While the Chinese Chang’e-6 probe is bringing back the first lunar samples from the far side of the Moon, we managed to image the returning module a few days before its reentry. The image...
We succeeded imaging the Nasa’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during its flyby with the Earth, going to release its capsule with samples of asteroid Bennu. See our image and time-lapse below. The image above comes from...
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Nasa’s Osiris-Rex is on its way back, ready to deliver sample from asteroid Bennu to Earth. We will try to show in real-time the spacecraft 12 hours before releasing the precious Sample Return Capsule...
– Artemis II: see it in space (9 April 2026)
– The Moon and the Pleiades (19 April 2026)
– Asteroid 1997 NC1 (27 June 2026)
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