Astronomy Bot

The International Space Station is currently passing over the following coordinates:

Lat: -40.8498
Long: 153.5095

https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-40.8498&mlon=153.5095&zoom=3

Image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. #JWST

Program: 2732
Observation ID: jw02732001002_02103_00001_nrca3

Instruments used: FGS, NIRCam, NIRISS, NIRSpec, MIRI

Image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. #JWST

Program: 2732
Observation ID: jw02732001005_02101_00001_nrcb1_o001

Instruments used: FGS, NIRCam, NIRISS, NIRSpec, MIRI

The International Space Station is currently passing over the following coordinates:

Lat: 51.4738
Long: -6.5555

https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=51.4738&mlon=-6.5555&zoom=3

Spacecraft spotlight (97/601)

Name: Soyuz 10

Status: Single Use

Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Description: Soyuz 10 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 22 April 1971 23:54 UTC. It transported three cosmonauts on the first flight to Salyut 1, but docking failed. The crew was Vladimir Shatalov, Aleksei ...
In use: No

Image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. #JWST

Program: 2732
Observation ID: jw02732001001_02105_00005_nrcalong

Instruments used: FGS, NIRCam, NIRISS, NIRSpec, MIRI

Astronaut spotlight

Scott Poteet (In-Training)
Date of Birth: 01/01/1970
Nationality: American
Agency: SpaceX
First flight: 10/09/2024
Last flight: 10/09/2024

Scott “Kidd” Poteet is a retired United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who served 20 years in various roles that include Commander of the 64th Aggressor Squadron, USAF Thunderbird #4 Demonstration Pilot, USAF Weapons School Graduate, Operational Test & Evaluation Pilot,...

Astronaut spotlight

Ronald M. Sega (Retired)
Date of Birth: 04/12/1952
Nationality: American
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
First flight: 03/02/1994
Last flight: 22/03/1996

Ronald "Ron" Michael Sega is professor of systems engineering and Vice President for Energy and the Environment at the Colorado State University Research Foundation, a non-profit advocacy organization supporting CSU....

Spacecraft spotlight (79/601)

Name: Progress M-65

Status: Single Use

Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Description: Progress M-65 (Russian: Прогресс М-65), identified by NASA as Progress 30 or 30P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station.
In use: No

The International Space Station is currently passing over the following coordinates:

Lat: -35.7150
Long: 61.2307

https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-35.7150&mlon=61.2307&zoom=3

Upcoming launch (2/10)

Name: Long March 8A | Unknown Payload

Status: Go for Launch

Window: 12/03/2026 07:40 - 12/03/2026 08:05

Agency: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Mission type: Unknown

Mission: Details TBD.
Webcast live: No

Upcoming launch (10/10)

Name: Spectrum | Onward and Upward

Status: To Be Confirmed

Window: 19/03/2026 08:00 - 19/03/2026 09:00

Agency: Isar Aerospace
Mission type: Test Flight

Mission: Second test flight of the Isar Spectrum launch vehicle. This launch will carry 5 cubesats and 1 non-separable experiment as part of European Space Agency (ESA)'s “Boost!” program:

* CyBEEsat (TU Be...
Webcast live: No

EPIC photo #EPIC #DSCOVR

This image was taken by NASA's EPIC camera onboard the NOAA DSCOVR spacecraft

Centroid coordinates - Lat: -0.227051, Long: -68.415527

DSCOVR position - x: 1537892.543041, y: -240929.819205, z: -10920.846904

A total of 13 images were taken today

#SorryFlerfs

Astronomy photo of the day: CG 4: The Globule and the Galaxy.
Copyright: William Vrbasso

Explanation: Is this a cosmic monster ready to devour an unsuspecting galaxy. Thankfully, that is not the case. The red “monster” shown in the featured image is Cometary Globule CG 4, 1,300 light-years away in the Constellation Puppis

#APOD

Image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. #JWST

Program: 2732
Observation ID: jw02732001006_02105_00001_nrca1_o001

Instruments used: FGS, NIRCam, NIRISS, NIRSpec, MIRI

Spacecraft spotlight (6/601)

Name: Progress M-66

Status: Single Use

Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Description: Progress M-66 (Russian: Прогресс М-66), identified by NASA as Progress 32 or 32P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station.
In use: No

Upcoming launch (10/10)

Name: Electron | Eight Days A Week (StriX Launch 8)

Status: Go for Launch

Window: 19/03/2026 05:45 - 19/03/2026 05:45

Agency: Rocket Lab
Mission type: Earth Science

Mission: Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.
Webcast live: No

Spacecraft spotlight (6/601)

Name: Progress M-66

Status: Single Use

Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Description: Progress M-66 (Russian: Прогресс М-66), identified by NASA as Progress 32 or 32P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station.
In use: No

Image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. #JWST

Program: 2731
Observation ID: jw02731001003_02103_00002_nrcb1_o001

Instruments used: FGS, NIRCam, NIRISS, NIRSpec, MIRI

Spacecraft spotlight (75/601)

Name: Progress M-65

Status: Single Use

Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Description: Progress M-65 (Russian: Прогресс М-65), identified by NASA as Progress 30 or 30P, was a Progress spacecraft used to resupply the International Space Station.
In use: No

Upcoming launch (5/10)

Name: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-31

Status: Go for Launch

Window: 12/03/2026 10:58 - 12/03/2026 02:58

Agency: SpaceX
Mission type: Communications

Mission: A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Webcast live: No

Image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. #JWST

Program: 2736
Observation ID: jw02736003001_02103_00002_nis_o003

Instruments used: FGS, NIRCam, NIRISS, NIRSpec, MIRI

Upcoming launch (6/10)

Name: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-46

Status: Go for Launch

Window: 15/03/2026 11:11 - 15/03/2026 03:11

Agency: SpaceX
Mission type: Communications

Mission: A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Webcast live: No

EPIC photo #EPIC #DSCOVR

This image was taken by NASA's EPIC camera onboard the NOAA DSCOVR spacecraft

Centroid coordinates - Lat: -2.175293, Long: 98.041992

DSCOVR position - x: 1516943.86875, y: -300400.742017, z: -63227.596468

A total of 7 images were taken today

#SorryFlerfs

Astronomy photo of the day: The Cranium Nebula from the Webb Telescope.
Copyright: Unknown

Explanation: What's going on inside the head of this nebula. Dubbed the Exposed Cranium Nebula for its similarity to the human brain, what created the nebula remains a mystery. One thought is that the Cranium Nebula, also known as PMR 1, is a planetary nebula surrounding a white dwarf star

#APOD

The International Space Station is currently passing over the following coordinates:

Lat: -38.5035
Long: 43.1323

https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-38.5035&mlon=43.1323&zoom=3

Image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. #JWST

Program: 2732
Observation ID: jw02732001001_02101_00001_nrcb2_o001

Instruments used: FGS, NIRCam, NIRISS, NIRSpec, MIRI

Image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. #JWST

Program: 2731
Observation ID: jw02731001003_02101_00002_nrcb1

Instruments used: FGS, NIRCam, NIRISS, NIRSpec, MIRI

Spacecraft spotlight (79/601)

Name: Tianzhou-5

Status: Single Use

Agency: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Description: Fifth operational Tianzhou spacecraft
In use: No

The International Space Station is currently passing over the following coordinates:

Lat: 17.5002
Long: -100.4825

https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=17.5002&mlon=-100.4825&zoom=3

Image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. #JWST

Program: 2731
Observation ID: jw02731001003_02105_00002_nrcalong_o001

Instruments used: FGS, NIRCam, NIRISS, NIRSpec, MIRI

Image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. #JWST

Program: 2732
Observation ID: jw02732001003_02103_00003_nrcb1

Instruments used: FGS, NIRCam, NIRISS, NIRSpec, MIRI

Image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. #JWST

Program: 2731
Observation ID: jw02731002005_02103_00002_mirimage_o002

Instruments used: FGS, NIRCam, NIRISS, NIRSpec, MIRI

The International Space Station is currently passing over the following coordinates:

Lat: 5.4904
Long: 121.6776

https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=5.4904&mlon=121.6776&zoom=3

Astronaut spotlight

Laura Stiles (Occasional Spaceflight)
Date of Birth: Unspecified
Nationality: American
Agency: Blue Origin
First flight: 22/01/2026
Last flight: 22/01/2026

Blue Origin’s Director of New Shepard Launch Operations, with a B.S. in Engineering Physics from the University of Kansas and a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder in Aerospace Engineering Sciences in the Astrodynamics and Satellite Navigation focus area.

Upcoming launch (5/10)

Name: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-31

Status: Go for Launch

Window: 12/03/2026 10:58 - 12/03/2026 02:58

Agency: SpaceX
Mission type: Communications

Mission: A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Webcast live: No

Spacecraft spotlight (8/601)

Name: Soyuz TMA-10

Status: Single Use

Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Description: Soyuz TMA-10 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on April 7 2007 17:31 UTC. It transported two members of the Expedition 15 crew and one participant to the International Space Station. The Expeditio...
In use: No

Image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. #JWST

Program: 2732
Observation ID: jw02732001005_02101_00004_nrca3

Instruments used: FGS, NIRCam, NIRISS, NIRSpec, MIRI

Astronaut spotlight

Guion Bluford (Retired)
Date of Birth: 22/11/1942
Nationality: American
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
First flight: 30/08/1983
Last flight: 02/12/1992

Guion Stewart Bluford Jr., Ph.D. is an American aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, who was the first African American in space.[1] Before becoming an astronaut, he was an officer in the U.S....

Spacecraft spotlight (32/601)

Name: Edoardo Amaldi ATV

Status: Single Use

Agency: Arianespace

Description: The Edoardo Amaldi ATV, or Automated Transfer Vehicle 003 (ATV-003), was a European unmanned cargo resupply spacecraft, named after the 20th-century Italian physicist Edoardo Amaldi. The spacecraft wa...
In use: No

Upcoming launch (8/10)

Name: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-33

Status: Go for Launch

Window: 18/03/2026 10:57 - 18/03/2026 02:57

Agency: SpaceX
Mission type: Communications

Mission: A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Webcast live: No

Upcoming launch (5/10)

Name: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-48

Status: Go for Launch

Window: 12/03/2026 10:00 - 12/03/2026 02:00

Agency: SpaceX
Mission type: Communications

Mission: A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Webcast live: No

The International Space Station is currently passing over the following coordinates:

Lat: 32.9154
Long: -97.0873

https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=32.9154&mlon=-97.0873&zoom=3

Image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. #JWST

Program: 2732
Observation ID: jw02732001006_02105_00005_nrca2

Instruments used: FGS, NIRCam, NIRISS, NIRSpec, MIRI

Spacecraft spotlight (23/601)

Name: Soyuz MS-14

Status: Single Use

Agency: Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Description: Soyuz MS-14 is an unmanned flight of the Soyuz spacecraft intended to test a modification for the Launch Abort System.
In use: No

Astronaut spotlight

Timothy Nash (Occasional Spaceflight)
Date of Birth: Unspecified
Nationality: British
Agency: Virgin Galactic
First flight: 08/09/2023
Last flight: 08/09/2023

Passenger on Virgin Galactic 03 launch

EPIC photo #EPIC #DSCOVR

This image was taken by NASA's EPIC camera onboard the NOAA DSCOVR spacecraft

Centroid coordinates - Lat: -2.175293, Long: 98.041992

DSCOVR position - x: 1516943.86875, y: -300400.742017, z: -63227.596468

A total of 7 images were taken today

#SorryFlerfs

Spacecraft spotlight (88/601)

Name: Kounotori 3

Status: Single Use

Agency: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Description: Kounotori 3, also known as HTV-3, is the third Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle. It was launched on 21 July 2012 to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 3 (...
In use: No

Upcoming launch (4/10)

Name: Falcon 9 Block 5 | EchoStar 25

Status: Go for Launch

Window: 10/03/2026 03:14 - 10/03/2026 05:43

Agency: SpaceX
Mission type: Communications

Mission: EchoStar 25 is a direct broadcast satellite, built on the proven Maxar 1300 series platform, which will deliver content across North America. It will be equipped with a high-power, multi-spot beam pay...
Webcast live: No

Image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. #JWST

Program: 2732
Observation ID: jw02732001001_02103_00004_nrca1_o001

Instruments used: FGS, NIRCam, NIRISS, NIRSpec, MIRI