Next 13 Apr. 2023, the European Space Agency will launch the Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) spacecraft, going to greatly improve our knowledge of the Jupiter’s environment and its Ganymede, Callisto and Europa moons....
We tracked the Artemis I – Orion spacecraft again, looking forward to show it live soon. We share here new image and video. The image above comes from a single 180-second exposure, remotely taken with...
We did again: after taking a record image of Orion at its farthest from the Earth, we captured it now that it is coming back, but still as distant as the Moon. The image...
After taking a record making image, showing the spacecraft close to its farthest distance from Earth, we will show you live, via our telescopes, the Artemis I – Orion spacecraft ready to splashdown in the Pacific...
L’astrofisico Gianluca Masi, fondatore e Responsabile Scientifico del Virtual Telescope Project, è riuscito nell’impresa di fotografare la navetta Orion della Missione Artemis I, in orbita attorno alla Luna, mentre si avvicinava alla massima distanza...
We did something epic: we imaged the Artemis I – Orion spacecraft with our robotic telescopes, while it is orbiting the Moon. We are proud and pleased to share this unique image with the...
On 16 Oct. 2022, one year after launch, the Nasa’s Lucy probe had a spectacular flyby with the Earth. We imaged it 12 hours later and showed it in real-time to the world. The image...
event / satellite / spacecraft
Next 16 oct. 2022 the Lucy spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, will have a close fly-by with the Earth. The Virtual Telescope Project will bring it to you live, online! The...
The sky always amazes us much more than our expectations. This also happened earlier this month, when we spotted the International Space Station moving into the Earth shadow while planet Jupiter was showing a...
It is hard to comment the stunning experience we had last night: we saw in real-time, with our very own eyes, the effects of DART slamming into its target asteroid Didymos, making it much...
After eight months, we wanted to spot the James Webb Space Telescope again and here it is our image. The image above comes from a single 300-second exposure, unfiltered, remotely collected with the “Elena” (PlaneWave 17″+Paramount...
asteroid / event / satellite / spacecraft
Next 26 Sept. 2022, after a 10-month long journey, the Nasa’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft will reach the climax of its mission. It will impact on Dimorphos, the satellite of asteroid (65803) Didymos,...
conjunction / Earth and Stars / planets / satellite / spacecraft / the Moon
This morning, I could really enjoy the wonderful planetary parade visible at dawn, plus the Moon. And a very special bonus were the transits of both the International Space Station and the Chinese Tianhe-1...
The last month we have been talking about a Falcon 9 rocket upper stage going to hit the Moon; deeper data analysis now suggests that this space debris belongs to the Chang’e 5-T1 mission, launched in...
– The Beaver Supermoon 2024: online observation (15 Nov. 2024)
– Asteroid 2020 XR: online observation (3 Dec. 2024)
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