A macOS menu bar app built with SwiftUI that tracks NASA’s Artemis II mission in real time, showing mission phases, countdowns to key lunar flyby and return events, mission elapsed time, crew, live telemetry context, and a space-themed Earth-Moon-Orion timeline. Uses publicly available NASA mission data and timeline updates.
I've always been fascinated with everything space and NASA and while I was consuming absolutely everything I could about Artemis II, I started to think I'd love an app to track all of the phases for me. So I built it over the weekend.
Features:
Live countdowns to key Artemis II events Mission phases including outbound, lunar flyby, return leg, re-entry, and splashdown Mission elapsed time (MET) Artemis II crew roster NASA-sourced timeline and public mission update data Menu bar-only macOS app built with SwiftUI
It should take you all the way to splashdown.
Hope you all enjoy, and if you have any feedback, drop it in the comments! :)
this is sick,timeline visualisation is clean. I like space and artemis, how are you handling the live telemetry updates? polling or websockets? if you dont mind me asking , i sort of have an idea but yeah. I'm new to product Hunt , been seeing people's stuff in here , and some are actually tickling my brain
really cool idea. i find myself wanting more information/to learn more. even seeing photos live as they’re released. just something to make it truly the singular source of info for me to follow. otherwise im still pulling up separate feeds to track it
Love this. SwiftUI menu bar apps are such an underrated format — lightweight, always accessible, no context-switching. I'm building a Mac-native video editor with SwiftUI + Rust and the menu bar philosophy resonates: do one thing well, stay out of the way. The 'Flighty for space missions' direction sounds incredible. Congrats on the launch and good luck with splashdown!
this is actually pretty sick, didn’t expect a menu bar app to go this deep how often does the data update btw? @aaronoleary
Looks fantastic. Congrats on the launch.
Is this just limited to accessing from the US? I’m in the UK and data never loads.
Very cool, thanks for this! Mission updates right in the menu bar instead of constantly checking NASA's site is way better. Nice project.
That is so good, like reading scientific journals!
What are your feature plans?
I see in the comments that you think about something like Flighty for space missions, what about something like space history & launches timeline with visualizations and historical facts?
This is such a cool niche execution : love how you turned a complex mission like Artemis II into something so accessible right from the menu bar. The real-time aspect + mission timeline is a great touch.
Also feels very aligned with the current wave of making complex systems more observable and understandable.
We actually launched on Product Hunt today as well — working on Ogoron, an AI system that automatically generates and maintains test coverage as products evolve. Different space, same love for making complexity manageable
Good luck with the launch!
Very cool idea, perfect for space enthusiast people. Do you get it directly from their website?
sick! i love that there is a launch tag for `Space`. Is this artisanal code or did you sling with an agent?
We are genuinely going back to the moon and there’s a Mac app for it. What time to be alive.
Love that you built this over a weekend, the attention to detail with the mission phases and telemetry context is really impressive. Having it live in the menu bar is perfect for staying updated without constantly tab-switching during the mission. @aaronoleary are you planning to support future NASA missions beyond Artemis II?
@aaronoleary This is pretty cool, didn’t realize there was this much structured data available for Artemis missions.
Are you pulling this straight from NASA APIs or doing some processing in between? how real-time this actually is?
I'd actually love to see a mission view. A trajectory of the path taken by the Rocket. The whole slingshot around the moon in real-time. That would be incredibleeeeee!!!! Awesome work 🚀
Wait the details on this are actually insane, telemetry is 🤌. Awesome job, @aaronoleary!!
Hey everyone!
I've always been fascinated with everything space and NASA and while I was consuming absolutely everything I could about Artemis II, I started to think I'd love an app to track all of the phases for me. So I built it over the weekend.
Features:
Live countdowns to key Artemis II events
Mission phases including outbound, lunar flyby, return leg, re-entry, and splashdown
Mission elapsed time (MET)
Artemis II crew roster
NASA-sourced timeline and public mission update data
Menu bar-only macOS app built with SwiftUI
It should take you all the way to splashdown.
Hope you all enjoy, and if you have any feedback, drop it in the comments! :)