Ben Feist
@benfeist.bsky.social
Software Engineer, Data Visualization & Informatics and Historian at NASA Johnson Space Center. Creator of ApolloInRealtime.org, Astromaterials3D,
@apollo11movie team. Other account: @benfeist@astrodon.social
@apollo11movie team. Other account: @benfeist@astrodon.social
I got clouds integrated this weekend. Click the little cloud icon on the globe / map and you'll get that day's cloud cover.
November 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I got clouds integrated this weekend. Click the little cloud icon on the globe / map and you'll get that day's cloud cover.
Thanks for the legwork. I’ll have a look.
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Thanks for the legwork. I’ll have a look.
I have been recording the pubic ISS telemetry stream and also got a dump from a colleague. I have it going back 7 years or so. You’re welcomed to it (PM me). You can also record it yourself with this repo I made. github.com/bfeist/ISS-t...
GitHub - bfeist/ISS-telemetry-recorder
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October 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I have been recording the pubic ISS telemetry stream and also got a dump from a colleague. I have it going back 7 years or so. You’re welcomed to it (PM me). You can also record it yourself with this repo I made. github.com/bfeist/ISS-t...
Yep, it’s a messy bedroom right now though. Don’t judge. github.com/bfeist/ISS-i...
GitHub - bfeist/ISS-in-real-time
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October 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Yep, it’s a messy bedroom right now though. Don’t judge. github.com/bfeist/ISS-i...
You read my mind :). I put that on the list of “next things to do when I feel like it”
October 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
You read my mind :). I put that on the list of “next things to do when I feel like it”
Thanks for the heads up!
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thanks for the heads up!
My friend, David Charney and I built this over the past year on evenings and weekends. We're excited to make it available to the public in time for the 25th anniversary of sustained human presence in space (Nov 2).
October 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
My friend, David Charney and I built this over the past year on evenings and weekends. We're excited to make it available to the public in time for the 25th anniversary of sustained human presence in space (Nov 2).
Hey there, I lead the creation of that website. Thanks for the post!
July 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Hey there, I lead the creation of that website. Thanks for the post!
Reposted by Ben Feist
Tune in to the original #MoonDay by visiting apolloinrealtime.org/11/
Apollo 11 in Real Time
A real-time interactive journey through the first landing on the Moon. Relive every moment as it occurred in 1969.
apolloinrealtime.org
July 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Tune in to the original #MoonDay by visiting apolloinrealtime.org/11/
You can read a bit more about it here if you're interested: ttu-ir.tdl.org/items/ebd7ce...
Supporting Exploration Missions by Enabling Exploration Mission System Software
Future exploration missions will consist of a multitude of data sources, systems, and operators collaborating to complete mission objectives. Presently, NASA is instantiating the contractual mechanism...
ttu-ir.tdl.org
March 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
You can read a bit more about it here if you're interested: ttu-ir.tdl.org/items/ebd7ce...
In the science room, the mapping software you see on the video screen there is an application called Artemis EVA Geographical Information System (AEGIS), a project I'm the lead engineer on and have been building for the past couple of years.
March 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
In the science room, the mapping software you see on the video screen there is an application called Artemis EVA Geographical Information System (AEGIS), a project I'm the lead engineer on and have been building for the past couple of years.