Astronomy Picture of the Day
Curated daily by NASA astronomers since 1995
NASA · APOD
Astronomy Picture of the Day
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NASA · Astronomy Picture of the Day

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NASA APOD
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Updated
Daily
Since Jun 16, 1995
ISS Live Tracker
Real-time position updated every 5 seconds
Live · 5s updates
Crew Aboard
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People in space (all crafts)
Orbital Altitude
~408
km above Earth
Orbital Speed
28,000
km/h · 17,500 mph
Orbits / Day
~15.5
Every 92 minutes
LAT: …
LNG: …
UPD: …
Currently Aboard
Station Facts
LaunchNov 20, 1998
Mass420,000 kg
Length109 m
PartnersNASA · Roscosmos · ESA · JAXA · CSA
SpaceX Mission Control
Launches, rockets, landing pads, and orbital assets
SpaceX API
Total Launches
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Since Falcon 1, 2006
Successful
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Mission successes
Success Rate
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Falcon 9: 98%+
Active Cores
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Max reuses: —
Employees
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Founded —
Valuation
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Private company
Roadster Speed
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Tesla in solar orbit
Roadster from Earth
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From Mars: —
Launches Per Year
Booster Stats
Total Cores Tracked—
Record Reuses—
Total Failures—
Starlink Satellites3,526+
Roadster Orbit Period—
Rockets
Landing Pads
Recent Launches
Near-Earth Object Tracker
NASA JPL asteroid close-approach data — updated daily
NASA · NeoWs
NEO Catalog
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Total known objects
Today's Approaches
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Passing Earth today
Potentially Hazardous
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In today's list
Total Approaches
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Recorded in database
Today's Asteroids — Radar View
Safe Potentially Hazardous (PHA) Earth
Exoplanet Archive
NASA Exoplanet Archive · Caltech IPAC · Updated continuously
NASA · IPAC
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Confirmed Exoplanets
As of today — NASA Exoplanet Archive (IPAC)
Discovery Methods
Key Milestones
First confirmed exoplanet1992 (PSR 1257+12)
First Sun-like host1995 (51 Pegasi b)
Kepler mission (2009)2,600+ discoveries
TESS mission (2018)400+ confirmed
Habitable zone candidates60+
JWST atmospheres studiedGrowing list
Recently Discovered Exoplanets
Planet Host Star Year Orbital Period Radius Mass Distance Method