# Artemis II tracker

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/artemis-ii-tracker/

7 people recommended Artemis II tracker in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a clean, easy-to-use live tracker that works better on mobile than NASA's official site. Critics say its trajectory, distance and mission data are inaccurate.

Summary written by Claude from 35 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 11 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Easier to use than NASA's site (3 comments in the sample): "NASA's site is really cumbersome for me to use. This site is a better fit for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47642341)) "I found this Artemis II tracker to be much better than the NASA one" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47667840)) "The official one doesn't work for me on mobile but this does" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47608243))
- Clean UI with good information density (1 comment in the sample): "Better information density." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47651575))

## What people warn about

- Slow or heavy on some devices (2 comments in the sample): "NASA site is unusable for me in Firefox while above one works without hitch." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47653972)) "This one displays basically the same info and is made by someone competent" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47653907))
- Inaccurate trajectory, distance and mission data (1 comment in the sample): "it claims TLI (trans lunar injection burn) happens two hours after launch when in reality that is going to happen about a day after launch" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47608623))
- Missing UI elements, small dark fonts (1 comment in the sample): "Unfortunately the UI seems pretty busted.  The tour is trying to point out a bunch of UI elements that don't exist" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47607856))

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Artemis II tracker", https://hackerapproved.com/p/artemis-ii-tracker/ (7 recommend, 2 mixed, 4 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.