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! :)
About Moonshot on Product Hunt
“Track the Artemis II mission from your Mac”
Moonshot launched on Product Hunt on April 6th, 2026 and earned 446 upvotes and 37 comments, earning #1 Product of the Day. 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.
On the analytics side, Moonshot competes within Space, GitHub and Menu Bar Apps — topics that collectively have 62k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Moonshot performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
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Aaron O'Leary
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! :)