Backyard Astronomer Tracks Artemis Two Moon Mission

0:00It's April 3rd. Welcome in. This is Canada News Today, where local news meets AI. I'm Corey with the story. Scott Tilly, an amateur astronomer from Canada's Sunshine Coast, is using his home radio setup to track NASA's Artemis 2 mission. He's one of just 34 people in groups worldwide, picked by the agency to monitor this first crew trip around the moon in over 50 years. The rocket launched Wednesday from Florida, with four astronauts, including Canada's Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day journey covering 1.1 million kilometers. Tilly usually hunts secret satellites that no one announces, pulling their positions from radio signals with a two-meter dish on his roof and some. Serious math. For Artemis 2, though, it's wide open. NASA's Deep Space Network in California, Spain, and Australia is on it too, with their testing backyard tech. Like is, he stoked to contribute, even calling the mission a bit bland from all the hype. Unlike his stealthy usuals, other Canadians like the space agency and University of New

1:02Brunswick made the cut too, sending data to help NASA beef uptracking for moon and Mars. Runs ahead. Right now, Tilly crunches graphs showing frequency drops like orange spaghetti lines, proving small stations can handle the load without big, expensive antennas. This volunteer data shows if everyday gear works for future deep space ops. As Artemis 2 loops the moon, Tilly's feeds keep flowing to NASA, paving the way for more accessible space watches from spots like his backyard.