spaceprob.es

We love space probes to the Moon and beyond! Spaceprob.es catalogs the active human-made machines that freckle our solar system and dot our galaxy. For each space probe, we've affectionately crafted a short-and-sweet summary as well as handpicked geeky hyperlinks we think are worth exploring. Where possible, we utilize data from the Deep Space Network.

spaceprob.es website is built with this Jekyll repo and also 2 backend API apps for the dynamic content:

For the space probe distances to Earth see: https://github.com/spacehackers/api.spaceprob.es

Installing

1. Clone the repo

    git clone https://github.com/<GITHUB_USERNAME>/spaceprob.es.git
    cd spaceprob.es
   

2. install jekyll and the i18n plugin using Ruby Bundler

    # if these fail because of write permissions
    # add sudo to the front: "sudo gem install.."
    
    gem install bundler
    bundle install --path=vendor
   

3. Serve locally

    bundle exec jekyll serve --watch
   

troubleshooting

• homepage loads but no probes appear

• in the local directory do:

  curl -O https://spaceprob.es/distances.json