Posts by Laura Hayes
Artemis II Solar Eclipse
- 09 April 2026
The Artemis II mission recently completed its landmark voyage around the Moon, marking the first departure of humans from Earth orbit in over fifty years. Soon after Artemis II set the record of human distance from Earth, the astronauts took stunning photos of the the solar eclipse they observed on April 6 (EDT) / April 7 (UTC). We highly recommend watching the recording of the eclipse on YouTube; the reactions and descriptions of the astronauts are worth it.
SunPy Development Team wins a NASA Group Achievement Award!
- 19 June 2024
We are delighted to announce that the SunPy development team has been awarded with a NASA Group Achievement Award!
The What, Why, and How of SunPy Affiliated Packages
- 18 August 2020
SunPy affiliated packages are well-maintained, open-source software packages that build upon or extend the functionality of the SunPy core library. The main idea behind affiliated packages is to provide additional tools and functionality to the solar physics community that is considered outside the scope of the SunPy core library, but builds upon it. Affiliated packages are aimed to integrate well with the SunPy ecosystem and together with the core library offer a diverse software ecosystem for which to perform solar data analysis. Affiliated packages are reviewed and registered with the SunPy project.