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UHU mission debriefing<\/a><\/h3>\n
January 20., 2026<\/div>\n
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An opportunity was created for the ground science team of the UHU experiment to meet Tibor Kapu, the Hungarian astronaut of the Ax-4 mission, and discuss the practical aspect of carrying out nighttime video observations from the International Space Station. The meeting, held on the 14th of January, 2026, was particularly useful as it helped to better understand... Details »<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A simple card game on hunting red sprites<\/a><\/h3>\n
December 26., 2025<\/div>\n
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From the game rules:In this game, you become a storm chaser who photographs special light phenomena appearing above lightning-rich thunderstorms.All you need to play this game is a deck of ordinary playing cards. Recommended number of players: 1\u20136 Recommended age: 8+Game duration: 15\u201325 minutes Read the Game Rules for more information!Enjoy! Big thanks... Details »<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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UHU calendar\/images<\/a><\/h3>\n
December 23., 2025<\/div>\n
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As a gift of the season and as a recognition of all contributors to this procect, 12 images are shared for calendars on the UHU 2025 experiment. The images in this set are intended to be printed in monthly calendars to exhibit imagery obtained in connection with the UHU Earth observation experiment in 2025, part of the scientific payload of Axiom Space&#8217;s... Details »<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Blue Pixies in UHU Experiment Observations<\/a><\/h3>\n
December 3., 2025<\/div>\n
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Another type of transient luminous event has been identified within the observational material of the UHU experiment. The pixie, also known as a blue emission, or simply \u2018blue\u2019, is a short-lived variant of corona discharges. These flashes typically form at or near the top of an active thundercloud. Although their name originates from early long-distance... Details »<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A new guide has become available on recording TLEs<\/a><\/h3>\n
August 27., 2025<\/div>\n
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Hints on how to start photographing TLEs, compiled by Christophe Suarez, are now linked in the page that intends to help photographers recently become interersted in capturing these events. The document is available in English, Spanish, and French.
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The brightest ELVES phenomenon so far in the UHU experiment was captured by the Hungarian astronaut of the Ax-4 mission<\/a><\/h3>\n
August 22., 2025<\/div>\n
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New observation data are becoming available from the UHU experiment, recorded by the crew of Axiom Space\u2019s Ax-4 mission aboard the International Space Station between June 27 and July 13. Our team continues conducting quality checks and reviewing of the video recordings, searching for TLE . During the mission, we provided 8\u201312 potential observation possibilities... Details »<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The ground-based observation campaign has ended<\/a><\/h3>\n
August 1., 2025<\/div>\n
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The observation campaign related to the project ended on 31 July. The collection of observations is still ongoing, similarly to the evaluation of observations made from space, some of which we still do not have access to. Thank you for the images you have sent and shared so far! We are still waiting for the observations made in July! Although this campaign has... Details »<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The first TLEs found in the UHU project-related observations made from the ISS<\/a><\/h3>\n
July 18., 2025<\/div>\n
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During preliminary quality checks of the videos recorded during Axiom Space\u2019s Ax-4 mission in the framework of the UHU Earth Observation experiment, we identified two distant ELVES , captured by Ax-4 mission commander Peggy Whitson on July 4 while flying over the Philippines and Eastern Indonesia. These are the first lightning-related optical flashes... Details »<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The space mission ended, the ground campaign continues<\/a><\/h3>\n
July 15., 2025<\/div>\n
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The Ax-4 crew has left the ISS on 14 July so the mission to observe TLEs from up there has come to an end. Evaluation of the observations is underway. Nevertheless, the ground campaign to observe TLEs continues until the end of July, so we encourage you to keep an eye on the lightning activity in your area and also keep your camera ready! Summer nights are filled with... Details »<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Status update<\/a><\/h3>\n
July 11., 2025<\/div>\n
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A few UHU project-related observations have already been made by the Ax-4 crew from the ISS. So far, we could access only a fraction of the recorded observation material. Basically, this allowed only qucik quality checking of the videos. Lightning has been surely recorded from space by the AX-4 crew. Detailed search for TLEs is yet to be done. A magnificent Gigantic... Details »<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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