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title: "Track who goes to space with IFTTT"
description: "I'll show you a fun way I use IFTTT to track when astronauts go to space! By connecting NASA's events to a Slack channel, I get updates and can learn more about the astronauts and their missions."
slug: track-goes-space-ifttt
date: 2018-02-26
url: https://mfyz.com/?p=204
tags: ["ifttt", "space", "nasa", "automation", "slack"]
category: Geekin'
migration: { "wpId": 204, "wpPostDate": "2018-02-26T09:43:34.000Z" }
---

I have a fun way to track people goes to space and I want to share that with you on this post :)

I love using “If This Then That” (IFTTT) and have been using it for years. It's a brilliant service. For first-timers, I can summarize it as “Internet Robot”. What it does is, connects two internet services (or smart devices) in scenario basis consists of two parts: “event → action”. So it takes an “action” when an “event” happens.

Some generic samples of how to use IFTTT;

- When I post a photo to facebook → Save to dropbox
- When there is a new entry in RSS → Send me an email
- When weather is rainy → Tweet “take umbrella”

Almost all popular services are available in IFTTT.Each service has their own set of events and actions.

![Some fund IFTTT Recipes](/images/archive/en/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2018-02-16-at-11.36.39-AM_ziyo4a.png)

## Tracking Space Activities

I use IFTTT for many different ways, mostly work related scenarios but I have some fun use cases. One of the most fun thing I do with IFTTT is to use NASA's events about space activity (when there is a new launch with astronauts going into space), I send a message to my slack channel named “space”. This way I see astronauts went to space and often I check their wikipedia page, their achievements etc...

![Slack Channel with Space Activities](/images/archive/en/2020/05/Screen-Shot-2018-02-15-at-1.53.12-PM_zs7hl5.png)