diff --git a/paseos/activities/activity_manager.py b/paseos/activities/activity_manager.py
index c28f2dfd..b1cc9a04 100644
--- a/paseos/activities/activity_manager.py
+++ b/paseos/activities/activity_manager.py
@@ -133,9 +133,11 @@ async def job():
             )
             await asyncio.wait([asyncio.create_task(processor.stop())])
             self._paseos_instance._is_running_activity = False
+            self._paseos_instance._local_actor._current_activity = None
             del processor
 
         # Workaround to avoid error when executed in a Jupyter notebook.
+        self._paseos_instance._local_actor._current_activity = name
         if is_notebook():
             return job()
         else:
diff --git a/paseos/actors/base_actor.py b/paseos/actors/base_actor.py
index 4a0994db..9ddfade2 100644
--- a/paseos/actors/base_actor.py
+++ b/paseos/actors/base_actor.py
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ class BaseActor(ABC):
     # Communication links dictionary
     _communication_devices = DotMap(_dynamic=False)
 
+    # Tracks the current activity
+    _current_activity = None
+
     def __init__(self, name: str, position, epoch: pk.epoch) -> None:
         """Constructor for a base actor
 
diff --git a/paseos/visualization/space_animation.py b/paseos/visualization/space_animation.py
index 058b79e6..51377c0a 100644
--- a/paseos/visualization/space_animation.py
+++ b/paseos/visualization/space_animation.py
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ def _populate_textbox(self, actor: BaseActor) -> str:
             for name in actor.communication_devices.keys():
                 info = actor.communication_devices[name]
                 info_str += f"\nCommDevice1: {info.bandwidth_in_kbps} kbps"
+
         elif isinstance(actor, GroundstationActor):
             # TODO: implement textbox for groundstation
             raise NotImplementedError(
@@ -163,6 +164,10 @@ def _populate_textbox(self, actor: BaseActor) -> str:
                 "SpacePlot is currently not implemented for actor type" + type(actor)
             )
 
+        cur_act = actor._current_activity
+        if cur_act is not None:
+            info_str += f"\n({cur_act})"
+
         return info_str
 
     def _plot_los(self, los_matrix: np.ndarray) -> None: