Commissioning is well underway for Katalyst’s robotic servicing spacecraft LINK, which is designed to boost the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.
On-Orbit Checkouts in Progress for Mission to Boost NASA’s Swift
NASA’s Roman Launch Preparations Proceed
With less than two months until the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, engineers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are preparing the observatory for its trip to space. Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians used large cranes to carefully lift Roman and place it onto a specialized work platform, known […]
Neurology Studies and Crew Departure Preps Fill Station Schedule
Neurology studies and crew departure preparations filled the schedule aboard the International Space Station on Thursday. Expedition 74 also kept up the maintenance of the orbital lab replacing electronics and GPS gear and organizing cargo.
NASA’s Dragonfly Clears Key Tests as Titan Rotorcraft Takes Shape
NASA’s Dragonfly is starting to look less like a collection of spacecraft parts and more like the rotorcraft that will fly across the surface of Titan, Saturn’s hazy moon. The mission reached a major milestone on June 29, when the Dragonfly team at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, delivered the […]
NASA Small Satellite Could Make Global Positioning More Precise
GRITSS will demonstrate the feasibility of a new technique for improving precision navigation and geodetic measurements.
Crew Works Health Checks, CubeSat Maintenance, and Soyuz Seat Checks
Health checks and CubeSat hardware maintenance were the prime research objectives aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Expedition 74 crew members also stowed spacewalking gear, transferred cargo, and checked seats in a Soyuz spacecraft.
Keeping PACE with Ocean Change
The primary goal of this collaboration was to support and validate science data products from NASA's recently launched Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite mission
More Cartilage, Blood Pressure Studies on Station as Crew Swap Preps Begin
Cartilage engineering and blood pressure studies to improve health on Earth and in space continued aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. The Expedition 74 crew members also serviced an experimental module, configured a temporary sleep station, and began preparing for the return to Earth of three crewmates.
NASA’s COFFIES Science Center Makes Breakthrough on Solar Enigma
Editor’s note: This post was updated on July 10,2026, to clarify details on the scientific data visualization, and on July 21, 2026, to correct the description of the illustrated graphic. Researchers working with one of NASA’s DRIVE (Diversify, Realize, Integrate, Venture, Educate) Science Centers are closer to unraveling a long-standing solar mystery surrounding the extreme […]