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By Erica McNamee of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD  As a kid, you were always taught to hold tight to balloons—tie them around your wrist, even, to keep them close. This week, a group of a dozen undergraduate students participating in NASA’s 2026 Student Airborne Research Program (SARP), unlearned old balloon-wrangling habits—and let go.  Their purpose:  to collect data aboutContinue Reading

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Katalyst Space’s LINK robotic servicing satellite awaits encapsulation inside a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL on June 8, 2026, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The rocket will carry LINK to space for an attempted orbital boost of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. NASA/Ron Beard Engineers completed installation of KatalystContinue Reading

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The aurora australis crowns Earth’s atmosphere above the Indian Ocean as the Canadarm2 robotic arm extends from a power and data grapple fixture attached to the Harmony module. NASA/Chris Williams Scientific hardware installations and biomedical monitoring topped the research schedule aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Expedition 74Continue Reading

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2 min read NASA Equips Astronauts, Industry with Robotic Intelligence  In the Integrated Mobile Evaluation Testbed for Robotics Operations facility at Johnson Space Center, PickNik robotic control software proved its prowess in tasks like passing cargo transfer bags through a hatch and placing them in storage bins, in anticipation ofContinue Reading

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NASA/Brandon Hancock The final booster motor segments for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will help propel Artemis III astronauts on their journey to space shipped from Northrop Grumman’s Railyard Shipping Facility in Corinne, Utah on June 2. The eight booster motor segments are on their way to NASA’sContinue Reading

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Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community TODAY: Cosmic Origins… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups Conferences Cosmic Pathfinders Early Career Workshop Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources   TODAY: Cosmic Origins Community Webinar, June 10, 2026 10 June 2026 https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/programs/cosmic-origins/community/cosmic-origins-seminar-10-june-2026 Dear Cosmic Origins Community, The ASTRA initiative (linked below) willContinue Reading

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Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community IR STIG Meeting, 12… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups Conferences Cosmic Pathfinders Early Career Workshop Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources   IR STIG Meeting Infrared Science and Technology Interest Group IR STIG about IR STIG Meeting Location Virtual Dates 12 JuneContinue Reading

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