LINK Spacecraft Set for Mission to Boost NASA's Swift Observatory

A Katalyst engineer runs tests on LINK while the satellite is inside the Pegasus XL rocket attached to the Stargazer aircraft at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the evening of Tuesday, June 16, 2026. via NASA https://ift.tt/MTzbH01

Starry Chandelier Cluster

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular cluster NGC 6723, sometimes called the Chandelier Cluster. via NASA https://ift.tt/6a0luFj

NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Preps for Spacewalk

Flight engineer Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) assists flight engineer Chris Williams of NASA as he tries on his spacesuit, testing its comfort and mobility as well as its communications and life support systems inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock. via NASA https://ift.tt/62EJVT1

Euclid Sees Heart of Milky Way

This image by ESA’s (European Space Agency) Euclid (with color added using ground-based images) provides an earlier snapshot of a region of our galaxy that NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will repeatedly observe during the upcoming years. via NASA https://ift.tt/Nzjf0mu

Millions of Stars in Cigar Galaxy

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently observed edge-on starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82), nicknamed the Cigar Galaxy. via NASA https://ift.tt/ZkzUCP3

Roman Telescope Comes to Kennedy

NASA’s Pegasus barge arrives at the Launch Complex 39 turn basin at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Sunday, June 21, 2026. via NASA https://ift.tt/6fFUA3K

Hanging in the Balance

The Moon's rocky, uneven, and otherworldly surface features are highlighted by the terminator – the difference between light and darkness. via NASA https://ift.tt/ly6AizL