discoveries

- NASA and Eta Space are partnering on LOXSAT, a liquid-oxygen flight demonstration to test cryogenic fluid management in low Earth orbit. - Eta Space built the payload under NASA’s Tipping Point program; Rocket Lab will provide a Photon bus and launch on an Electron rocket no earlier than

- Landsat 9 OLI images from April 21 and May 7, 2026 show the Kuskokwim River near Aniak shifting from frozen to partial ice breakup as spring melt began. - A grounded ice sheet produced a roughly 21-mile (34 km) ice jam upstream; ice later became unstuck and flowed downstream.

- Branch Technology Inc. developed Freeform 3D Printing that creates lightweight lattice structures for modular building elements (wall panels, cladding). - The process arose from the company’s participation in NASA’s 3D‑Printed Habitat Challenge and a cooperative agreement with Marshall Space Flight Center. - Branch refined nozzles to

- Branch Technology developed Freeform 3D Printing to create lightweight lattice structural elements for modular building components. - The process originated from Branch’s work on NASA’s 3D‑Printed Habitat Challenge and a cooperative agreement with Marshall Space Flight Center. - Innovations include custom nozzles for lattice extrusion and

- Branch Technology’s Freeform 3D Printing produces lightweight lattice structures for modular building elements like wall panels and cladding. - The process evolved through the NASA 3D‑Printed Habitat Challenge and a cooperative agreement with Marshall Space Flight Center. - Developments include new nozzle designs, dual lattice/solid printing

- Branch Technology Inc. developed Freeform 3D Printing, which creates lightweight lattice building elements (wall panels, cladding) rather than solid layer-by-layer prints. - The company’s nozzle and materials work was advanced through NASA’s 3D‑Printed Habitat Challenge and a cooperative agreement with Marshall Space Flight Center. - Research