discoveries

- A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft (CRS‑34) will undock from the ISS on June 16, 2026, with live coverage starting 11:45 a.m. EDT on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and NASA’s YouTube. - Undocking from Harmony’s forward port is ~12:05 p.m.; reentry and splashdown off California are

- Hubble imaged the galaxy cluster MACS0329-0211, producing a dense field of galaxies resembling a “swarm.” - The view shows large elliptical galaxies as well as spiral and lenticular galaxies, some edge-on and some face-on. - Faint, curved arcs in the upper-right and distorted central features are gravitationally lensed

- A March 2, 2026, photo from the International Space Station shows a soccer ball floating in microgravity. - ISS crew tested soccer balls to study how internal mass affects motion and stability in microgravity. - Results improved understanding of how embedded technologies, including match‑ball sensors, can influence ball performance. - NASA says

- NASA’s TEMPO satellite observed high morning nitrogen dioxide (NO2) across the New York–Washington corridor on May 18, 2026, coinciding with the morning commute. - By mid-afternoon NO2 concentrations had fallen as photochemical reactions with VOCs and sunlight produced elevated surface-level ozone, contributing to unhealthy ozone readings and

- NASA tested robotic software in Johnson Space Center’s Integrated Mobile Evaluation Testbed to enable a robotic arm to recognize and operate a spacecraft hatch and transfer cargo bags. - Boulder-based PickNik Inc. developed and refined the control software MoveIt Pro with early government support and SBIR funding. - MoveIt Pro,

- Astronaut photos from May 10, 2026, show Tyndall Glacier in southern Chile calving many ice fragments that float across Lago Geikie. - The Southern Patagonian Icefield feeds Tyndall; Lago Geikie formed around 1940 as the glacier retreated. - Tyndall has thinned and retreated about 2.2 km since November 2022, with major