Yesterday marks a promising step forward with the successful launch of the Nancy Grace Roman telescope on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:26 am EDT.

NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies now work to re-orient the mission to attempt a rendezvous and perform proximity operations. What Happened The mission to boost Swift began on July 3 and was intended to prevent the 22 year-old observatory from entering a decaying orbit that would eventually cause it to burn up in our atmosphere later this fall. By mid July, NASA was already reporting attitude control issues with LINK, the servicing spacecraft developed by Katalyst Space. Throughout July,...

The impact of sudden darkness is a thing to behold, but what effect can this dramatic change have on our atmosphere? Could the Moon’s cold, dark shadow passing across the daytime sky become a natural laboratory for scientific study? The Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project (NEBP) offers spectacular high-altitude views while collecting valuable atmospheric data. These observations improve atmospheric models, helping scientists better understand weather systems