Space Race Innovation: NASA's Orbital Grappling Breakthrough
Published on: July 5, 2026, 2:29 a.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
NASA, with Katalyst, has postponed a mission to reposition an aging U.S. satellite observatory using a robotic spacecraft owing to weather and technical issues. This mission aims to test an orbital grappling technology crucial to the U.S.-China space race and the commercial satellite industry.
