NASA’s Eyes software: June release notes
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A major update to Eyes on Exoplanets was released on June 11, 2026, complete with a brand-new tutorial. The introductory welcome screen was completely updated, and in a major upgrade, every single star in the app (4,716 stars and counting) now has its own description panel, similar to those of the exoplanets in the application. […] The post NASA’s Eyes software: June release notes appeared first on NASA Science.
A major update to Eyes on Exoplanets was released on June 11, 2026, complete with a brand-new tutorial. The introductory welcome screen was completely updated, and in a major upgrade, every single star in the app (4,716 stars and counting) now has its own description panel, similar to those of the exoplanets in the application.
This introductory screen for NASA’s Eyes on Exoplanets gives the user a quick overview of the app and also provides a link to a video tutorial.
A screen capture from the video tutorial for NASA’s Eyes on Exoplanets.
A partial view of the star’s description panel, accessible via the “Learn More” button.
On Monday, June 29, 2026, a new version of the Mars Relay Network (MRN) was released, containing several upgrades. The surface terrain at Mars now loads substantially faster, and there are now indicators pointing to where the Mars orbiters are flying overhead for each data transmission, making it easier to find them. In addition, for past overflights, you can now see the predicted versus actual data transmission values, which are not always the same number, as sometimes terrain features cut off the signal from the orbiter to the rover.
An image from NASA’s Eyes software Mars Relay Network showing a reconstructed communication from MSL to MRO.
Finally, Eyes on the Solar System was released on June 30, 2026, featuring a new full trajectory animation of the Cassini mission, showing the cumulative orbit lines from 2004 to 2017, which is sometimes referred to as the “ball of yarn”. This release also features several added options for embedding links into a webpage with customized features, such as removing the time controls, or choosing to display all of the minor moons of planets like Saturn and Jupiter.
The entire orbit trajectory of the Cassini mission from 2004-2017 is displayed in Eyes on the Solar System in the Trajectory view option.
The Embed section of the Share feature now offers new options for creating links with certain features selected, like minor moons of Saturn, or the heliosphere, or having the time controls minimized or removed.
Here is a short video that explains some of the changes for the month of June.
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A video tutorial showing the changes made to various Eyes applications for June of 2026.
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