by OGL News | Jun 13, 2023 | news-hub
Artist’s impression of a dying sun-like star engulfing an exoplanet. (Image credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Garlick/M. Zamani) Astronomers may have for the first time witnessed a sun-like star devouring a planet, shedding light on the...
by OGL News | Jun 12, 2023 | news-hub
This Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn, captured in June 2018, shows six of the planet’s 145 known moons. The visible satellites are (from left to right) Dione, Enceladus, Tethys, Janus, Epimetheus and Mimas. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (GSFC) and the OPAL...
by OGL News | Jun 10, 2023 | news-hub
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne and Cosmic Girl platform prepare for a launch at Mojave Air and Space Port in California. Credit: Virgin Orbit Updated May 24 with Rocket Lab statement. WASHINGTON — Three aerospace companies submitted winning bids at a...
by OGL News | Jun 9, 2023 | news-hub
The Arcturus gateway in Utah. Credit: Astranis TAMPA, Fla. — The first Astranis-built satellite has reached geostationary orbit over Alaska and completed a key end-to-end payload test following its Falcon Heavy launch at the end of April, the Californian...
by OGL News | Jun 8, 2023 | news-hub
The first steel components of the Mobile Launcher 2 structure arrived at the Kennedy Space Center earlier this month. Credit: Bechtel WASHINGTON — The first components for a new mobile launch platform for NASA’s Space Launch System, which has suffered extensive...
by OGL News | Jun 7, 2023 | news-hub
South Korea’s KSLV-2 rocket lifts off from the Naro Space Center on May 25. Credit: KARI SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s KSLV-2 rocket put seven satellites, including one equipped with synthetic aperture radar, into sun-synchronous orbit May 25, although an...