by OGL News | May 3, 2023 | news-hub
The antenna for JUICE’s RIME instrument in its stowed configuration shortly after launch. The antenna, 16 meters long, had not fully deployed two weeks after launch. Credit: ESA WASHINGTON — A radar antenna on a European mission to Jupiter has yet to...
by OGL News | May 2, 2023 | news-hub
A Falcon Heavy launches ViaSat-3 Americas April 30 in the rocket’s sixth flight since its debut in 2018. Credit: Viasat / SpaceX TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX launched the Americas-focused ViaSat-3 broadband satellite on a Falcon Heavy rocket April 30 following delays...
by OGL News | Apr 29, 2023 | news-hub
Turbulent, swirling currents in Europa’s subsurface sea may influence the spin and geology of the moon’s icy crust. A view of Jupiter’s moon Europa captured by NASA’s Juno mission during its Sept. 29, 2022, close flyby at the moon. The...
by OGL News | Apr 28, 2023 | news-hub
2023 FW13 has been in Earth’s vicinity since 100 B.C. and will stay until at least A.D. 3700. The newfound space rock 2023 FW13 has an orbit that keeps it as a constant companion of Earth, like that of 2016 HO3, which is shown here. (Image credit:...
by OGL News | Apr 27, 2023 | news-hub
The first integrated Starship Super Heavy launch could take place as soon as April 17, according to FAA planning documents. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — SpaceX offered its strongest signals yet that it is nearing the first full-scale launch of its Starship...
by OGL News | Apr 26, 2023 | news-hub
Officials unveil the new base sign at a renaming ceremony at Pituffik Space Base, Greenland, April 6, 2023. From left to right, Col. Brian Capps, 821st Space Base Group commander, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, Greenlandic Minister Affairs,...
