Bezorgdheid, dat is het woord dat deze ruimtevaartweek misschien nog het best samenvat. Bezorgdheid, want er waait een stofstorm over Mars. Voor de vele tuigen in een baan rond de Rode Planeet een ideale gelegenheid om dit soort Martiaanse weerfenomenen te bestuderen. Voor de rovers op Mars ligt dat anders. Curiosity ligt gelukkig nog min of meer buiten het stormgeweld. En nog belangrijker, de rover is niet afhankelijk van zonne-energie. Bezorgdheid is er voor “Oppy”. Het kleine rovertje dat al – bij wijze van overdrijven – al gans deze eeuw op Mars rondrijdt. Een autootje dat afgesneden is van die levensbelangrijke zonnestraling. Duimen maar dat het stof weldra gaat liggen. 

Opportunity vecht tegen stofstorm.
NASA: Opportunity Hunkers Down During Dust Storm.
NASA: NASA Encounters the Perfect Storm for Science.

NasaSpaceFlight: Opportunity hunkers down as dust storm descends over the intrepid little rover.
EuroNews: As Mars dust storm rages, NASA rover falls silent.
Space News: Mars rover Opportunity weathering major dust storm.
BBC: Mars Opportunity: Rover 'should ride out storm'.
Science Alert: A Dust Storm Is Engulfing Mars, And NASA Images Show The Situation Is Bleak.
Geek Wire: NASA loses contact with its dust-choked Opportunity rover on Mars, but stay tuned.
Astronomy Now: Ageing Mars rover halts research, powers down in heavy dust storm.
SpaceCom: There's a Historic Dust Storm on Mars — and It's Nothing Like 'The Martian'

De NASA-persconferentie omtrent de stofstorm kan je hier herbekijken.

En los van de stofstorm:
The Martian Chronicles: Sol 2080: Communication Back to Normal.

ISS – Opnieuw een ruimtewandeling.
NASA: Spacewalkers Complete HD Camera Installation Work.
Aviation Week: Spacewalkers Upgrade ISS Commercial Docking Port.
NasaSpaceFlight: US Spacewalkers Feustel and Arnold complete EVA double.
ABC News: Spacewalking astronauts set up TV cameras for arriving ships.
Geek Wire: Spacewalkers install HD video cameras to monitor future SpaceX and Boeing trips.

Voor de statistici onder ons, een overzicht van alle ISS-wandelingen.
NASA: Space Station Walks.

Een reeks (korte) filmpjes:
NASA: Crew Helping Spacewalkers Get Ready
NASA: Spacewalkers Packed in Crew Lock Ahead of Depressurization.
NASA: Spacewalker Ricky Arnold Heads to Worksite.
NASA: Spacewalkers Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel.
NASA: Spacewalkers Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel.
NASA: Spacewalker Ricky Arnold Replaces Camera and Light.
NASA: Earth Views from the Newly-Installed HD Camera.
NASA: Spacewalker Drew Feustel Works Outside Japanese Kibo Lab Module.
NASA: Spacewalker Drew Feustel Heads Back to the Quest Airlock.
NASA: Spacewalkers Complete HD Camera Installation Work.
NASA: Astronaut Drew Feustel Now Third All-Time in Spacewalking Time.
NASA: Spacewalker Drew Feustel Moving On Up.

NASA Johnson: Space to Ground: Enhancing the View: 06/15/2018.

ISS – Op vakantie voor 55 miljoen dollar.
Geek Wire: Axiom Space offers space station vacations starting in 2020, for $55 million.
SpaceCom: Want to Take a 10-Day Trip to the Space Station? It'll Cost You $55 Million.

ISS – Meer nieuwtjes.
ESA: First Horizons Press Conference From Space Station.

SpaceCom: This Flying Space Droid Wants to Make Friends with Astronauts.
SpaceCom: To Improve Space Clothing, German Astronaut Will Work Up a Sweat.

NanoRacks: NanoRacks Completes Barrios Protein Crystal Growth Operations on Space Station.

Space Daily: Possible launch date of Russia's Nauka module to ISS.

En ook Belgisch nieuws.
ESA: Ice Cubes space research service open for business.

TASS: Russia to test quantum data transmission from space station in 3 years.

En nog dit.
NASA: Record-Setting NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Retires.

Japan lanceert radarverkenningssatelliet.
NasaSpaceFlight: Japan’s H-IIA rocket launches IGS Radar 6.
Spaceflight Now: Japanese intelligence-gathering satellite successfully launched.
Spaceflight Insider: H-IIA takes to the skies with Japan’s IGS-radar 6 spy satellite.
Beelden van de lancering vind je hier. 

Rusland lanceert navigatiesatelliet.
TASS: Soyuz-2.1b rocket with Glonass satellite blasts off from Plesetsk.
TASS: Glonass-M satellite put into designated orbit - Defense Ministry.

NasaSpaceFlight: Soyuz 2-1B launches new GLONASS spacecraft.

Meer klanten voor Rocket Lab.
Rocket Lab USA: Rocket Lab Confirms Three Launches with Spaceflight, Including for Canon Electronics & BlackSky
Spaceflight: Spaceflight to launch smallsats for Canon Electronics, Blacksky, and others on three upcoming Rocket Lab missions.
Space News: Spaceflight books three Electron rockets.

ESA en Ariane VI.
ESA: ESA Council decides on the completion of Ariane 6 and endorses start of transition from Ariane 5 to Ariane 6.
SciNews: P120C solid rocket motor for Ariane 6 and Vega-C.

En nog dit:
ESA: First hot firing of next-generation rocket engine (ETID Demonstrator).

SpaceX nieuws.
Teslarati: SpaceX Falcon Heavy with Block 5 rockets targets November launch debut.
Teslarati: SpaceX’s third Block 5 rocket heads to Texas test site as launch marathon nears.

Teslarati: SpaceX plans huge expansion for Floridan Falcon refurbishment facilities.
Space News: SpaceX proposing expansion of Florida launch processing facilities.

Teslarati: SpaceX posts first BFR-dedicated job posting – wanna build a Mars rocket?
Teslarati: SpaceX’s Elon Musk teases in-house R&D for BFR refueling on Mars.

Florida Today: SpaceX to launch most of its Starlink internet constellation from Cape Canaveral.

SLS/Orion.
The Motley Fool: NASA's Space Launch System: Rocketing Towards Cancellation?

NASA Marshall: Liquid Oxygen Tank Primed for Thermal Protection at Michoud.

NASA KSC: Did You Know...Crawlerway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (filmpje).

NASA Marshall: No Small Steps: NASA Builds the Space Launch System for Human Exploration Missions (filmpje).
NASA Marshall: SLS Trivia: Making America's Rocket Safe for Astronauts (filmpje).

NasaSpaceFlight: Airbus performing Orion ESM checkout for trip to U.S. launch site.

Meer raketnieuws.
SpaceCom: Rocket Issue Delays Launch of NASA's ICON Space-Weather Mission.

Parabolic Arc: PLD Space Completes 17 Million Euro Funding Round.
Parabolic Arc: SpinLaunch Raises $40 Million for Radical New Launch System.

Via Satellite: Could the US Gain Access Brazil’s Alcantara Launch Base?

Satellite Servicing.
Space News: In-orbit services poised to become big business.
Space News: Orbital ATK, SSL and others are gearing up to make house calls to ailing satellites.
Space News: Orbital ATK’s giant leap into satellite servicing begins with baby steps.

Apollo 50 Jaar.
Collect Space: NASA reveals logo for 50th anniversary of Apollo moon missions.

Collect Space: First trailer for 'First Man' launches Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong.
Collect Space: 'First Man': Step by 'small step' review of Neil Armstrong film trailer.
De trailer vind je hier.

Met wat geduld de volledige missie ook op YouTube.
LunarModule5: Apollo 11 Full Mission (Launch Trailer).
Er zijn  ook al vooruitblikken op Dag 1 en Dag 2.

BBC: Moon walking: Ex-Nasa astronauts describe lunar experience.
SpaceCom: NASA's Moonwalking Apollo Astronauts: Where Are They Now?

GeoSpace: Scientists solve lunar mystery with aid of missing Moon tapes.
Sky & Telescope: Apollo Astronauts Warmed the Moon.

Collect Space: Woman sues NASA over vial of moon dust she says gifted by Neil Armstrong.
Ars Technica: Woman: Neil Armstrong gave me moondust; I don’t want NASA to take it away.

Collect Space: 'Apollo Redux' tour to use historic mission control consoles to inspire students.

De vulkanen Fuego en Kilauea.
Een hele reeks (satelliet)foto’s vind je op de pagina’s van het International Charter Space & Major Disasters, over de Kilauea en de Fuego vulkaan.

DMCII: The DMC Constellation Captures Mount Fuegos Deadly Pyroclastic Flow..
CNN: Satellite images show destruction caused by Guatemala's Fuego Volcano.
ESA: Restless Kilauea.

Ook het Europese Copernicus-programma heeft een website rond “Emergency Management Service”. 
Ook zij hebben een speciale pagina i.v.m. de Fuego-vulkaan.

En nog een filmpje.
NASA Earth Observatory: Kilauea From Orbit.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon:
NASA: Revised Launch Date Targeted for Parker Solar Probe.

Mercurius.
JAXA: MIO – Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter’s New Name.

Aarde.
PhysOrg: Recently launched twin satellites create 'the Himalaya Plot'.
PhysOrg: Satellites track vanishing Antarctic ice.
PhysOrg: Ocean waves following sea ice loss trigger Antarctic ice shelf collapse.
NASA JPL: Ramp-Up in Antarctic Ice Loss Speeds Sea Level Rise.
NASA Video: NOAA's GOES-17 Shows Rainfall Rates in Bud.
ESA: Earth From Space – Special Edition – About Aeolus (filmpje).

Maan.
GB Times: Chang'e-4 update: Queqiao relay satellite in halo orbit, Longjiang-2 returns amazing images from Moon.
Space News: Chang’e-4 relay satellite enters halo orbit around Earth-Moon L2, microsatellite in lunar orbit.
The Planetary Society: Chinese satellite snags new views of Earth from lunar orbit.
The Planetary Society: How China's lunar relay satellite arrived in its final orbit.
Sci News: Queqiao relay satellite enters L2 orbit (filmpje).
Sci News: Longjiang-2 sends back first images (filmpje).

Mars.
Koninklijke Sterrenwacht België: LaRa antennas vibrations tests (filmpje).
TechnologyOrg: New data-mining technique offers most-vivid picture of Martian mineralogy.
Space News: NASA continues Mars sample return mission studies

En onrechtstreeks met dit alles verbonden:
NASA: Sample Return Technology Successfully Tested on Xodiac Rocket.
Een filmpje vind je hier.

Jupiter.
SpaceCom: How Jupiter Is Helping the Hunt for Habitable Alien Worlds.

Ceres.
PhysOrg: Organics on Ceres may be more abundant that originally thought.
The Planetary Society: Dawn Journal: Spiralling Down.

Bennu.
The Planetary Society: Get ready for OSIRIS-REx at Bennu! ...but be patient.

Ryugu.
The Planetary Society: Hayabusa2: Ryugu takes shape.
NasaSpaceFlight: Sample return mission Hayabusa2 approaching Asteroid Ryugu.
DLR: Hayabusa2 and MASCOT lander nearing Ryugu.

Tien Jaar FERMI.
NASA: NASA’s Fermi Satellite Celebrates 10 Years of Discoveries.
Een filmpje over die tien jaar vind je hier.

James Webb Space Telescope.
TMRO: SpacePod: The James Webb Problem (filmpje).

Space Policy Online: NASA evaluating JWST independent review report.
NASA Goddard: Engineers Solve Excessive Heat Removal from NASA’s Webb Telescope.

Universe Today: What comes after James Webb and WFIRST? Four amazing future space telescopes.

Space News: NASA imposes cost caps on astrophysics flagship studies.
The Verge: NASA limits future space telescope costs amid mission delays and budget uncertainty.

Galileo, het Europese navigatiesysteem.
European GNSS Agency: Galileo - Europa's wereldwijde navigatiesatellietsysteem (filmpje).
European GNSS Agency: Fifth Galileo IS OS Quarterly Performance Report available.
GPS World: SES provides managed services for Galileo navigation system.
GPS World: Orolia to supply clocks for 12 more Galileo satellites.

En ook:
Via Satellite: China’s BeiDou-3 Satellite Network Up and Running, State Officials Confirm.
The Space Review: The origin of civilian uses of GPS.

Om af te ronden: Champagne in de ruimte.
Geek Wire: How can you drink Champagne in zero-G? Winemaker builds a bottle to find out.

En wie liever een biertje lust, hier zijn nog een paar tips.
The Planetary Society: Funpost! Space beer face-off

Veel lees- en kijkplezier,

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