Wie deze week het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart bekijkt, vindt een enorme variatie aan ruimtevaartnieuws. Water op Mars, een nieuw record voor de Falcon 9, een lancering van een Ariane V, een nieuwe proefvlucht voor Virgin Galactic en pech voor de studenten van TU Delft, maar ook Belgische medewerking aan een ISS-experiment, een stukje Kraftwerk, spionageverhalen, de problemen met de James Webb Space Telescope en zelfs Facebook-satellieten. Kortom, weer meer dan voldoende kijk- en leesplezier. Volgende weekend is er geen NUDR.

ESA ontdekt vloeibaar water op Mars.
Science: Radar evidence of subglacial liquid water on Mars.

ESA: Mars Express detects liquid water hidden under planet’s south pole.
VRT NWS: Voor het eerst vloeibaar water gevonden op Mars.
Geek Wire: Mars Express delivers radar evidence of hidden lake at Red Planet’s south pole.
AstroBiology: Liquid Water Discovered on Mars.
The Planetary Society: Liquid Water on Mars! Really for Real This Time (Probably).
EuroNews: Life on Mars?: Researchers discover a giant lake on the red planet (filmpje).
ABC News: Water found on Mars: Everything you wanted to know but were too afraid to ask.

NASA: NASA Statement on Possible Subsurface Lake near Martian South Pole.

Het water zit onder de grond, maar …
NASA: Is Mars’ Soil Too Dry to Sustain Life?

Gevolgen?
NasaSpaceFlight: Mars Express water discovery reopens intriguing questions for future Martian Exploration.

Ligt de grens met de ruimte dichterbij dan we dachten?
Science Direct: The edge of space: Revisiting the Karman Line.
Life Sciences: The Edge of Space Just Crept 12 Miles Closer to Earth.

Recordlancering voor Falcon 9.
Het opwarmertje.
NasaSpaceFlight: Second Falcon 9 Block 5 static fires ahead of Telstar 19V launch.
Beelden van de test vnd je hier.
Teslarati: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Block 5 fleet preps for dual drone ship booster landings.
Teslarati: SpaceX readies Falcon 9 Block 5s for bi-coastal launches and landings.

En dan was het zover.
Teslarati: SpaceX delivers largest commercial satellite in kick off of Falcon 9 marathon.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Falcon 9 sets new record with Telstar 19V launch from SLC-40.
Space News: SpaceX launches Telstar 19 Vantage for Telesat.

De filmpjes:
SpaceX: Telstar 19 VANTAGE Mission (de volledige live uitzending).
SciNews: Falcon 9 launches Telstar 19V & Falcon 9 landing.
SciNews: Telstar 19 VANTAGE deployment.

De persmap voor deze lancering vind je hier (PDF). 

Falcon-raket lanceert nieuwe reeks Iridium NEXT satellieten.
Iridium: Iridium Completes Seventh Successful Iridium® NEXT Launch.
Thales Group: Iridium NEXT: A Constellation of 66 Operational Satellites Will Make History.
Teslarati: SpaceX nails second Falcon 9 landing in 48 hours, fairing catch foiled by weather.
Space News: SpaceX launches penultimate Iridium Next mission.

Een filmpje:
SpaceX: Iridium-7 NEXT Mission.

De persmap voor deze lancering vind je hier (PDF).

Arianespace brengt vier Galileo-satellieten in een baan om de Aarde.
Spacepage: Galileo 23, 24, 25 en 26 klaar voor lancering!

EC: 26 Galileo satellites now in orbit for improved EU satellite navigation signal.
ESA: New Satellite Launch Extends Galileo’s Global Reach.

NasaSpaceFlight: Ariane 5 ES bows out with launch of Galileo quadruplets.
Space News: Ariane 5 rocket sends next 4 Galileo satellites into orbit.

VRT News: Het Europese gps-systeem Galileo: mijlpalen van een satellietendroom.
VRT News: "Europese GPS" Galileo bijna operationeel: "Galileo is veel nauwkeuriger".

Filmpjes:
ESA: Galileo: from GIOVE to constellation.
ESA: Completing the constellation.
Arianespace: Arianespace TV - VA 244 - Launch Details.

EuroNews: ESA launches four satellites on an Ariane 5 as part of the EUs Galileo satellite navigation system.
ESA: Highlights of Galileo 23–26 launch.
ESA: Galileo 23-26 – Liftoff.
IridiumComm: Iridium NEXT Launch 7 Satellite Deployment.

De persmap voor deze lancering vind je hier (PDF).

Na Blue Origin ook nieuwe testvlucht voor Virgin Galactic.
NasaSpaceFlight: VSS Unity completes third powered flight – achieves Mach 2.47.
Space News: Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo takes a step closer to space.
Ars Technica: Virgin’s Unity spaceship sets a new altitude record of 52 kilometers.

Mooie beelden van deze vlucht vind je hier.

The Conversation: Space tourism economics – financing and regulating trips to the final frontier

Ondertussen is er ook een nieuwe Blue Origin video over de New Shepard capsule.
Blue Origin: The New Shepard Crew Capsule.

En nog deze vodcast:
Epic Future Space: Suborbital Tourism Space Race Update (July 2018).

Pech voor de studenten van TU Delft.
VRT NWS: Zelfgemaakte ruimteraket van studenten ontploft tijdens lancering.
AstroBlogs: Wat er mis ging bij de lancering van DARE’s Stratos III.
De website over de lanceercampagne van Stratos III vind je hier en op deze blog. 

De eerste astronaut van Boeing voor een Starliner-vlucht.
The Washington Post: The company astronaut.

ISS – B.USOC verantwoordelijk voor SMD.
BIRA: Het B.USOC verantwoordelijk voor experimenten voor de studie van zachte materie in micro-zwaartekracht.
Enkele foto’s genomen tijdens de installatie van het instrument vind je in dit BIRA Twitter bericht.

Beelden van de installatie vind je op deze link.

ISS – Aan boord van het ruimtestation.
DLR: Alexander Gerst – the 'horizons' mission – radiation exposure protection and indoor tracking on the ISS.
ESA: Horizons science – perceiving time in space (filmpje).
ESA: Horizons science – airway monitoring (filmpje).

NanoRacks: NanoRacks Completes Fifth External Cygnus Deployment, Six More CubeSats in Orbit.
NASA: It’s (Not) Alive: Chemical Gardens in Space.
NASA Johnson: pace to Ground: Locally Grown: 07/27/2018 (filmpje).
Space News: Delta Faucet and Goodyear Tires sending experiments to International Space Station.
DLR: Loss of power for the ISS MFX-2 experiment.

Inverse: Astronaut Scott Kelly Battled a Gallon-Sized Ball of Urine and Acid on ISS.

En er zit muziek in het ISS.
BBC: A musical instrument for astronauts and other news (filmpje).
VRT NWS: Astronaut speelt live mee vanuit de ruimte: "Goeie avond, Kraftwerk".
De beelden én de muziek vind je ook hier.

En nog één keer het WK voetbal.
SpaceCom: 'World Cup' in Space: Cosmonaut Goalie Blocks Soccer Ball … With His Face.

Lunar Orbital Platform – Gateway.
The Space Review: Powering the first element of the Gateway.

Spionageschandaal in Russische ruimtevaarsector.
TASS: Russian space agency to probe central research institute rocked by spy scandal.
TASS: Russian space sector specialist arrested presumably on high treason charges.
Space Daily: Roscosmos' Research Center's Staff Suspected of Leaking Data Abroad.
TASS: Russian space industry scientist pressed with high treason charges.

De nieuwe bemande Russische capsule.
TASS: Federatsiya manned spacecraft to be built within shortest time — Roscosmos chief.
Spaceflight Insider: Roscosmos Boss Urges Haste in Developing Next-Generation Federation Spacecraft.
TASS: Robot readies for space ride: Russia to test 3 Fedor models before flight on new spaceship.

Over lanceerbasissen e.d.
Florida Today: Kennedy Space Center firefighters picket near spaceport to protest contract.
Spaceflight Insider: Benefits for KSC firefighters in jeopardy, with pay cuts potentially on the horizon.
Parabolic Arc: Vandenberg Consolidates Operations on Western Launch Range.

AWST: Arianespace Launchers To Get Autonomous Range Safety System.
Space News: French space agency pledges 10-million-euro boost to French Guiana economy.

Parabolic Arc: Southern Road to Spaceport America Nearly Completed.
Parabolic Arc: NM Attorney General: Spaceport America Officials Violated State Records Law.

Apollo 50 Jaar.
SpaceCom: Album of the Year: The Apollo 11 Mission.
De geluidsfragmenten vind je terug op https://app.exploreapollo.org.

SpaceCom: Rare 'Lunar Bible' That Visited the Moon Is Up for Auction.

Parabolic Arc: Buzz Aldrin Skips Apollo Celebration Gala.
Florida Today: Buzz Aldrin, 50th anniversary of Apollo 11: Will Buzz take part in Space Coast celebrations?
ABC News: Gala opens countdown to 50th anniversary of 1st moon landing.

Collect Space: NASA, Peanuts debut new look for Astronaut Snoopy at Comic-Con.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon:
aPPEL NASA: NASA Readies Parker Solar Probe for Launch.
NASA: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe and the Curious Case of the Hot Corona (met filmpje).
NASA Goddard: Sounds of the Sun (filmpje).
Hetzelfde filmpje maar dan zonder commentaar vind je hier.

Mercurius:
ESA: Mercury Transfer Module solar wing inspection.
ESA: Bepicolombo to target mid-october launch.
ESA: Bepicolombo’s preparations (filmpje).

Aarde:
ESA: Aeolus – Preparing to fly the wind mission.
Digital Globe: The Earth observation business: part Amazon, part Blue Origin.
Space News: NOAA still grappling with instrument problem on new weather satellite.
ESA: European Drought.
NASA: NASA's 'Space Botanist' Gathers First Data.
NASA: NASA Satellite Image Shows Lava Flow from Hawaii Volcano.

Maan:
Science2.0: 3.5 Billion Years Ago, Life Could Have Developed On The Moon Instead.
LiveScience: Scientists Definitely Have Not Found Life on the Moon.

Mars:
NASA: NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft Finds That “Stolen” Electrons Enable Unusual Aurora on Mars.
NASA: Mars Proton Aurora (filmpje).
NASA: 'Storm Chasers' on Mars Searching for Dusty Secrets.
SpaceCom: The Massive Mars Dust Storm Is Starting to Die Down.
ESA: Stormy Mars in opposition in 2018.
SpaceCom: Mars Odyssey: Record-Breaking Mission to Mars.

Jupiter:
NASA: Radiation Maps of Jupiter's Moon Europa: Key to Future Missions.
Universe Today: Life on Europa would be protected by just a few centimeters of ice.

Ceres: 
NASA: What Looks Like Ceres on Earth?

Ryugu:
The Planetary Society: Hayabusa2 descends from Home Position to take its first close look at Ryugu.

Planetoïden:
NASA: Twenty Years of Planetary Defense.

HST en GAIA – JWST – TESS – FERMI – HALOSAT
HubbleSite: Hubble and Gaia Team Up to Fuel Cosmic Conundrum.
SpaceCom: Milky Way Galaxy Is 'Disturbed' and More Revealed in ESA Gaia Mission Data (Video).
NASA: Hubble Reveals a Cosmic Distortion.
AstroBlogs: Gaia-gegevens laten zien dat er een gat in het Hertzsprung-Russell diagram zit.

Space Policy Online: JWST Prime Contractor Northrop Grumman Announces Leadership Transition.
SpaceCom: Northrop CEO Offers to Link JWST Profit to Mission Success.
Nasa Watch: Northrop Grumman's Webb Space Telescope Charm Offensive.
NASA Watch: Northrop Grumman Says That Proven Technology Is New.

NASA: Technicians Ensure James Webb Space Telescope’s Sunshield Survives Stresses Experienced During Liftoff.
NASA: Technicians Lay NASA's Webb Sunshield Layers Flat for Inspection.
JWST: Webb and Planetary Systems (filmpje).
NASA: NASA's Most Technically Complex Space Observatory Requires Precision (met filmpje).
Space News: NASA faces funding challenge for JWST in future years.

NASA: NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Continues Testing Prior to First Observations.
NASA: NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Starts Science Operations (met filmpje).

NASA: NASA’s Fermi Traces Source of Cosmic Neutrino to Monster Black Hole.

SpaceCom: Tiny Satellite Begins Hunt for Missing Milky-Way Matter.

Internet vanuit de “ruimte”: Project Loon / Facebook.
Mashable: Here’s how big tech is battling it out to bring internet to the most remote areas.
ABC: High-altitude balloons to deliver internet access in Kenya.
Ars Technica: Project Loon signs its first deal for Internet-delivering balloons—in Kenya.

Wired: Facebook confirms it’s working on a new internet satellite.
Ars Technica: Facebook follows SpaceX and OneWeb into high-speed satellite broadband.

MEV – Mission Extension Vehicle.
Twee filmpjes.
Orbital ATK: MEV Mission Profile.
Orbital ATK: Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV).
Tussen haakjes, Orbital ATK werd onlangs overgenomen door Northrop Grumman.

Space News: Why Intelsat’s going with life extension over refueling.

Ook in China zitten ze niet stil.
Space Daily: China developing in-orbit satellite transport vehicle.

Cubesats.
SpaceNews: More startups are pursuing cubesats with electric thrusters.
Space News: Electric satellite propulsion company raises $10 million.
Via Satellite: Analysts Predict a Golden Age for Cubesats… If they Can Get Launched.
Space News: New space companies confident about future of small satellites.

Ook dat nog: Bij Lufthansa krijg je astronauteneten.
Maar dan alleen deze zomer, voor langeafstandsvluchten vanuit Duitsland en voor passagiers in business.
Collect Space: Lufthansa adds astronaut food to its airline passenger menu.

Veel lees- en kijkplezier,

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