Crew Dragon met succes gelanceerd. Crew Dragon met succes aan het ISS gekoppeld. Crew Dragon met een succesvolle splashdown. En wie weet, als alles even goed blijft verlopen, deze zomer de eerste bemande lancering van Crew Dragon. Al zou het me niet verbazen dat dit wat later op het jaar gaat plaatsvinden. Was er nog ander ruimtevaartnieuws? Uiteraard, maar dat lees je dan wel in het “Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart” van deze week.

Bij de foto: Crew Dragon vlak voor de koppeling met het ruimtestation (foto NASA).

ISS – Crew Dragon koppelt met ruimtestation.
NASA: SpaceX Crew Dragon Successfully Docks to Station.
NASA: SpaceX Crew Dragon Hatch Open.
NASA: Making Space for SpaceX Crew Dragon, Spacewalk Prep and Science.

Teslarati: SpaceX’s Crew Dragon flawlessly docks with space station in spectacular orbital debut.

NasaSpaceFlight: Crew Dragon successfully conducts debut docking with the ISS.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX crew capsule welcomed aboard space station.
Space News: Crew Dragon docks with ISS.

Collect Space: SpaceX Crew Dragon docks to space station on first demo mission.
Collect Space: 'Little Earth' on SpaceX Crew Dragon gives boost to Celestial Buddies.

Parabolic Arc: Roscosmos (Kinda} Congratulates NASA {Not SpaceX) on Crew Dragon Docking.
TASS: Russia, US to continue cooperation in manned space programs after Crew Dragon’s launch.

Florida Today: 'Little Earth' is sold out: How the plush toy stole the show in SpaceX Crew Dragon mission.
ClickOrlando.com: SpaceX launches Earth buddy to space station, family-owned business blasts off.

The Space Review: Commercial crew’s time approaches.

De filmpjes:
Eerst nog even de lancering ...
NASA KSC: Live Coverage of SpaceX Crew Dragon’s First Launch on Demo-1 Mission.
… en dan de koppeling
NASA: SpaceX Demo-1 Crew Dragon Docking to ISS - Part 1 (twee uur).
NASA: SpaceX Demo-1 Crew Dragon Docking to ISS - Part 2 (de volgende twee uur).
NASA: ISS Expedition 58 SpaceX DM-1 Welcome Ceremony.

SciNews: Crew Dragon docking.
SciNews: Crew Dragon docking time-lapse.
SciNews: Crew Dragon hatch opening.
SciNews: Crew Dragon welcoming ceremony.

Spaceflight Insider: Falcon 9 first stage used for Crew Dragon launch returns to port.
US Launch Report: SpaceX - Demo-1 Return To Port 03-05-2019.

ISS – Terugkeer van Crew Dragon.
Teslarati: SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft preps for first Earth splashdown in final challenge.
Space News: Crew Dragon departs ISS and returns to Earth.
Collect Space: SpaceX's Demo-1 Crew Dragon splashes down from space station.
Spacepage: Crew Dragon ruimtecapsule keert terug naar de aarde.
NASA: SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashdown Marks Success of First NASA Commercial Crew Flight Test.

Florida Today: After successful ISS mission, SpaceX's Crew Dragon arrives at Port Canaveral.

Filmpjes:
NASA: SpaceX DM1 Network Interviews March 7, 2019.
NASA: SpaceX DM1 Hatch Closing March 7, 2019.
NASA: SpaceX #CrewDragon Demonstration Flight Return to Earth.
NASA: SpaceX Crew Dragon Returns from Space Station.
NASA: Splashdown of SpaceX Crew Dragon, Completing Demo-1 Flight Test.

Sci News: Crew Dragon hatch closure.
SciNews: Crew Dragon undocking and departure.
SciNews: Crew Dragon deorbit and splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.

NASA: SpaceX Demonstration Mission-1 Highlights.

NASA KSC: Rocket Ranch Episode 8: Commercial Crew Program (podcast).

ISS – De Russen en SpaceX.
Sputnik News: Roscosmos Chief, Elon Musk Exchange Courtesies After SpaceX Capsule Landing.
Ars Technica: Russia’s passive-aggressive reaction to SpaceX may mask a deeper truth.

En een alwat ouder artikel.
Bloomberg: Russian Rocket Program Sputters in New Race to Space.

China lanceert comsat.
NasaSpaceFlight: China returns from Spring break with Zhongxing-6C launch.

Een filmpje van de lancering vind je hier.

EXOS Aerospace test herbruikbare sondeerraket.
Space News: Exos Aerospace reflies suborbital rocket.
Parabolic Arc: Exos’ SARGE Rocket Reached 20 km Before Abort.

Enkele filmpjes:
SciNews: EXOS SARGE launch, 2 March 2019.
EXOS Aerospace: Recovering SARGE - Mission 1.

Een filmje van de vorige lancering vind je hier. 

ISS – Aftellen naar de lancering van een nieuwe bemanning.
Enkele filmpjes:
Roskosmos: Soyuz-delen worden aan elkaar gehecht.
Roskosmos: Soyuz wordt in de neuskegel opgeborgen.

ISS – Ruimtewandeling met enkel vrouwelijke astronauten.
USA Today: 2 female NASA astronauts and a Canadian flight controller will conduct the first-ever all-woman space walk.

ISS – Meer nieuwtjes.
NASA: SpaceCast Weekly March 1, 2019 (filmpje).

Spaceflight Insider: ISS astronauts assemble tools for robotic refueling demo.
ESA: The science circling above us on the Space Station.

Het volgende heeft blijkbaar te maken met dat gat in de Soyuz van een tijdje geleden.
TASS: Roscosmos CEO issues orders to install CCTV cameras on Russian segment of ISS.

Aftellen naar het Chinese ruimtestation.
CCTV: China prepares for space station missions (filmpje).

SLS/Orion – Nieuwe lanceerdatum voor EM-1 ?
Space News: NASA reassessing date for first SLS launch.
Space Policy Online: NASA reassessing EM-1 launch date.

SLS/Orion – Meer nieuwtjes.
NASA Johnson: Preparing America for Deep Space - Episode20 - Underway and Moving (filmpje).
NASA Marshall: Rocket Science in 60 Seconds: Why Testing Matters.

ESA Orion Blog: The radiation factor.

Lunar Orbital Platform – Gateway.
Northrop Grumman: Cygnus Spacecraft - Cislunar Space Habitation (filmpje).
Parabolic Arc: Video Update on Sierra Nevada’s Lunar Habitat Prototype Work.

TASS: Russian space agency ready to continue talks on Deep Space Gateway lunar project.

OneWeb op eerste vlucht Ariane 6. Nieuwe Ariane 6 testfaciliteiten.
Spaceflight Now: OneWeb announced as customer for inaugural Ariane 6 launch.

DLR: New test stand for Ariane 6 upper stage at DLR Lampoldshausen.
ESA: New test facility for Ariane 6 Upper Stage.

Twee filmpjes:
ESA: Ariane 6 Upper Stage Test bench.
CNES CSG: Ariane 6 - Chantier ELA4 - Février 2019.

Allerlei Russische ruimtevaartnieuwtjes.
TASS: Russia begins research into new intelligence satellites.
TASS: Russia to launch more than 45 satellites under Federal Space Program.
TASS: Russian Academy of Sciences to hold talks with NASA in Washington next week.
TASS: Russian space firm developing new program to boost Proton-M carrier rocket’s reliability.
TASS: Russia proposes signing deal with Luxembourg on space research cooperation.
TASS: Flight trials of Soyuz-2.1v carrier rocket to be completed in 2019.
Russia Today: Russian suborbital tourism firm selects site for launch pad.
TASS: Russian rocket for suborbital space tourism to use ethanol as fuel — designer.
Russia Insight: Mars, Here We Come! Russian Scientists Working On Thermonuclear Plasma Rocket Engines (filmpje).
Russia Today: ‘Reshaping space market’: Russia mulls building rocket plane with nuclear engine.

Noord-Korea en zijn raketten.
Space Daily: North Korea's New Rockets.
Knack: Satellietbeelden tonen mogelijke bouw van raket in Noord-Korea.
Euronews: US images suggest N Korea may be about to launch satellite (filmpje).

Scott Manley: The Space Programs of Iran and North Korea (filmpje).

Kennismaking met het Kennedy Space Center.
NASA KSC: Did You Know: The Launch Control Center.
NASA KSC: Did You Know: Launch Pad 39B.
NASA KSC: Did You Know: Mobile Launcher.

NASA KSC: Explore Kennedy Space Center: VAB.
NASA KSC: Path to the Pad.

CNN Business: Why Florida is still dominating the space launch game.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon:
ESA: ESA's space weather mission to be protected against stormy sun.
Space News: Are small satellites the solution for space weather monitoring?

Aarde: 
Live Science: Earth's Magnetic Field and Wandering Poles.
BIRA: ALTIUS Tracking the Earth’s limb.
Space News: GAO takes weather satellite program off watch list.

Maan:
The Planetary Society: Yutu-2 Rocks On into Lunar Day 3 for Chang’e-4 mission.
PhysOrg: Israel's first spacecraft to moon sends selfie.
Space Daily: Moon shot: Toyota, Japan space agency plan lunar mission
The Space Review: The Moonrush has begun.
NASA: NASA’s LRO Sheds Light on Lunar Water Movement.
NASA: What is LCROSS, the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite?

Mars:
NASA: Following the Tracks.
The Martian Chronicles: Sol 2340: And objects in the rear-view mirror may appear… interesting!
NasaSpaceFlight: MAVEN lowers orbit, solves case of the stolen electrons.
NASA: Mars InSight Lander's 'Mole' Pauses Digging.
DLR: InSight mission: the Mars ‘Mole’ takes a break.
BBC: Nasa InSight probe: Mars 'mole' hits blockage in its burrow.
TASS: Russian manufacturer develops equipment for research probe’s landing on Mars.
SciShow Space: We May Have Found Mars's Ancient, Underground Lakes (filmpje).

Jupiter:
NASA: NASA Seeks New Options for Science Instrument on Europa Clipper.
Space Policy Online: Zurbuchen cancels Europa Clipper instrument due to cost overruns.
Space News: NASA to replace Europa Clipper instrument.

Jupiter/Saturnus:
PhysOrg: New surprises from Jupiter and Saturn.

Planetoïden:
VRT NWS: "Armageddon" in het echt: asteroïden zijn moeilijker te vernietigen dan gedacht.
Euronews: Huge asteroids harder to break up than previously thought, study finds.

Ryugu:
Universe Today: Hayabusa2 Left a Dark Spot Where it Touched Down on Ryugu. Engineers Aren’t Sure Why.
BBC: Hayabusa-2: Movie shows moment of asteroid landing.
The Planetary Society: Hayabusa2 Scores a Bulls-eye on Touchdown, More Explodey Fun on the Horizon.
Het filmpje vind je hier.

Ultima Thule: 
New Horizons website: Ultima Thule in 3D.

Hubble Space Telescope weer even in de problemen. Gaia. Kepler.
HubbleSite: Advanced Camera for Surveys Anomaly on Hubble Space Telescope.
Spaceflight Insider: HST encounters another camera problem.
Fox News: NASA’s Hubble space telescope suffers camera glitch.
HubbleSite: Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys Resumes Operations.

ESA: Hubble and Gaia accurately weigh the milky way heic1905.

PhysOrg: Kepler Space Telescope's first exoplanet candidate confirmed, ten years after launch.

Aviation Week: Confronting The High Costs Of Space Observatories.

Nieuwe documentaire over Apollo 11.
Begin maart verscheen er een nieuwe documentaire over de eerste maanlanding. Of die ooit hier te zien zal zijn . . .
De trailer vind je alvast hier, de IMAX-trailer hier.
De officiële website: https://www.apollo11movie.com/

The Space Review: Review: Apollo 11.
The New York Times: ‘Apollo 11’ Review: The 1969 Moon Mission Still Has the Power to Thrill.
Collect Space: 'Apollo 11' documentary to launch onto IMAX screens on March 1.
Collect Space: Eleven hidden space history details in new documentary 'Apollo 11'.

Scott Manley: Apollo 11 - Movie Review (filmpje).

The New York Times: Want More After ‘Apollo 11’? Here Are 5 Space Documentaries to Stream.

Veel lees- en kijkplezier,

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