Apollo en Artemis. U zal er ongetwijfeld de volgende weken nog veel over te lezen krijgen. Over Apollo omdat het uiteraard 50 jaar geleden is dat Armstrong en Aldrin als eersten op de maan rondwandelden. Over Artemis omdat het weldra duidelijk zal zijn of het Amerikaanse Congress de rekening wil betalen. Kostprijs ? Een 30 miljard dollar te spreiden over vijf jaar. Dat en nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week.

Bij de foto: Een beeld uit 2024 ? Een Orion-capsule arriveert bij de mini-Gateway in een baan om de maan, waar de maanlander wacht om opnieuw Amerikanen op het oppervlak van onze naaste buur te zetten..

SpaceX lanceert drie Canadese radarsatellieten.
Teslarati: SpaceX static fires Falcon 9 for West Coast pad’s second booster landing ever.
Teslarati: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 sticks foggy booster recovery at California landing zone.
Teslarati: SpaceX Falcon 9 bids temporary goodbye to West Coast in launch & landing photos.

De persmap voor deze lancering vind je hier (PDF)

CSA: Canada's next-generation RADARSAT satellite constellation successfully launches to space
Meer info over Radarsat vind je hier.

RUAG: Unique Tilting Satellite Dispenser System Designed and Built by RUAG Space Takes Flight.

SpaceQ: How will the Radarsat Constellation Mission benefit Canadians ?
SpaceQ: The Radarsat Constellation Mission is ready for launch.
SpaceQ: A new era of Earth observation is launched.

NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Falcon 9 lofts three Canadian radar satellites.
Spaceflight Now: Three Canadian radar surveillance satellites ride SpaceX rocket into orbit
Space News: SpaceX launches Canadian radar satellites.

De filmpjes:
SpaceX: RADARSAT Constellation Mission.
SciNews: SpaceX RCM mission: Falcon 9 launch and landing.
SciNews: SpaceX RCM mission: RADARSAT satellites deployment.

CSA: RADARSAT Constellation Mission: Finding solutions for a better Canada – Animation.
CSA: RADARSAT Constellation Mission: Finding solutions for a better Canada.

Teslarati: SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy to usher Air Force into a new era of reusable rockets.

Japanse MOMO 3 de ruimte in.
The Science Times: Japanese Private Company Successfully Launched MOMO-3 Commercial Rocket Into Space.
The Mainichi: Japan rocket startup to send paper planes into space in next launch.
Asia News: Origami beyond the atmosphere: a rocket will launch paper planes from space.

Naar de Maan in 2024 – 30 miljard dollar nodig op 5 jaar.
CNN: NASA estimates it will need $20 billion to $30 billion for moon landing, administrator says.

Eerst een artikel uit het begin van de week ...
Space News: Paying for Artemis: How much will it cost to go back to the moon?
… en dan eentje met het antwoord.
Space News: Bridenstine estimates Artemis cost at $20–30 billion.

Space Policy Online: CNN: Bridenstine says Artemis cost is $20-30 billion.
Nasa Watch: Back To The Moon - By Any Means Necessary.
SpaceCom: Will Apollo Nostalgia Help NASA Get Its Artemis Moon Money?

Werkgroep Maan en Planeten.nl: NASA’s prijskaartje voor het Artemis programma bekend.
Space Policy Onlne: Chairwoman Johnson worries NASA may stare science to pay for Artemis.

Nog een filmpje:
NASA: Administrator Bridenstine Discusses Our Artemis Program on This Week @NASA – June 14, 2019.

SLS/Orion.
NASA Marshall: Rocket Science in 60 Seconds: What Makes the SLS Rocket So Unique? (filmpje).

ESA Blogs: Surround sound – Orion Service Module acoustic tests.
NASA: Orion Window Testing Brings Artemis 1 Closer into View.

Parabolic Arc: Artemis 1 Flight Control Team Simulates Mission Scenarios.

India wil (ook) een (klein) ruimtestation.
The Hindu: India to have its own space station: ISRO.
PhysOrg: India plans 'very small' space station after 2022.
Reuters: India plans to launch own space station: space agency.

Enkele filmpjes:
NDTV: India Planning To Launch Own Space Station, Says ISRO Chief.
WION: Gravitas: India's Ambitious Journey In Space Exploration.

Experimenten voor het Chinese ruimtestation.
UNOOSA: UNOOSA and CMSA announce winners of opportunity to fly experiments on board China Space Station.
Space News: International experiments selected to fly on Chinese space Station.
Parabolic Arc: Nine Experiments to be Executed Aboard the China Space Station.

Bigelow wil met SpaceX naar het ISS. Ruimtestation open voor meer commerciële activiteiten.
Space Policy Online: NASA embraces space tourism, more commercial activities on ISS.
Spacewatch Europe: ISS open for business!
Space News: Companies express varying interest in NASA’s ISS commercialization plan.

Twee filmpjes:
Space Videos: NASA Opens the ISS For Tourists / Commercial Activity.
NASA: Space to Ground: Open for Business: 06/14/2019.

Spaceflight Now: Bigelow announces plans for private astronaut flights to space station.
Space Policy Online: Bigelow to charge $52 million for private astronaut fight to ISS.
SpaceCom: Bigelow Space Wants to Launch You Into Orbit with SpaceX for $52 Million
GeekWire: Bigelow aims to sell rides to space station on SpaceX Dragon ships for $52M a seat.

Popular Mechanics: A 10-Year Odyssey: What Space Stations Will Look Like in 2030.

Nieuw uit het International Space Station.
NASA: Station Trio Prepping for June 24 Homecoming.
NASA: Health Checkups, Station Gardening and Space Science Fill Tuesday.
NASA: Station Biomedical and Behavioral Studies Informing Future Missions.
NASA: Crew Preps for Split, Studies Space Effects on Human Body.
NASA: Today’s Advanced Research Goes From Free-flying Robots to Anti-Gravity Pants.

ESA: Science from the Space Station.
The Science Times: SpaceX Delivered Human Organs to ISS.

SpaceCom: World Cup 2019: Astronaut Cheers on US Women's Soccer Team from Space.

Filmpjes:
NASA: SpaceCast Weekly 06 14 19.
CSA: Haircut in space.
CSA: The Space station water recycling system presented by David Saint-Jacques.
CSA: Space chili recipe.
CSA: Behaviour of water in microgravity.
Seeker: How Space Triggers Herpes in Astronauts.

Stratolaunch staat te koop.
Parabolic Arc: For Sale: The World’s Largest Airplane.
Geek Wire: $400 million? Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch space venture is up for sale, sources say.

Relativity Space – welke zijn raketten print – breidt uit.
Florida Today: Relativity Space secures facility at NASA center for rocket launches from Space Coast.
Click.Orlando: Relativity Space to open 200,000-foot 3D rocket printing facility at Stennis Space Center.
Parabolic Arc: Relativity Space to 3D Manufacture Rockets at Stennis Space Center

De website vind je hier.

België – Waalse firma bouwt vijf kleine aardobservatiesatellietjes.
MediumCom: New space: building next generation satellites with Aerospacelab.
L’Echo: Une start-up wallonne veut révolutionner le renseignement depuis l'espace.
La Libre: La start-up brabançonne Aerospacelab lève 11 millions d'euros pour lancer 5 satellites en 2 ans.

De website van Aerospacelab vind je hier.

België – Interview met Newtec.
Over o.a. satellietconstellaties en de grondapparatuur . . . , alsook over de recente overname.
SatelliteEvolutionTV: SatTV talks to Newtec.

Pas gelanceerde Russische satelliet in de problemen.
Spaceflight Now: Newly-launched Russian telecom satellite relying on backup thrusters.
Russian Space Web: Yamal-601 maneuvers despite an engine issue.

Russisch ruimtevaartnieuws – Een selectie uit de voorbije weken.
TASS: Regaining leadership in space is matter of prestige and security for Russia, PM says.

TASS: Russian space agency announces new stage of astronaut recruitment.
TASS: No all-female cosmonaut crew to be created in Russia — Roscosmos.
TASS: Over a third of Russians still cling to dream of becoming cosmonauts, poll says.
TASS: Russian scientist sees need to include women in space crews.

TASS: Russia starts preparations for launch of Soyuz-2.1b rocket from Vostochny spaceport.
TASS: First Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket for delivering manned spacecraft to be ready by year-end.

TASS: First launch of Angara carrier rocket from Vostochny spaceport scheduled for 2023.
TASS: Russian space agency places $31 mln order for manufacture of Angara light carrier rocket.

Parabolic Arc: Russians Raise $87 Million to Upgrade Baikonur, Save Gagarin Launch Complex.

TASS: Russia developing Soyuz-5 rocket to capture commercial launch market.
TASS: Russian space firm launches production of new Soyuz-5 carrier rocket.

TASS: Russian hi-tech firm working on technology of space rocket’s reusable stages.

TASS: New satellites to improve accuracy of Russia’s Glonass orbital grouping to onemeter.
TASS: Russia’s Glonass navigation satellites to switch to domestic components by 2023.

Belgische technologie weldra op weg naar planetoïde Hera.
ESA: Hera Asteroid Mission’s Brain to be Radiation-Hard and Failure-proof.

Indische maansonde Chandrayaan 2 te lanceren op 15 juli.
The Hindu: Chandrayaan-2 launch on July 15: ISRO
The Hindu: Chandrayaan-2 to include lander and rover in a first for any Indian space mission.
ISRO: Press Meet - Briefing by Dr. K Sivan, Chairman, ISRO.

Meer info over Chandrayaan 2 op de ISRO-website.

BBC: Chandrayaan-2: India unveils spacecraft for second Moon mission.
Reuters: India set to launch second lunar mission; land rover on the moon.
Popular Mechanics: India Is Going to the Moon in July.

Enkele filmpjes.
Hindustan Times: Chandrayaan 2: ISRO to launch its 'most complex' Moon mission on July 15.
NDTV: India To Launch Moon Mission With Chandrayaan- 2; ISRO Chief Speaks To NDTV.
Gareeb Scientist: OFFICIAL Chandrayaan 2 videos Animation by ISRO || Gareeb Scientist.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Aarde:
The Economist: A new business in small satellites orbiting the Earth.
PhysOrg: Satellite observations improve earthquake monitoring, response.
BBC: Why is so much of the US under water?
ESA: SMOS joins forces with top weather forecasting system.
ESA: Mapping our global human footprint.

Maan:
Science Daily: Mass anomaly detected under the moon's largest crater.
Science Times: Scientists Detected Mass Anomaly under the Moon’s Largest Crater.
Air&Space: All Eyes on the Moon.
NASA: Gravity Assist Podcast: Mapping the Moon, with Noah Petro.

Mars:
The Universe Today: This is What the Ground Looked Like After InSight Landed on Mars.
NASA: The Mast Is Raised for NASA's Mars 2020 Rover.
c|net: NASA Mars 2020 rover workers snap the sweetest science selfie.
NASA: NASA's Mars 2020 Will Blaze a Trail - for Humans.
Thales: Inauguration of the ExoMars 2020 Rover Operations Control Centre.
Flight Global: ESA presses on with missions to Mars.
ESA: ExoMars Orbiter prepares for Rosalind Franklin.
Science Alert: The Star Trek Starfleet Logo Has Been Spotted on Mars.

Jupiter:
NASA: Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa.
SpaceCom: The Ocean on Jupiter's Moon Europa Has Table Salt, Just Like Earth's Seas.
Science Mag Podcast: Better hurricane forecasts and spotting salts on Jupiter’s moon Europa.

Saturnus: 
NASA: NASA's Cassini Reveals New Sculpting in Saturn Rings.
The Universe Today: Mimas Pushes Through Saturn’s Rings Like a Snowplow.
Cosmos: The past and promise of Cassini’s legacy.

Ceres:
Universe Today: Ceres is a Strange Place, Including a Volcanic Peak 4,000 Meters High Made From Bubbling Salt Water, Mud and Rock.

Bennu:
NASA: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Breaks Another Orbit Record.

Psyche:
Parabolic Arc: NASA’s Psyche Mission Has a Metal World in Its Sights.

Space Force wordt Space Corps (en aanverwant nieuws).
Space Policy Online: More details on SASC’s Space Force Plans.
Space News: House Armed Services Committee votes to create a U.S. Space Corps.
Defense News: ‘Space Corps’ gets OK in House committee’s NDAA markup.
Popular Mechanics: A Space Force by Any Other Name: House Committee Approves "Space Corps"

Via Satellite: Podcast – On Orbit Episode 5 – Space Politics, Space Force.

Via Satellite: Air Force’s Joint Forces Space Component Command Missions to Move to U.S. Space Command.

Space News: Senate Armed Services bill shakes up management of Air Force space acquisitions.
Space News: GAO sustains protest of $655 million Air Force satellite ground systems contract.
Space News: House Armed Services’ space launch legislation revised in 11th-hour deal

Apollo 50 Jaar – Is Snoopy – de maanlander van Apollo 10 – teruggevonden?
Science Alert: A Long-Lost Apollo Capsule Adrift in Space May Have Been Found After 50 Years.
Sky News: Snoopy lunar module from 1969 Apollo 10 mission may have been found.
Newsweek: NASA’s Snoopy Lunar Module that has been lost in the vastness of space for 50 years may have been found.

Apollo 50 Jaar – Nieuwe series en filmen.
SpaceRef: Review: Apollo 8 - "First To The Moon".

Collect Space: 'For All Mankind' trailer teases Apple TV+ alternate space race series.
Popular Mechanics: What If the Soviets Beat NASA to the Moon? Apple’s New Show Reimagines the Space Race.
Ars Technica: Soviets beat US to first crewed moonwalk in For All Mankind trailer.
De trailer vind je hier.

PBS: PBS Commemorates Apollo 11’s 50th Anniversary With “8 DAYS: TO THE MOON AND BACK”.
PBS: PART ONE: A Place Beyond the Sky.
PBS: PART TWO: Earthrise.
PBS: PART THREE: Magnificent Desolation.
PBS: Back To The Moon.

Apollo 50 Jaar – Docu’s, podcasts en dergelijke.
NASA: Video: Apollo Landing Sites.

BBC: Apollo Moon landing: The 13 minutes that defined a century.
De podcasts vind je hier.

Apollo 50 Jaar – Marshall Remembers.
Marshall Remembers Apollo: Saverio "Sonny" Morea.
Marshall Remembers Apollo: Earnest C Smith.
Marshall Remembers Apollo: Ed Buckbee.
Marshall Remembers Apollo: Dr. Ann Whitaker.
Marshall Remembers Apollo: Dr. William W. Vaughan.
Marshall Remembers Apollo: Phil Sumrall.
Marshall Remembers Apollo: Rein Ise.
Marshall Remembers Apollo: Nancy Guire.

Een vorige reeks van dit soort filmpjes vind je in NUDR 436.

Apollo 50 Jaar – Tentoonstellingen, een postzegel, “speelgoed”, … .
Space News: Intrepid Museum honors Apollo software engineer Margaret Hamilton.
Collect Space: Smithsonian unveils statue of Neil Armstrong's spacesuit at ballpark.

NASA: The U.S. Postal Service is Issuing First Moon Landing Forever Stamps.

Collect Space: The LEGO 'Eagle' has landed: NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander revealed.
Geek Wire: Lego launches a 1,087-piece Apollo 11 lunar lander model, astronauts included.
Scott Manley: Apollo 11 Lunar Module Lego Set (filmpje).

Collect Space: LEGO looks to NASA's future on Mars for design of new space sets.

Nog een ruimtevaartfilm.
20th Century Fox: Ad Astra | Official Trailer.
Meer op deze website.

Om af te ronden: Een origineel idee om ruimteafval te gebruiken.
GeekWire: Satellite consultant outlines a way-out plan to turn space junk into lunar treasure.

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