De laatste week van het jaar eindigde – na de problemen met Starliner – toch nog met twee positieve verhalen. Er is uiteraard de Amerikaanse astronaute Koch die bezig is met een nieuw duurrecord in de ruimte te vestigen. En voor de Chinezen was er de geslaagde lancering van een Lange Mars 5. Belangrijk voor hetgeen er voor China in 2020 op het programma staat. Dat en nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week. Nog een gelukkig nieuw jaar gewenst.

Bij de foto: Astronaute Koch is dit weekend de vrouw geworden die het langst in de ruimte was (en voorlopig nog steeds is) (Foto: NASA).

Satelliet geraakt door micrometeoriet.
TASS: Russia’s Meteor-M satellite hit by micrometeorite.
RTL-SDR: Meteor M N2-2 has failed, but recovery may be possible.

Een filmpje:
AGI: Meteor M2 2 Impact.

Russen lanceren meteorologische satelliet.
TASS: Proton-M rocket carrying Elektro-L satellite blasts off from Baikonur.
Sputnik News: Proton-M Rocket Launches Russian Meteorological Satellite.

Space News: Proton launches Russian weather satellite.
NasaSpaceFlight: Russian Proton-M lofts new geostationary weather satellite.
Spaceflight Now: Russia launches geostationary weather satellite.

Filmpjes:
SciNews: Proton-M ready to launch Elektro-L No.3.
Roscosmos TV: Lancering Proton-M LV met Electro-L No 3.
SciNews: Proton-M launches Elektro-L No.3.

Laatste Rokot brengt vier Russische satellieten in de ruimte.
TASS: Rokot rocket with satellites launched from Plesetsk cosmodrome.
TASS: Briz-KM upper stage with satellites separates from Rokot rocket — Russian Defense Ministry.
TASS: Satellites delivered to orbit by Briz-KM upper stage — Russian Defense Ministry.

NasaSpaceFlight: Rokot conducts final launch – carries three Gonets-M satellites to orbit.
Spaceflight Now: Russia retires Rockot launcher after liftoff with four satellites.

Beelden van de lancering vind je hier.

Lange Mars 5 lijkt klaar voor het belangrijke werk in 2020.
SpaceCom: China Prepping for Comeback Launch of Heavy-Lift Long March 5 Rocket Friday.

Space News: Successful Long March 5 launch opens way for China’s major space plans.
NasaSpaceFlight: Long March 5 conducts critical Return To Flight mission.
Spaceflight Now: Successful Long March 5 launch paves way for new Chinese space missions.

Spacepage: Chinese krachtpatser brengt succesvol satelliet in de ruimte.

Enkele filmpjes:
CGTN: Third Long March 5 carrier rocket transferred to S China launch pad.
New China TV: China to launch Long March-5, its largest carrier rocket.
SciNews: Long March-5 Y3 getting ready for launch.

CCTV: China's Largest Carrier Rocket Long March 5 Performs New Mission.
New China TV: China launches Long March-5 rocket (het live verslag).
SciNews: Long March-5 Y3 launch.

En nog een wat ouder artikel:
Space News: Chinese space station core module passes review but faces delays.

China test commerciële sondeerraket.
Xinhua.Net: Commercial suborbital carrier rocket launched in China.

Twee filmpjes:
CGTN: Commercial suborbital carrier rocket launched in China.
SciNews: Tansuo-1 suborbital rocket maiden flight.

China test herbruikbare raketmotor.
XinhuaNet: China's reusable liquid rocket engine completes 500-second test.
PanDaily: Chinese Private Aerospace Firm iSpace Completes 500-second Reusable Liquid Rocket Engine Test.

ISS – Een nieuw record.
NASA: Astronaut Christina Koch Poised to Make History Again.
NASA Video: Christina Koch Record Breaking Spaceflight Interviews - December 27, 2019.
Collect Space: NASA astronaut setting record for longest mission by a woman.

Nog wat filmpjes:
NASA: U.S. Spaceflight Duration Records.

NASA: Christina Koch Congratulatory Message – Peggy Whitson.
NASA: Christina Koch Congratulatory Message – Patricia Cornwell.
NASA: Christina Koch Congratulatory Message – Naomi Ackie and Kelly Marie Tran.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
The Verge: For the holidays, astronauts baked cookies in space that they won’t actually eat.

NASA: Christmas Week Starts With Biology Research Aboard Orbiting Lab.
NASA: BEAM and Dragon Work, DNA Studies Before Station Lifts Orbit.
NASA: Space Biology and Fire Research as Station Orbits Higher.

SpaceCom: Astronaut Celebrates Hanukkah from Space with Festive Socks.

US National Lab: Studying the Physics of Flame Spread to Minimize Structural Fire Hazards on Earth and in Space.
EurekAlert: Eye changes from spaceflight compared to simulated weightlessness.
NASA: What we learned from the space station in 2019.

Filmpjes:
EuroNews: Astronaut Luca Parmitano snares his first Dragon supply spacecraft.
NASA: Space to Ground: Seeing 2020: 12/27/2019.

Commercial Crew – Terugblik op vlucht Starliner/Calypso.
Collect Space: Back from space, Boeing Starliner lands new astronaut-chosen name.
Spaceflight Now: Boeing’s first commercial crew capsule christened ‘Calypso’.

Ars Technica: Starliner makes a safe landing—now NASA faces some big decisions.

Space News: Op-Ed | No, Houston, we do not have a problem.
The Space Review: The year of commercial crew comes to an end, without crew.

Nog wat video’s:
NASA: Boeing Starliner Orbital Flight Test Mission Highlights.
SciNews: Starliner anomaly explained.
Video From Space: Boeing Starliner Capsule Will Be Reused - NASA Explains.

Commercial Crew – SpaceX en Crew Dragon.
Teslarati: SpaceX leaps closer to launching NASA astronauts after parachute testing milestone.
Space News: SpaceX reaches parachute testing milestone.

SpaceX – Starship.
Teslarati: SpaceX scraps first Starship prototype to make way for new and improved rockets.
Teslarati: SpaceX ships Starship hardware from Florida to Texas to speed up production.

SpaceX – Starlink versus sterrenkunde. Starlink versus Amazon/Project Kuiper.
Teslarati: SpaceX set to deploy another large batch of internet satellites as Starlink constellation expands.

Space News: SpaceX working on fix for Starlink satellites so they don’t disrupt astronomy.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX to experiment with less-reflective satellite coatings on next Starlink launch.

Vice.Com: SpaceX Is Lobbying Against Amazon’s Internet-Beaming Satellites.

Space News: SpaceX gets OK to re-space Starlink orbits.

The Space Review: The promise and challenges of Starlink.

ViceCom: SpaceX Is Lobbying Against Amazon’s Internet-Beaming Satellites.
Geek Wire: Amazon is moving Project Kuiper satellite operation to huge Redmond facility.

ARTEMIS – Gateway.
Sputnik News: Russia, US to Discuss Lunar Gateway Station 'Closer to Spring' - Head of Roscosmos.

SpaceQ: Podcast: MAXAR’s Power and Propulsion Element for the Lunar Gateway.

En nog een nieuw filmpje van NASA:
NASA: How We Are Going to the Moon - 4K.

ARTEMIS – Naar de Maan in 2024 … en dan naar Mars.
NASA: Solving the Challenges of Long Duration Space Flight with 3D Printing.
NASA: Experts on Earth Could Support Astronaut-Scientists on Mars, if They Team Up from the Start.

BBC: New engine tech that could get us to Mars faster.

Maar ook dit:
Parabolic Arc: China’s Ambitious Plans to Dominate Cislunar Space.

50 Jaar Apollo – Een nieuwe kijk op het Apollo-maanstof.
NASA: Our Favorite Holiday Gift? A Box of Apollo Moon Soil.
Het bijbehorende filmpje vind je hier.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon:
SpaceCom: Hello, Venus! Parker Solar Probe Makes Second Planetary Flyby.

Aarde:
Airbus: OneAtlas Overview (filmpje).

Mars:
The Science Times: Troublemaking Mars Lander "Mole" Is Digging Again.
RoomEU: Mars 2020 aeroshell’s impressive pedigree.
ODN: First Glimpse of Mars 2020 Rover Before Launch (filmpje).

RocketLab begint aan derde lanceerplatform.
Space News: Rocket Lab to build second launch pad in New Zealand.

Meer raketnieuws uit Oceanië.
IEEE Spectrum: Startup Tries to Revive Interest in Aerospike Rocket Engines.

Raketnieuws uit Amerika.
SpaceCom: Virgin Galactic's Next Spaceship Gets Its 'Feather' (Video).

Space News: OmegA rocket’s first customer still needs customer of its own.

BlueOrigin: BE-3U Engine Hotfire Test (video).
BlueOrigin: Blue Origin will fly charity auction winner's item of choice to space.

Nieuws over Vostochny.
TASS: Work on launch complex for super-heavy carrier rocket at Vostochny to start in 2022.
TASS: First stage of Vostochny spaceport construction in Russian Far East 30% fulfilled

Roscosmos: New equipment sent to Vostochny Cosmodrome

Om af te ronden: 40 jaar Ariane.
ESA: 40 Years of Ariane.
Het bijbehorende filmpje vind je hier.

Scott Manley: How Europe Designed and Evolved The Ariane Rocket Over Last 4 Decades (filmpje).

ESA: Europe's Spaceport.
Nog een filmpje over de recentste werken rond het nieuwe Ariane VI lanceercomplex.
CSG: Ariane 6 - ELA4 - Décembre 2019.

Veel lees- en kijkplezier,

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