Weinig lanceringen deze week, maar wel veel raketnieuws met o.a. de resultaten van de European Launcher Challenge. Verder veel beweging (op komst) rond het ISS met Progress MS-31, Axiom-4 en Crew 11. NASA heeft ondertussen een (tijdelijke) nieuwe baas en het budget voor FY2026 lijkt te worden bijgestuurd. Dat en nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week.

Bij de foto: In Italië werd een droptest uitgevoerd met ESA’s Space Rider, een onbemand herbruik ruimtetuig in ontwikkeling. Foto: Thales Alenia Space

De lanceringen van de afgelopen week.

08.07.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten Group 10-28 (CSFS).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 28 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 281 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 8 July 2025.

13.07.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Israelische Dror-1.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches mystery satellite to geostationary transfer orbit.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches an Israeli satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral.
Israel Hayom: SpaceX launches Israeli communications satellite.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch the Commercial GTO-1 mission to orbit.
SciNews: Falcon 9 launches Commercial GTO-1 and Falcon 9 first stage landing.

Nog enkele vorige lanceringen.

23.06.2025 – Nog eens de Transporter-14-lancering.
SatNews: Launch Update: Lacuna Space expands D2D IoT Network with satellite launches.
SatNews: Launch Update: Space Forge launches ForgeStar®-1— the UK’s 1st in-space manufacturing satellite.
SatNews: Launch Update: Technical University of Munich’s (TUM) quantum smallsat launched into space.
SatNews: Launch Update: Italy ‘s IRIDE program launches their 1st Argotec-developed satellite constellation.
SatNews: Launch Update: D-Orbit has launched 2 OTV Missions with their ION Satellite Carrier.

Raketnieuws.

ESA kiest deelnemers voor de European Launcher Challenge. Niet-verkozen doen gewoon verder.
ESA: European Launcher Challenge: preselected challengers unveiled.

Space News: ESA selects five companies for next phase of launcher competition.
Payload: ESA Selects Finalists For European Launch Challenge.

De winnaars en hun website.
Isar Aerospace, MaiaSpace, Orbex en PLD Space

Over Orbex:
SatNews: Orbex in trouble?

De “verliezers” doen gewoon verder:
Payload: Skyrora, Latitude Push Ahead Without ELC Funding.

The Space Review: The long recovery from a launcher crisis.

ESA’s Spacerider doet nieuwe reeks droptesten.
ESA: Closing the loop: new Space Rider drop test.
European Spaceflight: ESA Validates Space Rider Landing Accuracy with Drop Test Campaign.
ESA: Space Rider model ready to drop.

Een filmpje over Spacerider vind je hier.

Een filmpje over de ESA’s toekomst qua toegang tot de ruimte.
ESA: Europe’s future in space transportation.

Europa en het Centre Spatiale Guyanais.
ESA: New agreements for next decade of launches at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.

Weldra nieuwe lancering voor Vulcan.
NSF: ULA set to ramp up Vulcan launches and national security missions with USSF-106.
Spaceflight Now: ULA begins stacking its 1st Vulcan rocket supporting a national security mission.

Relativity Space en Terran R.

Twee filmpjes:
Relativity Space: Terran R June 2025 Program Update.
Relativity Space: Aeon R Engine Hot Fire.

Chinese raketten: Gravity-2 (Orienspace) – Honda – Zhuque 3.
Space News: Orienspace targets 2025 test flight of Gravity-2 after engine test.

Space News: Honda still in R&D phase of reusable launch vehicle technology.

VideoFromSpace (filmpje): China fires up reusable Zhuque-3 rocket ahead of maiden flight.
SpaceCom: Chinese company Landspace aims to debut its reusable methane rocket this year.

Bouwen LEAP 71 en Aspire Space een nieuwe raket?
Payload: Can Computers and Russian Engineers Build A Reusable Rocket in Dubai?

Zuid-Korea en Innospace – Hanbit-Nano raket.
Aviation Week: Innospace Clears Hanbit-Nano Second Stage For Launch.

Meer geld voor Japanse Interstellar – Zero.
Space News: Japan’s Interstellar secures $62 million in series F funding.
Starfighters: SpaceNews : Japan’s Interstellar secures $62 million in series F funding.

Ontwikkeling van raketten in Canada.
SpaceCom: Can Canada get to orbit? Companies NordSpace and ProtoSpace hope to launch country's 1st space mission (exclusive).
Video From Space (filmpje): Can Canada get itself to orbit? These 2 companies are trying to make it happen.

Ook in India denken ze aan een nieuwe raket – Astrobase.
EnTracker: Exclusive: CoinDCX co-founder partners with ISRO scientists to launch Astrobase, raises $10 Mn.

Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.

ISS – Progress MS-31 koppelt met het ruimtestation.
TASS: Russia’s Progress MS-31 space freighter docks to International Space Station.

NASA Blog: Progress Resupply Ship Nears Station With Three Tons of Cargo.
NASA Blog: Progress Cargo Craft Docks to Station Resupplying Expedition 73.

Filmpjes:
Roscosmos TV: Broadcast of the docking of the Progress MS-31 spacecraft with the ISS.
NASA: Progress 92 Cargo Ship Docking.
SciNews: Progress MS-31 docking.

ISS – Nieuws van Axiom 4.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Crew Checks in from Orbit.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Crew Docks to International Space Station.
Axiom 4 Blog: Axiom Space Celebrates Arrival of Ax-4 crew to International Space Station.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Mission Update: Flight Day #2;
Axiom 4 Blog: Elevating Cultural Icon to Low-Earth Orbit – Mumm Cordon Rouge Stellar bottle.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Mission Update: Flight Day #3.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Mission Update: Flight Day #4.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Mission Update: Flight Day #5.
Axiom 4 Blog: Beyond the Shield: Tackling Space Radiation on Ax-4.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Mission Update: Flight Day #6.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Mission Update: Flight Day #7.
Axiom 4 Blog: Leading Beyond Earth: Aspiring Female Astronauts Shaping the Future of Space.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Mission Update: Flight Day #8.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Mission Update: Flight Day #9.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Mission Update: Flight Day #10.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Mission Update: Flight Day #11.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Mission Update: Flight Day #12.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Mission Update: Flight Day #13.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Crew Shares Scientific Milestones from Space.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Mission Update: Flight Day #14.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Mission Update: Flight Day #15.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Mission Update: Flight Day #16.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Mission Update: Flight Day #17.
Axiom 4 Blog: Ax-4 Mission Update: Flight Day #18.

SpaceCom: Private Ax-4 astronauts aboard ISS are filling their time with science, views of Earth and pierogis.
ESA: Inside Ignis: the ground team powering spaceflight.

The Times of India: Shubhanshu Shukla expected to return on July 14; NASA confirms splashdown date.
The Times of India: As teams prep for Axiom-4’s return, crew continues with science on orbit.
The Times of India: Axiom-4 set to undock July 14; Shubhanshu Shukla to return; ISRO marks private space milestone.

NASA: NASA to Provide Coverage of Axiom Mission 4 Departure from Station.

The Space Review: The first Indian on the ISS.

Filmpjes:
Axiom Space: Ax-4 Mission Update | Peggy Whitson & Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski.
Axiom Space: Ax-4: Building Opportunities for Earth.
Axiom Space:Ax-4 Mission | Science Briefing.

Het officële afscheid live te volgen bij Axiom Space, op zondag 13.07 vanaf 15u55.
Axiom Space: Ax-4 Mission | Farewell Ceremony.

En wie de terugkeer op 14.07 live wil volgen.
NASA: Axiom Mission 4 Hatch Close (livestream vanaf 10u30).
NASA: Axiom Mission 4 Undocking (livestream vanaf 12u45).

Crew 11 bereidt zich voor op lancering.
SpaceCom: NASA, SpaceX targeting July 31 for launch of Crew-11 astronaut mission to ISS.
NASA: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 to Support Health Studies for Deep Space Travel.
NSF: NASA, JAXA astronauts discuss upcoming Crew-11 launch to ISS.

Space Policy Online: NASA Says ISS Air Leaks Have Stabilized as Crew-11 Prepares for Launch.

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Flight Crew News Conference.
NASA: NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 Training Resource Reel.

Volgende Starliner-vlucht wellicht onbemand.
Space News: NASA considering flying only cargo on next Starliner mission.

ISS – De blogentries / On the ISS this week.
NASA ISS Blog: Week Starts with Muscle Stimulation and Cellular Research During Cargo Transfers.
NASA ISS Blog: Tuesday’s Station Research Advancing Crew Health as Crew Unpacks Cargo.
NASA ISS Blog: Light Duty Day Amid Space Research and Crew Swap Preps.
NASA ISS Blog: Busy Science Day on Station; Mission Updates for Ax-4 and SpaceX Crew-11.
NASA ISS Blog: Ax-4 Go for Monday Undocking, Finalizing Research.

SpaceCom: Keeping wastewater flowing into tomorrow's coffee | On the ISS this week July 7 - 11, 2025.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
SpaceCom: ISS astronaut captures a rare phenomenon from orbit — a giant 'sprite' above a thunderstorm.
SpaceQ: Obruta successfully concludes autonomous docking tests on ISS.

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA Astronauts Discuss Life In Space With CNN’s Situation Room – Wednesday, July 9, 2025.

India doet test Gaganyaan propulsiesysteem.
ISRO: ISRO conducts successful hot tests of Gaganyaan Service Module Propulsion System.
The Times Of India: ISRO completes key propulsion system development for Gaganyaan.

CSS – Meer nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.
Inside Outer Space: China Space Station: Supply Ship Undocked for Reentry (Updated).
Xinhua: China's Tianzhou-8 cargo craft separates from space station combination.

ECNS: China's Shenzhou-19 astronauts meet press after return from space.

Filmpjes:
CGTN: Tianzhou 8 vertrekt. 
CCTV: Shenzhou-19 Astronauts Share Experience of 183-Day Mission in Space.

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

Artemis 2 – Mensen rond de Maan.

Filmpje:
NASA: NASA's Orion Spacecraft Hits the Road.

Artemis 5 – Lunar Terrain Vehicle – LTV.
NASA: NASA Selects Instruments for Artemis Lunar Terrain Vehicle.

Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.
Universe Today: Lunar Astronauts Could Eat "Moon Rice".

Spaceflight Now: Axiom Space, Oakley partner on spacesuit visor for Artemis missions.
Axiom Space (filmpje): Engineered for Astronauts: Oakley x Axiom Space Next-Gen Visor System.

Helium-3 op de Maan.
Payload: LH3M Wins Five Patents for Lunar Helium-3 Extraction.

ILRS – China naar de Maan.
ECNS: China's Chang'e-7 to carry a seismograph, 2026 launch targeted.

De lanceertoren voor Lange Mars 10 (LM10) is blijkbaar al ver gevorded aldus dit berichtt/foto op X.

Starship – De naweeën van een ontploft Ship. Elno Musk en Texas.
The Texas Tribune: SpaceX wins OK to build plant that creates liquid oxygen for rockets near South Texas beach.

Meer over de invloed van Musk in Texas.
The Texas Tribune: Inside Elon Musk’s stellar year at the Texas Capitol.
The Texas Tribune: Elon Musk hired a dozen Texas lobbyists this year. State law keeps the extent of their influence under wraps.

Filmpjes:
Marcus House: SpaceX Isn’t Waiting With Starship... Here’s Their Big Move!
LabPadre: SpaceX Plans To Do WHAT With Starship? - Spaceflight Weekly #174.
NSF: Massey’s Down, Adapter Up – SpaceX Races Toward Next Starship Flight | Starbase Update.
Engineering Today: SpaceX Is Building Something Huge In Texas! Boca Chica Transformation! Alien Ship!?
NSF: "Putting a Falcon 9 inside of a Booster" | SpaceX Starbase.
Marcus House: HOW Will SpaceX Pull This Off with Starship!?
Engineering Today: SpaceX made a DANGEROUS BET on STARSHIP !!
NSF: "Starship Static Fires are Shaping Up" | SpaceX Starbase.

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

Meer nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon:
NASA: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Snaps Closest-Ever Images to Sun.
PhysOrg: Parker Solar Probe uncovers direct evidence of the sun's 'helicity barrier'.
VRTNWS: "Dichter bij de zon dan we ooit zijn geweest": NASA toont beelden van Parker Solar Probe.

Venus:
Universe Today: UK is Considering a Mission to Venus to Search for Life.

Aarde:
SpaceCom: US military cuts climate scientists off from vital satellite sea-ice data.
NSF: Himawari meteorological satellites measure temperature changes on Venus.
ESPI: A Policy Vision for Earth Observation (PDF).

Maan:
ECNS: China's Chang'e 6 samples unlock deep insights into moon's far side evolution.
ECNS: Chang'e 6 samples show moon's asymmetry.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Curiosity Blog, Sol 4588: Ridges and troughs.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4589 – 4592: Setting up to explore Volcán Peña Blanca.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4593-4594: Three Layers and a Lot of Structure at Volcán Peña Blanca.
SpaceCom: Why does Mars look purple, yellow and orange in ESA's stunning new satellite image?
SpaceCom: NASA teaches Mars orbiter to roll over in quest to find Red Planet water.
Universe Today: How the Chemistry of Mars Both Extended and Ended Its Habitability.
SpaceCom: Could NASA's Mars Sample Return be saved? Lockheed Martin proposes $3 billion plan to haul home Red Planet rocks – MSR.

Neptunus:
Space News: Chinese scientists propose 2033 Neptune orbiter mission.
University Cube: China Plans Neptune Mission Targeting Triton in 2033.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

Chinese satelliet in een onverwachte baan – Twee andere vliegen nu samen.
Space News: Experimental Chinese satellite turns up in unexpected orbit – Shiyan.
Inside Outer Space: Snoop Patrol: Satellite-to-satellite Observation of China’s Shijian-26 spacecraft.

Ars Technica: China jumps ahead in the race to achieve a new kind of reuse in space.

Kortom:
Space News: China is practicing orbital warfare to win in space.

Russische satellieten vliegen in formatie.
Ars Technica: It’s hunting season in orbit as Russia’s killer satellites mystify skywatchers.

NASA Budget FY2025.
De wekelijkse vooruitblik:
Space Policy Online: What’s Happening in Space Policy July 6-12, 2025.

The Planetary Society: Scientists behind threatened NASA missions explain what’s at stake.
Space Policy Online: Scientists Rally Support for NASA as Appropriators Begin Markups.
SpaceCom: Senators push back on Trump's proposal to cut NASA science funding by 47%.

Space News: Commercial space industry groups ask Congress to fully fund TraCSS.
Sky & Telescope: Proposed NOAA Budget Kills Program That Was Designed to Prevent Satellite Collisions.
Ars Technica: Nearly everyone opposes Trump’s plan to kill space traffic control program.

Space News: Budget reconciliation bill includes tax break for spaceport bonds.

Space Policy Online: Senate Appropriators Poised to Reject Proposed NASA Budget Cuts, But…
Space News: Senate spending bill that overrides proposed NASA cuts held up in committee.

Politico: Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push.

Een nieuwe (tijdelijke) NASA Administrator.
Space Policy Online: Transportation Secretary Duffy Named as Interim NASA Administrator.
Spaceflight Now: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy picked as Interim NASA Administrator.
Space News: Secretary of Transportation Duffy named acting NASA administrator.
SpaceCom: Who is Sean Duffy, NASA's new interim chief? From champion lumberjack, reality TV star and Cabinet secretary to space.

Space News: Trump says it would have been “inappropriate” for Isaacman to lead NASA.

Space Force – Nieuws.
SpaceCom: US Space Force practices 'orbital warfare' in largest-ever training event.

Space News: Space Force scraps satellite procurement, shifts to more flexible strategy – PTS-R.
Air & Space Forces: Space Force Cancels Major Tactical SATCOM Competition – PTS-R.

Payload: Space Force Taps Boeing for $2.8B Strategic Sat – ESS.
Air & Space Forces: Space Force Awards $2.4B Contract for New Nuclear Command and Control Satellites – ESS.

Breaking Defense: Industry lobbies to protect Commerce space office at risk of cuts.

Golden Dome – Missile Defense Shield.
Space News: Northrop Grumman stakes role in Golden Dome missile shield.

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