Uit België kwam alweer interessant ruimtevaartnieuws, Starship is deze week toe aan een nieuwe testvlucht en de verrassing van de week was wellicht dat Jared Isaacman dan toch de nieuwe NASA Administrator lijkt te gaan worden. Dat en nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week.

Bij de foto: “Dust Devils” op Mars. Op foto’s uit het Europese Marsarchief vond men verspreid over de voorbije 20 jaar een 1039 van deze kleine tornado’s. Op de foto zie je er drie op 8 november 2021, een foto genomen door ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. Foto: ESA/TGO/CaSSIS

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws. 

België blijft sleutelrol spelen in hersenonderzoek astronauten.
BELSO: België koploper in ruimtehersenen: nieuwe samenwerking met NASA.
VRTNWS: Antwerpse professor gaat samen met NASA hersenen van Amerikaanse astronauten onderzoeken.

SABCA tekent nieuw contract met ArianeGroup.
SABCA: Sabca signs €85 Million Contract with ArianeGroup for Ariane 6 Thrust Vector Actuation Systems.
Belgium in Space: Sabca tekent contract ter waarde van 85 miljoen euro met ArianeGroup voor onderdelen voor Ariane 6 raket.
European Spaceflight: Sabca Secures €85 Million Ariane 6 Operational Phase Contract.

De lanceringen van de afgelopen week.

07.10.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 10-59 (CCSFS).
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Florida, lands rocket at sea.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket on 90th Starlink mission of 2025.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 309 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 7 October 2025.

08.10.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 11-17 (VSFB).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB.
SpaceCom: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites on its 29th-ever liftoff.
KTLA5: Vandenberg Space Force Base breaks annual launch record with SpaceX rocket.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from California.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 310 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 8 October 2025.

08.10.2025 – New Shepard lanceert alweer 6 toeristen even naar de ruimte – NS-36.
Blue Origin: New Shepard NS-36 Mission Updates – Blue Origin Completes 36th New Shepard Flight to Space.

SpaceCom: Blue Origin reveals space tourists to launch on next New Shepard rocket.
El Paso Times: Blue Origin to send 6 people (including 1 mystery passenger) on next spaceflight.

Satellite Pro ME: SERA opens Nigerian seat on Blue Origin flight.

SpaceCom: Watch Blue Origin launch its 15th space tourism mission on Oct. 8.
SpaceCom: Blue Origin launches 6 'Space Nomads,' including mystery passenger, on suborbital space tourist flight.
Space News: Blue Origin flies sixth crewed New Shepard flight of 2025.

Filmpjes:
Blue Origin: Replay: New Shepard Mission NS-36 Webcast.
Blue Origin: New Shepard Mission NS-36: Apogee.
Blue Origin: The Journey of NS-36
SciNews: Blue Origin NS-36 New Shepard launch and landing.

11.10.2025 – Orienspace – Gravity 1.
China In Space: Orienspace's Gravity-1 to Fly Again After Long Hiatus.
China In Space: Gravity-1 Returns with Customer Carrying Sea-Launch! [Gravity-1 Y2].

Xinhua: China launches Gravity-1 rocket from sea

Filmpje:
SciNews: Gravity-1 launches 3 satellites.

Te verwachten lanceringen.

13-14.10.2025 – Starship – IFT 11.
Gizmodo: Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Taking More Control of the Texas Coastline Ahead of Starship’s Next Launch.
SpaceCom: SpaceX moves giant Super Heavy booster to pad ahead of Starship Flight 11 launch.

Filmpjes
LabPadre Space: What Steps Are Left Before Starship's Next Flight? - Spaceflight Weekly #187.
WAI: Starship Flight 11 Next Week!? What can we expect?
NSF: Preparing for vehicle rollouts - Countdown to Launch.
NSF: SpaceX Rolls Booster 15-2 to Starbase Pad 1 for Flight 11.
NSF: SpaceX Reveals New Flight Plan & Booster 15’s Final Test! | Starbase Update.
Marcus House: Starship’s Final Moment Before Everything Changes!
Spaceflight Now: Last ride: SpaceX prepares to launch final Starship Block 2 on Flight 11.

??.11.2025 – New Glenn en ESCAPADE naar Mars – Lanceerdatum nog niet bekend.
Spaeflight Now: Blue Origin transports New Glenn booster to launch site ahead of Mars-bound mission.
SpaceCom: Blue Origin rolls out powerful New Glenn rocket for testing ahead of Mars launch.

Ars Technica: Blue Origin aims to land next New Glenn booster, then reuse it for Moon mission.

04.11.2025 – Ariane 6 en Sentinel 6B.
ESA: Sea-level monitoring satellite Sentinel-6B sets sail.
Arianespace: Arianespace to launch EU's Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite on November 4, 2025, with Ariane 6.

Raketnieuws.

RocketLab doet deal met Synspective.
Satellite Pro ME: Rocket Lab secures second multi-launch deal with Synspective.
Space Daily: Rocket Lab Expands Synspective Partnership with 10 Additional Electron Launches.
Space News: Synspective purchases 10 additional Electron launches.

NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 contract – 7 lanceringen voor SpaceX en ULA.
Air & Space Forces: Space Force Awards ULA, SpaceX $1 Billion for Seven Launches.
Breaking Defense: Space Force taps SpaceX, ULA for first set of critical launches beyond FY27.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX to launch 4 Falcon Heavy rockets as part of newest U.S. national security missions award.
Ars Technica: Pentagon contract figures show ULA’s Vulcan rocket is getting more expensive.
Payload: SpaceX Wins the Bulk of Space Force’s 2026 Launch Contracts.

SAM.gov: National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 DRAFT Request for Proposals (RFPs) #2.

Meer geld voor Stoke Space en hun Nova-raket
Geek Wire: Stoke Space reportedly raising another massive round of funding for its Nova rocket program.
Ars Technica: Stoke Space gives us another reason to take it very seriously.
Space News: Stoke Space raises $510 million.
Geek Wire: Stoke Space raises a whopping $510M to accelerate work on its fully reusable Nova launch system.

Allerlei raketnieuws uit China.
30.09 – Space News: China set for high-stakes moon program and reusable launch tests to close out 2025.
09.10 – PanDaily: China’s First Reusable-Rocket Factory Completes Construction in Hainan’s Wenchang Spaceport – Hyperbola 3.
09.10 – SpaceCom: A new rocket, sea launches and more: Chinese company CAS Space is thinking big – Kinetica 2.
09.10 – NSF: Surge in static fires as China’s space sector gains momentum.
11.10 – China In Space: iSpace, Space Pioneer Expect Reusable Rockets to Fly Before End of 2025 – Hyperbola 3 / Tianlang 3.

Gilmour Space wil opnieuw lanceren in 2026.
Space News: Gilmour Space plans return to flight next year.

Nieuws van Maya Space.
European Spaceflight: MaiaSpace Received €180M in Advance Payments in 2024.

Meer plaats nodig om satellieten lanceerklaar te krijgen – Blue Origin mag het nodige bijbouwen op de Cape.
Spaceflight Now: U.S. Space Force picks Blue Origin bid for expanding satellite processing at Cape Canaveral.
Space News: Blue Origin wins $78.2 million contract to expand satellite processing infrastructure at Cape Canaveral.

Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.

NASA’s Orion weldra beschikbaar voor  privé-vluchten?
Space News: Private mission study a step toward offering Orion as a service.

Europa op zoek naar ISS bevoorradingsvlucht.
European Spaceflight: ESA to Procure ISS Cargo Service to Meet Common Cost Obligations.
Europe in Space: Wherefore art thou ATV?

ISS – De blogentries / On the ISS this week.
Door de shutdown voorlopig geen NASA ISS Blog.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
Space Com: ISS astronaut captures amazing video of SpaceX Starlink satellite train cruising above auroras

ISS National Lab: Manufacturing Nanomaterials to Treat Disease.
Het ISS National Lab heeft blijkbaar ook een podcast: “Between a rocket & a hard space”.
Zie hier voor meer detail.

Space News: NASA’s newest astronauts will have to be willing to wait.

CSS – Meer nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.
SpaceCom: Chinese space station astronauts feast on spicy lamb, mooncakes for mid-autumn festival.

Inside Outer Space: China’s Space-based Telescope: Xuntian Update.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: Shenzhou-20 Crew Sends Mid-Autumn Festival Wishes from Space.

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

World’s Biggest Analog.
De WBA website vind je hier. 
SpaceCom: Not all alphas: Mars crews should be a mix of personality types, study suggests.

Artemis 2 – Lancering ten vroegste in februari 2026.
Aerospace America: Artemis II tissue samples poised to transform how NASA studies space effects on humans.

Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.
SpaceCom: New DARPA 'field guide' looks for ways to jump-start a moon economy.
Het boek “The Commercial Lunar Economy Field Guide: A Vision for Industry on the Moon in the Next Decade” kan je hier downloaden (PDF).

SatNews: NASA awards Solstar Space SBIR contract to develop lunar Wi-Fi system.
Payload: Open Lunar Foundation Launches Lunar Ledger.

The Space Review: So you want to go to Mars: Where do you start?

SpaceCom: Not all alphas: Mars crews should be a mix of personality types, study suggests.

Naar de Maan – China vs US.
Ars Technica: How America fell behind China in the lunar space race—and how it can catch back up.

Starship – Geen youtubers meer in Starbase?
Texas Monthly: Scrappy Streamers Watch SpaceX’s Every Move. Will Elon Musk’s Company Town Shut Them Down?

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

Meer nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Aarde:
European Spaceflight: Poland Adds Fourth Satellite to CAMILA Earth Observation Constellation.
Space News: HEO looks to expand satellite imaging beyond low Earth orbit.
ESA: Satellites reveal the power of ocean swell.

Maan:
CGTN (filmpje): China discovers new findings from Chang'e 6 farside lunar samples.
CGTN (filmpje): The Moon of Reunion: The timeless legend of Chang'e.
Universe Today: New Research Says the "Dark Side" of the Moon is Also the Cold Side.
Inside Outer Space: Earth’s Moon: New Paper Points to Science, Resource Bounty (Updated).
PhysOrg: With new analysis, Apollo samples brought to Earth in 1972 reveal exotic sulfur hidden in moon's mantle.

Mars:
SpaceCom: 'The metal detector has gone off': Perseverance rover's find is a shiny new clue in the search for life on Mars.
ESA: Dancing dust devils trace raging winds on Mars.
ESA: Mars Express sees a dust devil dancing across Mars.
SpaceCom: 1,000 Martian dust devils! European orbiters track Red Planet's tiny tornadoes.
Universe Today: Yes, Mars Once Had an Ocean, says New Research.

Jupiter:
SpaceCom: NASA's Juno probe orbiting Jupiter may have come to an end, but no one can confirm.

Saturnus:
SpaceCom: Saturn's moon Mimas may have an ocean — and a future spacecraft could find it

Planetoïden:
Eurekalert!: Gaia solves mystery of tumbling asteroids and finds a new way to probe their interiors

Planetoïde 2025 TF
ESA: ESA spots asteroid that made very close approach to Earth.
SpaceCom: Surprise asteroid flies by Earth at only 250 miles away.
Universe Today: An Asteroid Flew Closer Than The ISS Recently.

Apophis:
SpaceCom: Europe teams with Japan on asteroid mission, beefs up space cooperation with South Korea.

Kamo'oalewa:
SpaceCom: China's Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling spacecraft snaps a selfie with Earth.
Universe Today: Tianwen-2 Probe Takes a Selfie with Earth to Mark China's National Day.

Komeet 3I/ATLAS
Sky & Telescope: Mars Orbiters Will Have Front-row Seats to Interstellar Comet.
SpaceCom: Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will be eyed by Mars and Jupiter probes as it zooms past the sun this month.
Inside Outer Space: 31/Atlas Viewed by Perseverance Mars Rover.
SpaceCom: Did NASA's Perseverance Mars rover just see interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in the Martian night sky?
ESA: ESA’s ExoMars and Mars Express observe comet 3I/ATLAS.
Universe Today: 3I/ATLAS's Coma Proves Another Cometary Formation Theory.
Live Science: Comet 3I/ATLAS is losing water 'like a fire hose' on full blast, 'rewriting what we thought we knew' about alien star systems.

Didymos/Dimorphos:
ESA (filmpje): Hera’s first year in space.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

Ook in Nederland wil men niet dat de overheid zou bezuinigen op ruimtevaart. Integendeel.
Netherlands Space Office: NSO Advies 2026-2028: breng het budget in lijn met de breed gedeelde nationale ambities.

ESA heeft een nieuwe deep space antenne in Australië.
ESA: ESA inaugurates deep space antenna in Australia.
Spacepage: ESA neemt nieuwe deep-space antenne in Australië in gebruik.

Schatting – Nog 43.000 te lanceren satellieten in de volgende 10 jaar.
Payload: Novaspace Predicts 43,000+ New Sats to Launch by 2034.
Space News: Novaspace Projects $665B in Satellite Build and Launch Activity.

Europa en zijn talrijke nieuwe satellietfabrieken.
Payload: Europe’s Satellite Production Capacity is About to Explode.

SatNews: Thales Alenia Space premieres Space Smart Factory with Italy’s president and other notables in attendance.
European Spaceflight: Thales Alenia Space Inaugurates New €100M Satellite Factory.

Zie ook NUDR 2025/35-766 voor het laatste nieuws over Aerospacelab en de megafactory.

Nog even wachten op de mega-ruimtevaart-fusie in Europa.
Reuters: European major satellite venture still needs some time to finalise, source says.
De drie zijn Airbus, Thales en Leonardo.

Over investeringen in de ruimtevaart.
Reuters: Investors pour record $3.5 billion into space as investors look beyond big names, report says.
SpaceQ: Space Investment Quarterly. – Je kan er het recentste overzicht gratis downloaden.

Space News: Space infrastructure investments surge to five-quarter high.

De naam Maxar verdwijnt – Het wordt Vantor en Lanteris.
Payload: Maxar Companies Rebrand to Lantaris, Vantor.
Space News: Maxar retires its name, rebrands as Vantor and Lanteris.

FCC gaat het reguleringsproces aanpassen.
Payload: Welcome to the FCC’s ‘Space Month’.
Via Satellite: FCC Chair Targets Satellite Licensing and Spectrum Reform in ‘Space Month’ .
Executiv Gov: FCC Launches ‘Space Month’ to Advance US Space Leadership.
Space News: FCC launches ‘Space Month’ to fast-track satellite licensing and spectrum reforms.

Ook de FAA doet aanpassingen.
ExecutivGov: FAA Deploys First Phase of New NOTAM Management Service.

Verrassing – Dan toch Jared Isaacman als NASA Administrator?
NASA Watch: Isaacman 2.0?

Ondertussen:
USA Today: Amid cuts, uncertainty, Sean Duffy, the acting NASA Administrator, focuses on the future of space travel.

President Trump en de Big Beautifull Bill – Shutdown.
30.09 – SpaceCom: How would a government shutdown affect NASA?
05.10 – Space Policy Online: What’s Happening in Space Policy October 5-11, 2025.
06.10 – NASA Watch: Space Science Goes To Congress.
07.10 – Space Policy Online: Scientists Make the Case for NASA Science.
08.10 – Payload: Duffy on NASA’s Long-term Lunar Future and Budget Cuts.
09.10 – Ars Technica: One NASA science mission saved from Trump’s cuts, but others still in limbo.

PWSA – Nieuws.
Sierra Space: Sierra Space successfully completes critical design review for missile tracking satellites in SDA Tranche 2.

Space Force – Nieuws.
30.09 – L3Harris: US Space Force Declares L3Harris’ ATLAS Mission Ready, Advancing Space Domain Awareness and Strengthening Space Superiority.
30.09 – Breaking Defense: Space Force declares ATLAS space domain awareness software ‘operational’.
07.10 – Air & Space Force: How the Space Force Is Getting a Head Start on Defense Acquisition Reform.
07.10 – Via Satellite: Geopolitics Drive Shifts in EO Business as Companies Hone Focus on Defense Market.
08.10 – Space News: Space Force sets up ‘working capital fund’ for commercial space services.
08.10 – Space News: Defense budgets on both sides of the Atlantic reshape space industry.
08.10 – Breaking Defense: Space Force taps Muon for 3 prototype weather satellites.
09.10 – Space News: Former U.S. defense officials urge Pentagon to scale up hypersonic weapons to match China, Russia.
10.10 – ExecutivGov: Space Force Launches Up to $1.2B Fund to Boost Military Access to Commercial Satcom.

Cybersecurity.
03.10 – Space News: The real space war is being fought in cyberspace.
06.10 – Via Satellite: Self-Attribution in Cyberspace: The Hack on Russia’s Dozor-Teleport Satellite Network.
07.10 – Via Satellite: Securing the Final Frontier: The Need for Public-Private Collaboration on Space Cybersecurity.

Golden Dome – Missile Defense Shield.
29.09 – CongressGov: Defense Primer: The Golden Dome for America.
01.10 –  Space News: Satellite radios sought for Golden Dome interceptor demo.
06.10 – Air & Space Forces: Startup Firefly Makes Move to Expand into Golden Dome, Dynamic Satellites.
06.10 – Breaking Defense: https://breakingdefense.com/2025/10/firefly-to-buy-scitec-with-eye-on-golden-dome/.
07.10 – Via Satellite: The Golden Dome Initiative: A New Era for the Satellite Industry.
07.10 – Via Satellite: Inside the Space ISAC Watch Center: Keeping an Eye on Cyber Threats.
07.10 – Via Satellite: Golden Dome: A Golden Opportunity for the Space Industry?
08.10 – Space News: Golden Dome: What’s its story?

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