Gelukkig zijn er nog sondes zoals Curiosity. Gelukkig zijn er nog nieuwe plannen voor bijvoorbeeld Titan. En ja, tussendoor vertrekt er al eens een bemanning bij het ISS om plaats te maken voor een nieuwe. En worden er nog navigatiesatellieten en cubesasts gelanceerd. Maar verder zuigt de maan (om allerlei redenen) steeds meer de aandacht naar zich toe. Dat en nog een beetje meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week.

Bij de foto: De nachtelijke lancering van de derde Falcon Heavy.

China lanceert navigatiesatelliet.
NasaSpaceFlight: Chinese Long March 3B lofts Beidou-3I2.
SpaceCom: China Launches Latest Beidou Satellite for Global Navigation System.

Een filmpje.
CCTV Video News Agency: China Launches Its 46th Beidou Satellite

Falcon Heavy scoort drie op drie.
Teslarati: SpaceX ship Mr. Steven renamed ahead of Falcon Heavy fairing catch attempt.
Teslarati: SpaceX nails twin Falcon Heavy booster landing but center core misses drone ship.
Teslarati: SpaceX successfully catches first Falcon Heavy fairing in Mr. Steven’s/Ms. Tree’s net.
Teslarati: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk explains why Falcon Heavy’s center core missed the drone ship.
Teslarati: SpaceX’s first flight-proven Falcon Heavy Block 5 launch and landing in photos.

NASA: Deep Space Atomic Clock and Other NASA-JPL Tech Launches.
NASA: NASA Technology Missions Launch on SpaceX Falcon Heavy.

Geek Wire: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket puts a solar sail and scads of other experiments in orbit.
Spacepage: SpaceX lanceert derde Falcon Heavy.

Space News: SpaceX to demonstrate Falcon Heavy capabilities in “difficult” test flight.
Space News: Falcon Heavy launches STP-2 mission.

De persmap vind je hier (PDF).
SpaceCom: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch Spotted from Space (Photos).

Spaceflight Now: Barring a surprise, SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy flight is planned in late 2020.

Filmpjes:
Seeker: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Is Launching One of its Most Complex Missions Yet.
SpaceX: STP-2 Mission.
SciNews: First Falcon Heavy Night Launch.
America Space: Up Close Pad Camera views STP-2 launch on the 3rd Falcon Heavy.
SciNews: Falcon Heavy boosters landing, June 2019
Video From Space: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Payload Fairing Half Captured at Sea

Rocket Lab’s Electron “Make It Rain” brengt 7 satellietjes in een baan om de aarde.
Rocket Lab: Rocket Lab successfully launches seventh Electron mission, deploys seven satellites to orbit.
De persmap vind je hier (PDF).

Spaceflight Now: Launch timeline for Rocket Lab’s “Make it Rain” mission.

SpaceflightNow: Rocket Lab flies again from New Zealand as work progresses at Virginia launch pad.
NasaSpaceFlight:Rocket Lab conducts Spaceflight Inc. Rideshare Mission with Electron launch.
SpaceCom: Rocket Lab Launches 7 Small Satellites to Orbit.
Space News: Rocket Lab launches satellites for Spaceflight.

Spacepage: Rocket Lab brengt zeven satellieten in de ruimte.

Twee filmpjes:
Rocket Lab: Make It Rain Launch – 06/29/2019.
SciNews: Electron launches Make It Rain mission.

Drie ISS astronauten keren met Soyuz terug naar de aarde.
NASA: NASA Astronaut Anne McClain, Crewmates Return from Space Station Mission
NasaSpaceFlight: Soyuz MS-11 returns ISS trio back to Earth.
Parabolic Arc: Report: Soyuz Suffered Anomaly While Returning to Earth.

CSA: David Saint-Jacques' Mission Highlights (fotogalerij)

Filmpjes.
NASA: Expedition 59 Change of Command Ceremony on the International Space Station.
CSA: LIVE – Farewells and hatch closure ceremony for David Saint-Jacques and his crewmates.
CSA: LIVE – Undocking of the Soyuz capsule returning David Saint-Jacques to Earth.
CSA: LIVE – Return to Earth of David Saint-Jacques and his crewmates.

SciNews: Soyuz MS-11 hatch closure.
SciNews: Soyuz MS-11 undocking and departure.
SciNews: Soyuz MS-11 landing

CSA: LIVE – CSA astronaut David Saint-Jacques answers questions from media.

Meer nieuws uit het ISS.
Space News: NASA seeks proposals for commercial ISS modules.

SpaceCom: Spores in Space: Mold Can Withstand Radiation Doses That Would Kill a Human.
Science Alert!: Mould on The Space Station Might Be a Whole Lot Tougher to Kill Than We Thought.
CBC: The International Space Station is growing mould —  inside and outside.

Space To Ground: Back on Terra Firma: 06/28/2019 (filmpje)
NASA: Expedition 60-61 Crew Qualification Exams.

JAXA: Four CubeSats successfully deployed from "Kibo"!

NASA: NASA Highlights Science on 18th SpaceX Resupply Mission to Space Station.

NasaSpaceFlight: The busy life of the Space Station Robots.

c|net: Cookies in space? Hilton is sending dough and an oven to ISS.

Commercial Crew – Starliner parachutetesten.
Boeing: Starliner Space Capsule Completes Parachute Testing.
Parabolic Arc: Boeing Starliner Passes Parachute Qualification Tests Prior to First Flight.

SLS – Mobile Launcher op weg.
Spaceflight Now:SLS mobile launcher moves to pad 39B for final exams.
NasaSpaceFlight: EGS rolls ML-1 out to Pad 39B for Summer of testing.

NASA: Time-lapse of the mobile launcher rolling out.

NASA: NASA Awards Contract for Second Mobile Launcher at Kennedy Space Center.

SLS – Test of Orion Abort System op 2 juli.
KSC Twitter: Blikseminslag op LC46.
NASA: Life at the Lab: Astronaut Emergency Exit (filmpje).

Meer info vind je via deze link.

SLS/Orion.
NASA: Artemis 1 Engines Delivered to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility.
Aerojet Rocketdyne: SLS Core Stage Receives Four RS-25 Engines For First Flight.
Aerojet Rocketdyne: Aeroject Rocketdyne delivers Orion auxiliary engines for Artemis 2.
ABC News: Intense work under way on rocket for future moonshots.

Aerojet Rocketdyne: Fuel for thought S1 E6: Space Launch System (filmpje).

Naar de Maan in 2024.
NASA: NASA Eyes GPS at the Moon for Artemis Missions.
Via Satellite: NASA Seeks Wider Use of GPS: Not From Space, but in Space.

NASA: NASA Selects Teams to Study Our Moon, Mars’ Moons, and More.

Parabolic Arc: Masten Space Systems Gets NASA Funding for Lunar Research.
SpaceCom: Lunar Robotic Mission Heracles Will Scout for Human Landings.

GeekWire: Rover teams practice for spelunking on the moon and Mars in California lava tubes.

Popular Mechanics: 3 Reasons Why Today's Space Race Is Better Than Apollo.
Florida Today: Fifty years after Apollo, NASA is moving quickly to return to the moon. But will it work?

NASA deelt weer maanstenen uit voor onderzoek.
ABC News: NASA opening moon rock samples sealed since Apollo missions.
VRT NWS: NASA gaat verzegelde stalen maanrots vrijgeven voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek.

SpaceX – Spaceship.
Teslarati: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk & Raptor engine make surprise visit to Florida Starship.

Space News: SpaceX targets 2021 commercial Starship launch.
Inverse: SpaceX: Elon Musk Teases Rapid, Cheap Raptor Production to Get to Mars Fast.

NASA kiest drone voor Titan.
Space News: NASA selects planetary mission proposals large and small.
NASA: NASA's Dragonfly Will Fly Around Titan Looking for Origins, Signs of Life.
NASA: Goddard's Contributions to NASA's New Dragonfly Mission.

Ars Technica: NASA will fund a revolutionary mission to fly through Titan’s atmosphere.
The Planetary Society: NASA Greenlights Dragonfly, a Quadcopter Mission to Titan.
NasaSpaceFlight: Cassini answers Titan secrets, NASA plans helicopter mission to cloudy world.

Filmpjes:
Science At NASA: NASA Science Live: NASA's Next Solar System Explorer.
NASA: Dragonfly: NASA's New Mission to Explore Saturn's Moon Titan.
JHU APL: Dragonfly - Entry, Decent and Landing Animation.

Curiosity meet weer methaan.
NASA: Curiosity's Mars Methane Mystery Continues.
The New York Times: NASA Rover on Mars Detects Puff of Gas That Hints at Possibility of Life.
Sky & Telescope: Curiosity Detects Big Whiff of Methane on Mars.
The Hindu: Methane on Mars: what does it mean?

30 juni – Asteroid Day.
ESA: ESA marks asteroid day on 30 june.
ESA: When Cubesat Meet Asteroid.
ESA: Hera deploying CubeSats.
ESA: CubeSat approaching asteroid.
ESA: Juventas Cubesat Coming In For Asteroid Landing.
ESA: APEX CubeSat above Didymoon.
ESA: DART impacting asteroid.
ESA: Galaxies – With a chance of asteroids.

GeekWire: Scientists turn up the spotlight on space perils (and prospects) for Asteroid Day.
Cosmos: We will rock you: the world prepares for Asteroid Day.

NASA: NASA Tracked Small Asteroid Before It Broke Up in Atmosphere.

ESA: Hera: Our planetary defence mission (filmpje).
ESA: Gaia’s Asteroid Discoveries (filmpje).

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon:
ESA: PROBA 2 predicted view of 2 july eclipse.
ESA: Solar Orbiter Array Deployment.

Aarde:
NASA: The Water Future of Earth's 'Third Pole'.
Science Alert!: Breathtaking Photo Reveals What a Volcano Eruption Looks Like From Space.
ESA: The heat is on.

Maan:
PhysOrg: Israel's SpaceIL says it won't try second moonshot.
Universe Today: SpaceIL Scraps its Plans to go Back to the Moon. Instead, it’s Got a New Secret “Significant Objective” for Beresheet 2
CGTN: China's Chang'e 4 probe resumes work for 7th lunar day (video).
Space News: Chang’e-4 begins lunar day 7 after Yutu-2 rover overcomes cosmic challenges.

Mars:
ESA: ExoMars 2020 – Progress and challenges.
NASA: Mars 2020 Rover's 7-Foot-Long Robotic Arm Installed.
Marshall: In-Situ Production of Cementitious Material from Martian Resources (filmpje).

TESS – WFIRST – GAIA – XMM Newton.
NASA: NASA’s TESS Mission Finds Its Smallest Planet Yet.
NASA Goddard: TESS Discovers Its Tiniest World To Date (filmpje).

NASA: Main Instrument for NASA’s WFIRST Mission Completes Milestone Review.
NASA Goddard: WFIRST's Wide Field Instrument (filmpje).

ROB: Belgian astronomers help to compile the most detailed 3D map of our Galaxy ever made.

NASA: Reflections on 20 Years of XMM-Newton's X-ray Astronomy (filmpje).

SpaceX – Starlink.
The Verge: SpaceX is in communication with all but three of 60 Starlink satellites one month after launch.
Geek Wire: SpaceX reports milestone for Starlink satellite links — and sparks a debate.

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