Na Spirit, Opportunity en Curiosity blijft NASA volhouden me tdit soort van namen voor hun Marsrovers. Mars2020 wordt dus Perseverance. Of er deze zomer ook een Europese Marsrover vertrekt, wel, de kans daartoe wordt steeds kleiner. Qua lanceringen vertrok er een Dragon-bevoorradingscapsule naar het ISS, maar deze week werd gekenmerkt door drie lanceringen die niet doorgingen. En wat het ISS betreft, daar werd een nieuwe experiment geïnstalleerd dat door het B.USOC vanuit Ukkel zal opgevolgd worden. Dat en nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week.

Bij de foto: Het Europese ruimtevaartagentschap worstelt nog steeds met de parachutes voor hun ExoMars-lander Rosalind Franklin. Wat de kans groter maakt dat de lancering van de Europese Marssonde met twee jaar zal uitgesteld worden. Meer duidelijk zou er in de loop van deze week komen. Foto: ESA.

Geen winnaar in de DARPA Launch Challenge.
Space News: DARPA Launch Challenge ends without winner.
SpaceCom: Astra's bid to win $12 million DARPA Launch Challenge comes up short.
GeekWire: ‘Didn’t quite make it’: Data glitch forces Astra to miss out on $2M DARPA Launch Challenge prize.
Space Policy Online: No winner in DARPA Launch Challenge.

Meer info over de DARPA Launch Challenge vind je in de vorige NUDR.

Filmpjes:
DARPA TV: Launch Attempt 1 DARPA Launch Challenge March 2, 2020 – Scrub.

ISS – SpaceX lanceert nieuwe bevoorradingsvlucht.
NASA: SpaceX Dragon Heads to Space Station with NASA Science, Cargo.

Teslarati: SpaceX's first orbital spacecraft set to smash reusability record on last launch.
Teslarati: SpaceX on track for last Cargo Dragon launch, first Falcon 9 land landing in months.
Teslarati: SpaceX nails 50th rocket booster landing ahead of Crew Dragon takeover.

Spaceflight Now: SpaceX test-fires rocket, preps for final flight of first-generation Dragon capsule.
Space Upclose: Falcon 9 static fire test puts SpaceX on course for NASA cargo launch to ISS with final original Dragon.

Collect Space: SpaceX launches cargo to station on last first-gen Dragon capsule.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX launches final Dragon 1 mission to the ISS.
Space News: Falcon 9 launches final first-generation Dragon.
Spaceflight Now: Launch timeline for SpaceX’s 20th space station resupply mission.

Kort na de lancering was Dragon CRS20 boven onze streken te zien.
SatTrackCam Leiden (b)Log: Dragon CRS-20, 23 minutes after launch, with thruster firings.

De persmap voor deze lancering vind je hier (PDF).

ESA: Bartolomeo heading for space to join Columbus.
Spaceflight Now: Space station to receive new outdoor deck for science experiments.

US National Lab: adidas Launches Boost Shoe Technology to the Space Station
Florida Today: SpaceX giving Adidas running shoe a boost to space.

US National Lab: From the Space Station to Your Shower: Delta Faucet Company Sends Research to the ISS.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: CRS-20 Mission.
NASA: SpaceX's CRS-20 Mission to the Space Station: What's On Board.

NASA KSC: SpaceX CRS-20: Launch Broadcast Begins.
NASA KSC: SpaceX CRS-20: Liftoff.
NASA KSC: SpaceX CRS-20: Dragon Spacecraft Separation.

America Space: SpaceX AMAZING 'Falcon Nebula' at CRS-20 Launch.

Lancering Soyuz vanuit Frans Guyana uitgesteld.
TASS: Launch of Soyuz rocket from Kourou spaceport delayed over problem in booster — source.
Spaceflight Now: Soyuz launch with UAE surveillance satellite facing one-month delay

En wat de volgende Soyuz-lancering betreft.
TASS: Russia to launch next Glonass-M navigation satellite on March 16

Uitstel voor Indische GSLV lancering.
The Hindu: ISRO's launch of GISAT-1 postponed due to technical reasons.
Spaceflight Now: India postpones next GSLV fligh.

De Launch Kit vind je hier.

Filmpjes:
ISRO: Curtain Raiser Video (English) of GSLV-F10/GISAT-1 Mission.

SpaceX – Nog eens de ontplofte Starship SN1.
Teslarati: A SpaceX Starship prototype just lifted off – but not how it was supposed to.
Teslarati: SpaceX shrugs off Starship implosion and gets back to work as Elon Musk talks next steps.

Space News: Second Starship prototype damaged in pressurization test.
Spaceflight Now: Second Starship test article implodes during pressure test.
SpaceCom: SpaceX moving on to Starship SN2 prototype after SN1 bites the dust in test.

Filmpjes vind je in de vorige NUDR.

Blue Origin werkt gestaag verder aan New Glenn.
Blue Origin: New Glenn 7 meter fairing completed in Cape Canaveral (filmpje).
America Space: Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Coming Together in FL (filmpje).
Geek Wire: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture drops fresh hints about how its ‘busy year’ is shaping up.

Florida Today: Changes coming to KSC and Cape Canaveral for Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket.

Nieuwe lanceringen voor Rocket Lab.
Space News: Rocket Lab to launch small satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office.
NasaSpaceFlight: Rocket Lab announces NRO mission as agency diversifies launch providers.

Space News: Rocket Lab to send Capella radar satellite to mid-inclination orbit.

Space News: Rocket Lab turns attention to satellite efforts.

Parabolic Arc: Rocket Lab to Benefit From New Zealand Road Investment.

Weldra eerste vliegtesten met Cosmic Girl en Launcher One. 
Parabolic Arc: Virgin Orbit’s Cosmic Girl 747 Conducts Taxi Test with Launcher One.

ISS – Axiom besteld SpaceX-taxi voor toeristen.
Space News: Axiom to fly Crew Dragon mission to the space station.
The Verge: SpaceX will send three tourists to the International Space Station next year.
Space Policy Online: Axiom and SpaceX agree to send four private astronauts to ISS next year.
Spaceflight Now: Axiom strikes deal with SpaceX to ferry private astronauts to space station.

VRT NWS: Eerste privé-ruimtereis volgend jaar een feit? Drie "ruimtetoeristen" mogen 8 dagen in ISS verblijven.


ISS – Schuimexperiment geïnstalleerd voor B.USOC.
Airbus: FOAM-C: Airbus now ‘foaming’ on board the International Space Station.
ESA: Bubbles in space.

FOAM-C volgt op het RUBI-experiment. Zie deze tweet.
Over de laatste repetitite zie dit twitter-bericht.

De beelden:
B.USOC: B.USOC Live Stream : RUBI - FOAM-C experiments swap.

ISS – De blogentries, Daily Summary Reports en Science Highlights.
NASA: Space Station Blog: Crew Gears Up for Dragon Cargo Mission amid Earth Studies.
NASA: Space Station Blog: Multitude of Research Today Focuses on Space Effects on Biology and Station.
NASA: Space Station Blog: 3D Bioprinter, Bone Research Continues Ahead of Dragon Launch.
NASA: Space Station Blog: Dragon “Go” for Friday Launch; Crew Studies Biology and Physics.

NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 2/28/2020.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/02/2020.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/03/2020.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/04/2020.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 3/05/2020.

NASA: Space Station Science Highlights: Week of March 2, 2020.
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/SSSH_02mar20

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
Space News: Cygnus mission extended for tests of communications payload

Space News: ‘Gravity is a shockingly strong force’: Astronauts Nick Hague and Anne McClain talk about life after their space station missions

Collect Space: Space collectibles dealer offers to fly flags, tags to space station.

Sci Tech Daily: Space Lettuce – Growing Nutritious and Safe Crops for Long-Distance Space Missions.
PhysOrg: Gastronauts: Developing food ready for the next space race.

US National Lab: Space Gut Microbiome and its Effect on Space Travelers.

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA Explorers S4 E6: On Station.
NASA: Space to Ground: Making Space: 03/06/2020.
NASA: SpaceCast Weekly - March 6, 2020.

Commercial Crew – Onafhankelijk onderzoek naar oorzaken mislukte Starliner-vlucht afgerond.
NASA: NASA Update on Orbital Flight Test Independent Review Team.
Federal News Network: Boeing hit with 61 safety fixes for astronaut capsule.

GeekWire: Review of Starliner space taxi’s flawed test mission turns up 61 corrective actions for Boeing to take.
Parabolic Arc: Boeing’s Troubled Starliner Flight: It’s All in the Numbers.

Space News: No decision yet on need for second Starliner uncrewed test flight.

De audio van deze OFT-update vind je hier.

Artemis – Meer uitstel voor SLS.
Space News: First SLS launch now expected in second half of 2021.

Artemis – NASA op zoek naar astronauten.
NASA: #BeAnAstronaut: NASA Seeks Applicants to Explore Moon, Mars.

Filmpjes:
NASA: #AskNASA – How Can I Be An Astronaut?
NASA: Becoming Astronauts: Are You Next?
The Planetary Society: Be An Astronaut.

In NUDR 480 (16 februari) hadden we ook al enige berichten over de zoektocht naar nieuwe astronauten.

NASA – Weldra ook astronauten op suborbitale vluchten?
Space News: NASA exploring ways to fly astronauts on commercial suborbital vehicles.

Problemen voor ESA’s ExoMars Rover.
Space News: ExoMars parachute tests delayed, mission faces review.
SpaceCom: Parachute problems could delay Europe's ExoMars rover launch to 2022: Report.

NASA’s Mars2020 wordt Perseverance.
NASA: Virginia Middle School Student Earns Honor of Naming NASA's Next Mars Rover.
NasaSpaceFlight: America’s Next Mars Rover “Perseverance” to Pave Way for Human Exploration.
Collect Space: NASA picks 'Perseverance' as new name for Mars 2020 rover.

NPR: The Next Mars Rover Will Not Be Named Rovey McRoveface.

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA's Latest Mars Rover Has a Name (recap video).
SciNews: Perseverance is NASA’s next Mars rover.
Seeker: The Race to Mars in 2020.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Ruimteweer:
Science Daily: Space weather model gives earlier warning of satellite-killing radiation storms.
Pararbolic Arc: Failure of Aging Satellites Could Leave U.S. Partially Blind to Space Weather.
NOAA: NOAA's DSCOVR Satellite is Operating Again.
Space News: DSCOVR back in operation.
Spaceflight Now: DSCOVR resumes operations after eight-month outage.

Aarde:
Space News: PredaSAR raises $25 million for radar satellite constellation.
EurekAlert: Corn productivity in real time: Satellites, field cameras, and farmers team up.
BBC: Bushfires: Australian satellite would be 'tuned' to eucalypt vegetation.

Maan:
ECSN: China's lunar rover travels nearly 400 meters on moon's far side.
SpaceCom: China's Chang'e 4 lander and rover complete 15th lunar day on moon's far side.
The Hindu: Chandrayaan-3 to be launched in first half of 2021: Govt.
Universe Today: NASA is Planning to Build a Lunar Rover With a 1-Meter Drill to Search for Water Ice.
aPPEL Knowledge Services Podcast: Episode 30: Viper Launch Rover.

Mars:
NASA: NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Snaps Its Highest-Resolution Panorama Yet.
NASA: Curiosity Mars Rover Snaps 1.8 Billion-Pixel Panorama (narrated video).
NASA: Curiosity Mars Rover’s 1.8 Billion-Pixel Pano (360 View).
Inside Outer Space: Climb as never before.
MARS MER: Sols 2696-2698: Made it!
Universe Today: Magnetic Fields Around Mars InSight are 10x Stronger than Scientists Expected.
Air & Space Mag: A New Way to Test for Life on Mars.

Uranus:
Physics-Astronomy: Uranus Has Experienced A Colossal Pounding.

Bennu:
NASA: First Official Names Given to Features on Asteroid Bennu.
SpaceQ: One of two Canadian built lasers on the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has failed.
NASA: OSIRIS-REx Observes a Black Hole.
NASA: OSIRIS-REx Swoops Over Sample Site Nightingale.

Aan de grenzen van het zonnestelsel:
SpaceCom: Voyager 2 is gathering science data again after recovering from a glitch in interstellar space.
NASA: NASA's Deep Space Antenna Upgrades to Affect Voyager Communications.

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