Het is een vrij unieke periode. Deze maand arriveren hier immers twee sondes met bodemmonsters van een ander hemellichaam. De Japanse Hayabusa 2 bracht op 5  december materiaal van planetoïde Ryugu naar de Australische outback. En mid-december zal de Chinese Chang’e 5 met bodemmateriaal afkomstig van onze naaste buur landen in Binnen-Mongolië. En ten vroegste nu maandag gaat dan de langverwachte testvlucht van Starship SN8 van start. Dat en nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week.

Bij de foto: De landingsplaats van Chang’e 5. De vlucht lijkt een groot succes te worden voor de Chinese ruimtevaart. Enkel de terugkeer naar de Aarde moet nog afgevinkt worden. Bron: CNSA/CLEP.

Chang’e 5 – China scoort met bodemmonster van de Maan.
ECNS: Chang'e pulls off second braking maneuver in lunar mission.
ECNS: China's Chang'e-5 probe prepares to land on moon.
ECNS: China's Chang'e-5 probe decelerates again.
ECNS: China's Chang'e-5 probe performs successful braking for second time.
ECNS: China's Chang'e-5 lands on moon.
ECNS: China's Chang'e-5 lands on moon to retrieve samples.
ECNS: China's Chang'e-5 collects moon samples.
ECNS: China's Chang'e-5 probe completes drilling, sealing of lunar samples.
ECNS: China's Chang'e-5 completes sampling on moon.
CNA: China completes lunar sample collection ahead of schedule.
ECNS: Chinese spacecraft takes off from moon with samples.
ECNS: Lunar orbiter prepares for rendezvous.

Spaceflight Now: China’s Chang’e 5 spacecraft enters lunar orbit.
Spaceflight Now: China lands sample return probe on moon.
NasaSpaceFlight: China lands on Moon after causing deep confusion by stopping broadcast.
Space News: Chang’e-5 successfully lands on moon to collect youngest lunar samples.
Collect Space: Chang'e 5 probe lands on moon to collect and return lunar samples.

Ars Technica: China Chang’e 5 probe has safely landed on the Moon [Updated].
Ars Technica: China releases a super-clear image of the Moon taken by Chang’e 5 probe.
LROC: First Look: Chang'e 5 (LRO fotografeert Chang’e 5 lander).

Spaceflight Now: Chinese probe completes sample collection work on lunar surface.
Universe Today: Take a Look at What China’s Chang’e-5 Probe Is Seeing (and Doing) on the Moon.

Sky & Telescope: China’s Chang’e 5 collects samples, departs from the moon.
BBC: China's Chang'e-5 mission leaves Moon's surface.
Spaceflight Now: China’s Chang’e 5 sample return craft takes off from the moon.
Global Times: Chang'e-5 probe unfolds Chinese national flag, takes off from moon with lunar surface samples.

Space News: Chang’e-5 spacecraft prepare for historic lunar orbit rendezvous, sample relay.
ECNS: China completes first spacecraft rendezvous, docking in lunar orbit.
CNA: China completes its first-ever docking in lunar orbit.
Universe Today: Chinese Spacecraft Dock in Lunar Orbit for Transfer of Moon Samples – Next Stop, Earth!

PhysOrg: China's 'space dream': A Long March to the Moon and beyond.
FNN: China’s space ambitions: Robot on Mars, a human on the moon.

Een hele reeks filmpjes:
CCTV: Chang'e-5 Lunar Probe Conducts Second Braking, Prepares to Land.
CCTV:  Chang'e-5 Lunar Probe Completes Combination Separation, Ready for Landing.
CCTV: China's First Lunar Sampling Mission Faces Multiple Tech Challenges: Leading Scientist.
CGTN: Chang'e-5's lander-ascender and return vehicle successfully separated.
CGTN: China's Chang'e-5 successfully lands on moon.

New China TV: How difficult is world's 1st moon-sample mission in 40+ years?
CCTV: Chinese Scientists Run Millimeter-level Lunar Surface Simulation for Chang'e-5.

CCTV: China's Chang'e-5 Probe Completes Drilling, Sealing of Lunar Samples.
CCTV: Scientific Instruments on Chang'e-5 Operate Well.
CCTV: China's Chang'e-5 completes sampling on moon.
CCTV: Chang'e-5 Probe Successfully Unfolds Chinese National Flag on Lunar Surface Friday.

New China TV: China's Chang'e-5 spacecraft takes off from moon with samples.
CGTN: Chinese spacecraft takes off from moon with samples.
CCTV: Chinese spacecraft takes off from moon with samples.

CCTV: Chang'e-5 Prepares to Return to Earth.
CCTV: Chang'e-5 Prepares for Historic Lunar Orbit Rendezvous, Docking.

New China TV: China's Chang'e-5 mission completes historic docking in lunar orbit.
New China TV: China completes first spacecraft rendezvous, docking in lunar orbit.
New China TV: Timeline of world's first moon-sample mission in 40+ years.

SciNews: Chang’e-5 ready for landing.
SciNews: Chang’e-5 landing on the Moon.
SciNews: Chang’e-5 collecting lunar samples.
SciNews: Chang’e-5 landing (Onboard Camera View).
SciNews: Chang’e-5’s gamma ray altimeter.
SciNews: Chang’e-5 sends back color panoramic image (4K UHD).
SciNews: Chang’e-5 ascends to lunar orbit.
SciNews: Chang’e-5 seen by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
SciNews: Chang’e-5 - rendezvous and docking explained.
SciNews: Chang’e-5 docking and sample transfer.

Hayabusa 2 brengt Ryugu bodemmonsters naar de Aarde.
Japan Today: Japanese spacecraft sends capsule with asteroid soil samples on its way to Earth.
Space News: Hayabusa2 delivers asteroid samples to Earth after six-year voyage.
Science Alert: Hayabusa2's Asteroid Samples Return to Earth in a Fiery Dash of Glory.
Universe Today: Japan’s Hayabusa 2 Probe Drops Off Bits of an Asteroid and Heads for Its Next Target.

Spaceflight Now: Japanese asteroid sampling mission on course for return to Earth.
Spaceflight Now: Japanese capsule carrying asteroid rocks lands in Australia after six-year mission.

SpaceCom: Japanese space capsule carrying pristine asteroid samples lands in Australia.
BBC: Asteroid capsule located in Australian desert.
The Verge: Japan’s asteroid sample return mission lands in Australian desert.
Collect Space: JAXA's Hayabusa2 probe returns asteroid Ryugu samples to Earth.

JAXA: The Results of “Hayhabusa2” Re-entry Capsule Recovery.
ESA: Hera team congratulates JAXA on asteroid sample.

Filmpjes:
Seeker: Japan’s Breakthrough Asteroid Mission Is Finally Returning Home.
JAXA: Mission Control Live:Hayabusa2　Capsule Separation and Spacecraft Divert Operation.
JAXA: Press Conference on Hayabusa2 Earth Return : Capsule Pre-Recovery.
JAXA: Mission Control Live:Hayabusa2 Capsule Reentry Operation.
JAXA: Press Conference on Hayabusa2 Earth Return : Capsule Post-Recovery.

Video From Space: Hayabusa2 capsule fireball streaks across night sky during re-entry.
SciNews: Hayabusa2 capsule returns to Earth.

Japan lanceert twee data relay satellieten.
Japan Today: Japan launches data relay satellite to improve disaster response.
Space News: Japan launches JDRS-1 optical data relay satellite for military, civilian use.
NasaSpaceFlight: Japan launches joint military, scientific optical data relay satellite.
Spaceflight Now: Japanese data relay satellite launches on H-2A rocket.

Filmpje:
SciNews: JDRS-1 launch.

Soyuz lanceert vanuit Frans Guyana satelliet voor de VAE.
TASS: Launch of Soyuz rocket rescheduled for December 1 over bad weather in Kourou-Roscosmos.
TASS: Soyuz rocket’s launch with UAE’s satellite postponed to Dec. 2.

Thales Alenia Space: Launch succes for UAE’s Falconeye satellite.

Spaceflight Now: Soyuz rocket ready to launch with UAE’s Falcon Eye 2 military satellite.
Spaceflight Now: Soyuz rocket launches Emirati military satellite after lengthy delay.

Space News: Soyuz launches Falcon Eye 2 satellite for UAE.
NasaSpaceFlight: Europe and Russia launch Emirati military/civilian Earth imaging satellite.

Filmpjes:
Arianespace: Arianespace Flight VS24 / FalconEye (EN) (live uitzending).
Arianespace: Arianespace VS24 Successful Mission.
Arianespace: Arianespace Flight VS24 / Behind the Scenes.
SciNews: FalconEye launch.
SciNews: FalconEye deployment.

Soyuz lanceert drie Russische comsats.
TASS: Soyuz-2 rocket with Gonets satellite and Defense Ministry system launched in Russia.
Defense Aerospace: Russian Aerospace Forces Successfully Launches "Soyuz-2" Rocket Carrier from Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
NasaSpaceFlight: Soyuz 2’s 110th mission launches three civilian communication satellites.
Spaceflight Now: Soyuz rocket lifts off from Plesetsk with Russian relay satellites.

Filmpje:
SciNews: Soyuz-2.1b launches Gonets-M and Kosmos-2548.

ISS – SpaceX klaar om nieuwe versie Cargo Dragon te lanceren.
De lancering werd met één dag uitgesteld naar 6 december omwille van de weersomstandigheden.
NASA: NASA and SpaceX “Go” for Dec. 5 Cargo Resupply Launch.
NASA: NASA to ‘Rock and Roll’ on Crawlerway Ahead of Artemis I Mission.
NASA: SpaceX Falcon 9 and Cargo Dragon Prepare for Rollout.
NASA: NASA, SpaceX on Track for Dec. 5 Cargo Resupply Launch.
NASA: NASA, SpaceX ‘Go’ for Tomorrow’s CRS-21 Launch.
NASA: NASA, SpaceX Now Targeting Dec. 6 for CRS-21 Launch.

Teslarati: SpaceX drone ship departs for upgraded Cargo Dragon launch debut.
Teslarati: SpaceX Falcon 9 fires up ahead of groundbreaking Cargo Dragon launch.

Thales Alenia: Bishop Airlock to the ISS.
Spaceflight Now: Space station to receive new commercial airlock from Nanoracks.

ESA: COVID-19 drug research and bio-mining launching to the International Space Station.
ISS National Lab: SpaceX CRS-21 to Launch Multiple Life Science Investigations to International Space Station Under National Lab Sponsorship.
SpaceCom: Tissue chips and organoids: SpaceX is launching lots of science to space for NASA on Sunday.
SCK CEN: Belgische raderdiertjes vliegen opnieuw naar de ruimte.

Filmpje:
Heel wat primeurs voor deze vlucht:
NASA: SpaceX's CRS-21: The First of its Kind.

Astra plant deze week nieuwe lancering.
SpaceCom: Astra plans to launch 2nd test flight on Dec. 7.

Blue Origin nieuws.
Parabolic Arc: Blue Origin’s BE-7 Engine Testing Continues in Alabama (met filmpje).
Geek Wire: Jeff Bezos shows off Blue Origin’s BE-7 engine — and makes a bold prediction.
Space News: Blue Origin continues work on BE-7 lunar lander engine.

Space News: Blue Origin creates advisory board.

Virgin Galactic nieuws.
Parabolic Arc: Virgin Galactic Unveils Flight Suits for SpaceShipTwo Pilots.

Space News: Virgin Galactic prepares for low-key first spaceflight from New Mexico.
SpaceCom: Virgin Galactic targeting Dec. 11 for next SpaceShipTwo spaceflight.

Firefly Aerospace nieuws.
Firefly Aerospace: Firefly Alpha Flight 1 Stage 2 Acceptance Test.

ISS – De blogentries, Daily Summary Reports en Science Highlights.
NASA Space Station Blog: Crew Preps for New Dragon, Harvests Radishes and Studies Time Perception.
NASA Space Station Blog: Cargo Operations and Space Research Keeping Crew Busy.
NASA Space Station Blog: Busy December Sees Crew Ramping Up for Space Cargo.
NASA Space Station Blog: Crew Immersed in Space Science as Cargo Dragon Nears Launch.
NASA Space Station Blog: Astronauts Relax Friday Before Weekend Filled with Cargo and Science.

NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/24/2020.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/25/2020.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/27/2020.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/30/2020.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/01/2020.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/02/2020.

NASA: Space Station Science Highlights: Week of November 30, 2020.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
ESA: Rad dishes in space.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Space to Ground: A New Door to Space: 12/04/2020 .
NASA: SpaceCast Weekly - December 4, 2020.
NASA: Radishes Growing in Space: 27 Days in 10 Seconds.
NASA: Expedition 64 SpaceX Corporate Event - December 4, 2020.

ARTEMIS – SLS/Orion.
ESA: Revving up Orion – ESA’s Artemis test model handed over to NASA.
NASA: SLS Rocket Core Stages Taking Shape for Artemis II and III.
NASA: NASA ‘Go’ for Green Run Wet Dress Rehearsal.

NASA: NASA to ‘Rock and Roll’ on Crawlerway Ahead of Artemis I Mission.

NASA: Update on Orion Final Assembly and Transfer.
The Verge: Component failure in NASA’s deep-space crew capsule could take months to fix.

NasaSpaceFlight: New Artemis 1 schedule uncertainty as NASA EGS ready to continue SLS Booster stacking.

Filmpje:
321 Launch: NASA stacks booster segments for SLS / Artemis I mission at Kennedy Space Center.
NSS: SLS MLP Rollout to LC-39B [4K].

ARTEMIS – Naar de Maan.
NASA: NASA Will Name Companies Selected to Collect Lunar Resources Under Artemis Program.
NASA: NASA Selects Companies to Collect Lunar Resources for Artemis Demonstrations.
Space News: NASA selects four companies for lunar sample purchases.
Geek Wire: NASA agrees to purchase moon rocks for $1 in a deal that may involve Blue Origin.

Parabolic Arc: NASA Announces Moon Supply Unloading System Design Winners.

ESA: Turning Moon dust into oxygen.

The Space Review: Rolling the dice on Apollo: Prospects for US-Soviet cooperation in the Moon program.
The Space Review: A 4G network on the Moon is bad news for radio astronomy.

ESA: Podcast ESA Explores: ESA Explores: agency heads look forward to the Moon.

Starship –  Aftellen naar SN8 15 km (oeps 12,5 km) vlucht. 
Teslarati: SpaceX sets dates for Starship static fire, high-altitude launch debut.
Teslarati: (Update: Sunday) SpaceX’s high-altitude Starship launch debut slips to Monday.
Teslarati: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confident Starship will launch humans to Mars by 2026.

Filmpjes:
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica Weekly Update - 9 - Starship SN8 heads to launch week - SN9 ready to be tagged in.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica - Starship SN8 aft work, SN9 patiently waits her turn.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica - Starships wait - Dual SPMT taken for a test run.
NasaSpaceFlight: Starship SN8 Pre-Hop Wet Dress Rehearsal.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica - New Starship Production as SN8 gains FAA clearance to launch.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica - Starship SN8 Wet Dress Rehearsal - Pre-flight Work on SN8 Continues.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica - SN16 Common Dome Flipped - Work On SN8 Continues.
NasaSpaceFlight: Starship SN8 Status Update and Q&A LIVE from Boca Chica.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica - Starship SN8 preps in the rain ahead of flight.
NasaSpaceFlight: NSF Live: We answer your questions about Starship SN8's upcoming test flight.

Engineering Today: SpaceX Starship Issues a 'Self Destruct Zone' In Case Test Flight Fails | Virgin Orbit Next Mission.
Seeker: SpaceX’s New Rocket Fuel Could Help Us Finally Launch Humans to Mars.
What About It: SpaceX Starship - SN8 launch rundown!

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon:
ESA: SOHO: 25 years of solar imaging.
ESA: SOHO’s pioneering 25 years in orbit.
ESA: SOHO in numbers.
ESA: 29 November 2020 coronal mass ejection (filmpje).
NASA: ESA/NASA’s Sun-Observing SOHO Mission Celebrates a Quarter-Century in Space.
SciShow Space: How a Doomed Spacecraft Lived to Tell the Tale of the Sun (filmpje).

Venus:
SpaceCom: India to launch Shukrayaan Venus mission in 2024 after pandemic delays: reports.

Aarde:
Universe Today: Satellites can see the pollution trails from individual ships.
NASA: Landsat 9: part 1, Getting Off The Ground.
NASA: Landsat 9: part 2, Designing For The Future.
NASA: Landsat 9: part 3, More Than Just A Pretty Picture.
NASA: Landsat 9: part 4, Plays Well With Others.
PhysOrg: Copernicus satellites keep eyes on icebergs for Vendée Globe.
ECNS: China to launch new imaging satellite for Arctic routes monitoring.

Mars:
Curiosity Status Update: Sol 2958: Digesting a Long Weekend Full of Data.
Curiosity Status Update: Sol 2959: A Late Slide and a Touch-and-Go at 'Edinburrie'.
Curiosity Status Update: Sols 2960-2961: Marching Forward!
ESA: 3D print your own Mars rover with ExoMy (met video).
Ars Technica: Mars’ underground brine could be a good source of oxygen.
Sputnik News: New Technology Can Transform Mars’ Salty Water to Oxygen, Fuel.

Jupiter:
Space News: White House asks Congress to remove Europa Clipper SLS requirement.
NASA: Gravity Assist: Set Sail for Europa (filmpje).

Lucy (filmpjes):
NASA: Science Live: Lucy in the Sky with Asteroids.
NASA: Lucy Mission's L’Ralph Instrument.
NASA: Lucy Mission's L’LORRI Instrument.
NASA: Lucy Mission's L'TES Instrument.

Psyche:
SpaceFab: SpaceFab Dreams of Shipyards on Psyche.

Aan de rand van het zonnestelsel:
EurekAlert: Voyager spacecraft detect new type of solar electron burst.

Gaia Data Release 3.
ESA: Gaia’s new data takes us to the Milky Way’s anticentre and beyond.
ESA: Gaia’s stellar motion for the next 400 thousand years.
ESA: Gaia’s Early Data Release 3 in numbers.
ESA: Gaia’s stellar motion for the next 1.6 million years (met filmpje).
ESA: Exploring Gaia's 2020 data release (met filmpje).

Sky & Telescope: Gaia makes most accurate 3D map of the Milky Way yet.

Filmpje:
DLR: Gaia Early Data Release 3 (online aankondiging / in het Duits).

Veel lees- en kijkplezier,

Koen

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