Hayabusa-2 leverde ons net geen 6 gram aan Ryugu-bodemmonsters op, Chang’e 5 een 1,7 kg aan maanmateriaal.  Twee resultaten van niet alleen lang en veel werken, maar ook twee technologische hoogstandjes. Verder waren er deze week liefst 6 lanceringen, plus de geslaagde testvlucht van Astra en de minder geslaagde testvlucht van Virgin Galactic. Dat en – ook deze week – nog veel, veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart.

Bij de foto: Een opluchting voor JAXA: Er was wel degelijk een boel materiaal verzameld op planetoïde Ryugu. Foto: JAXA.

SpaceX lanceert radio-satelliet voor SiriusXM.
Florida Today: SpaceX scrubs SiriusXM launch, targets weekend turnaround.

Teslarati: SpaceX crushes commercial Falcon 9 reuse record with radio satellite launch.

Space News: SpaceX launches SiriusXM satellite.
Spaceflight Now: SiriusXM satellite rides SpaceX rocket into orbit.
NasaSpaceFlight: SXM-7: SpaceX launches 25th Falcon 9 launch of the year.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: SXM-7 Mission (eerste poging/scrub).
SpaceX: SXM-7 Mission (de lancering).
SpaceX: SXM-7 Mission Control Audio.

America Space: UP CLOSE! SpaceX Falcon 9 launches the SXM-7 satellite for SiriusXM.
SciNews: Falcon 9 launches SXM-7 and Falcon 9 first stage landing.
SciNews: SXM-7 deployment.

Rocket Lab lanceert radarsatelliet.
Space News: Rocket Lab launches Japanese radar imaging satellite.
NasaSpaceFlight: The Owl’s Night Begins: Japan’s StriX-α satellite launches with Rocket Lab.
Spaceflight Now: Rocket Lab closes out year with launch of Synspective’s first radar satellite.

Filmpjes:
Rocket Lab: Rocket Lab 'The Owl's Night Begins' Launch.
SciNews: Electron launches the StriX-α satellite.

Tweede testvlucht Russische Angara 5 een succes.
TASS: Second test launch of Angara-A5 heavy rocket carried out in Plesetsk.
TASS: Payload mock-up launched atop Russia’s Angara carrier rocket delivered into orbit.
TASS: Russia’s Roscosmos chief confirms plans to launch two Angara carrier rockets in 2021.
TASS: New Angara rocket to cope with Russian cosmonautics tasks through 2032 — Roscosmos chief.
TASS: Launch of the Angara-A5 rocket went perfectly, Roscosmos Chief says.

Roscosmos: Angara-A5 rocket launched from Plesetsk cosmodrome.

NasaSpaceFlight: Russia resumes Angara test flights with third mission.
Spaceflight Now: Russia’s Angara A5 rocket successful in second test flight.
SpaceCom: Russia launches new Angara A5 rocket on second test flight in nighttime liftoff.

Filmpjes:
Roscosmos: Angara-A5 launch.
SciNews: Angara-A5 launch.

Indische PSLV lanceert Indische comsat.
ISRO: PSLV-C50 successfully launches CMS-01 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
ISRO: PSLV-C50/CMS-01 Brochure.

Space News: India launches CMS-01 communications satellite.
Spaceflight Now: PSLV delivers Indian communications satellite into orbit.
NasaSpaceFlight: India launches PSLV rocket with CMS-01 communications satellite.

Filmpjes:
Naar deze eerste video kijk je beter niet :-)
ISRO: Watch Live: Launch of CMS-01 by PSLV-50.
ISRO: Lift-off and Onboard Camera view of PSLV-C50/CMS-01 Mission.
SciNews: PSLV-XL launches the CMS-01satellite.

Arianespace lanceert 36 OneWeb-satellieten.
TASS: Soyuz 2.1b carrier rocket with OneWeb satellites launched from Vostochny spaceport.

Arianespace: Flight ST29: Fourth flight for OneWeb with the first Arianespace mission from Vostochny Cosmodrome.
De persmap vind je hier (PDF).

Spaceflight Now: OneWeb resumes deployment of 650-satellite broadband network.
BBC News: OneWeb satellite company launches into new era.

TASS: Six launches under OneWeb program from Vostochny spaceport planned for 2021.

Filmpjes:
Roscosmos: Rollout Soyuz-rocket.
SciNews: Soyuz-2.1b ready to launch OneWeb 4.
Arianespace: Soyuz ST29 Flight - Launch Sequence.
Arianespace: Arianespace Flight ST29 - Successful Mission.
De live-uitzending van Roscosmos vind je hier, die van Arianespace hier.
SciNews: Soyuz-2.1b launches OneWeb 4.

SpaceX en Falcon 9 lanceren na twee dagen uitstel opnieuw een geheime lading.
Teslarati: Watch SpaceX’s last launch and landing of 2020 live [webcast].

Space News: SpaceX wraps up 2020 with Falcon 9 launch of classified NRO satellite.
Spaceflight Now: NRO using SpaceX’s commercial launch service for spy satellite payload.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX scrubs Falcon 9 launch to assess second stage issue.

NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX to complete 2020 manifest with covert flight for NRO.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: NROL-108 Mission (HOLD).
SpaceX: NROL-108 Mission (de lancering live).
SciNews: Falcon 9 launches NROL-108 and Falcon 9 first stage landing.

Astra haalt in testvlucht met Rocket 3.2 net geen baan om de Aarde.
Space News: Astra narrowly misses reaching orbit on second launch.
SpaceCom: Astra reaches space during 2nd orbital test launch.
The Verge: Startup Astra reaches space for the first time — but barely misses orbit.
Ars Technica: Astra set up a rocket launch with five people and came within seconds of orbit.
Spaceflight Now: Astra’s smallsat launcher reaches space on second test flight.
SpaceCom: Astra will launch its 1st satellite mission in early 2021.

Filmpje:
SciNews: Astra Space Rocket 3.2 launch.

Virgin Galactic – Nog even de mislukte SpaceShipTwo vlucht.
Spaceflight Now: Virgin Galactic pilots land safely after aborting suborbital flight.
SpaceCom: Virgin Galactic traces SpaceShipTwo launch abort to bad computer connection.

Ars Technica: Virgin Galactic’s stock price drops following failed spaceflight attempt.
Virgin Galactic: Virgin Galactic Looks on the Bright Side After Launch Abort.

Parabolic Arc: Space Tourism Rewind: Branson & Richardson Announced Spaceport America Deal 15 Years Ago.

China bereidt eerste lancering LM-8 voor, toekomstige herbruikbare raket.
ECNS: China prepares to launch Long March-8 Y1 rocket.
ECNS: China's Long March-8 Y1 rocket ready for launch (met filmpje).
ECNS: China's Long March-8 rocket in position for test flight (foto’s).

Space News: China rolls out Long March 8 rocket for weekend test flight.

Nog een filmpje:
SciNews: Long March-8 is getting ready for the first launch.

ESA werkt aan een herbruikbare rakettrap.
ESA: ESA plans demonstration of a reusable rocket stage.

ESA en CNES gaan Centre Spatiale Guyanais verder moderniseren.
ESA: ESA and CNES sign contract to maintain and modernise Spaceport.
Defense Aerospace: CNES, ESA Sign Contract for Maintaining Guiana Space Centre (CSG) Launch Range.

ISS – NASA kiest bemanning voor Crew 3 missie.
NASA: NASA, ESA Choose Astronauts for SpaceX Crew-3 Mission to Space Station.

ESA: ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer officially assigned first flight.
ESA: Cosmic Kiss: Matthias Maurer’s first mission to the International Space Station (filmpje).

SpaceCom: NASA assigns astronauts for third SpaceX commercial crew mission.

ISS – Starliner OFT-2.
Collect Space: Boeing reveals mission patch for second Starliner orbital flight test.

ISS – De blogentries, Daily Summary Reports en Science Highlights.
NASA Space Station Blog: Heart Research and New Toilet Installation on Station Today.
NASA Space Station Blog: More Heart Research as Next Cygnus Cargo Mission Booked.
NASA Space Station Blog: Space Biology on Station Seeks to Improve Human Health.
NASA Space Station Blog: Cancer, Heart Research Today Ahead of Science Airlock Installation.

NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/11/2020.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/14/2020.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/15/2020.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/16//2020.

NASA: Space Station Science Highlights: Week of December 14, 2020.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
RoomEU: Systems shutdown as ISS suffers from power and oxygen failures.
TASS: Roscosmos ready to send an additional supply of oxygen to ISS in February, if necessary.
Russia Today: Cosmonauts to intensify search for leak on ISS amid concerns over DEPLETING oxygen reserves.

TASS: Russian cosmonauts get first COVID-19 jabs.
TASS: Russian сosmonauts begin vaccination against COVID-19.

ISS National Lab: NASA Astronauts Hard at Work on Multiple Life Science Investigations Aboard the International Space Station.
ISS National Lab: ISS National Lab Contributes Paper to Spaceflight Biology Research Collection.
Space News: Commentary | Tim Peake’s 2015 space station mission gave UK science a long-lasting shot in the arm.
The Hill: Utilizing the International Space Station to enable humans to reach Mars.

Nog dit: 
Supercluster: We were promised cosmic cocktails – A brief history of booze in low Earth orbit.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Space to Ground: Cardinal Heart Study: 12/18/2020.
Russia Today: ‘Breathtaking, isn’t it?’ | Russian cosmonaut shares video of his first spacewalk.

Artemis – SLS Green Run.
NASA Artemis Blog: SLS Green Run Team Powers Up Core Stage for Wet Dress Rehearsal.
SpaceCom: NASA SLS megarocket testing stalled by temperature issues.
NasaSpaceFlight: SLS Core Stage tanking test is first Green Run moment of truth for NASA.

Artemis – Artemis I.
Space News: NASA to skip repair of Orion electronics unit.
The Verge: NASA will fly Orion deep-space crew capsule ‘as is,’ despite failed component.

ESA: First European Service Module for Artemis accepted and handed over to NASA.
ESA: Artemis I – European Service Module perspective (filmpje).

NASA Artemis Blog: Artemis I Orion Progress Update.

Artemis – Het gaat niet zo goed.
GAO: NASA HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION: Significant Investments in Future Capabilities Require Strengthened Management Oversight.
Het rapport vind je hier (PDF).

NASA Watch: GAO On Artemis: Behind Schedule, Over Cost, Lacking Clear Direction.
Ars Technica: The Orion spacecraft is now 15 years old and has flown into space just once.

Artemis – Naar de Maan in?
ESA: ESA & NASA | Forward to the Moon (filmpje).

Tech Crunch: NASA’s Kathy Lueders discusses the Artemis moon landing 2024 target and team selection.

NASA: NASA, Canadian Space Agency Formalize Gateway Partnership for Artemis Program.
PhysOrg: Canadian will join Moon mission for first time in 2023.
Collect Space: Canadian will join NASA's first Artemis crew on mission to the moon.
Space News: Canadian astronaut to fly on first crewed Artemis mission.

Parabolic Arc: Gateway MoU and Artemis Accords – FAQs.
Lawfare: Artemis Accords: A Step Toward International Cooperation or Further Competition?

TASS: Roscosmos CEO skeptical about US program Artemis in its current shape.

SpaceX – Starship na SN8.
Teslarati: SpaceX almost drops finished Starship prototype – but it might be salvageable.
The Science Times: SpaceX Repairs New Starship SN9 Prototype After Almost Toppling Over.
The Space Review: Starship contradictions.

Astroblogs: SpaceX’ Raptor; uniek en ijzersterk werkpaard onder de vloeibare-brandstof raketmotoren.

En ondertussen werkt men aan de eerste Super Heavy:
Teslarati: SpaceX’s first Starship booster a step closer as custom parts arrive.

Filmpjes:
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica Weekly Update - SN8 12.5 km Flight - SN9 Mishap.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica - Starship SN9 stabilized, amid SN8 clean up, future nosecone preps.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica - Starship SN9 leaves High Bay before being secured on new mount.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica: Starship SN14's Nosecone Section Spotted - LOX Delivered to the Launch Site.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica: SN10's Nosecone Gets its Flaps - Large Pieces of SN8 Cleared for Next Flight.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica - First Super Heavy lining up sections for stacking.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica - Starship SN10 nosecone mate, while SN9 steals a flap.
Everyday Astronaut: SpaceX Starship SN8 Test Flight [Incredible Clean Audio & Real-time 4k Video].
Everyday Astronaut: Launch - Flip - EXPLODE! Starship SN8 Slow Mo 4K and Clean Audio Super-Cut!!!

En nog even reclame maken voor de eigen “winkel”: 
Urania’s Ruimtevaartbabbel: RB 25 - De (test)vlucht van Starship SN8.

Chang'e-5 – Maanbodemmonsters op Aarde gearriveerd.
Spaceflight Now: Chinese spacecraft heading back to Earth with lunar samples.

ECNS: Chang'e-5 completes first orbital correction en route to Earth.
ECNS: North China readies for homecoming of Chang'e-5's capsule.
ECNS: Chang'e-5 completes second orbital correction on moon-Earth transfer orbit.
ECNS: Lunar probe prepares for final mission.
ECNS: China's space-tracking ship back from monitoring missions.

BBC: China's Chang'e-5 mission returns Moon samples.
Space News: China recovers Chang’e-5 moon samples after complex 23-day mission.
Spaceflight Now: Chinese sample return capsule lands on Earth after round-trip flight to moon.
Collect Space: China's Chang'e 5 returns with first moon rock samples in 44 years.

Spacepage: Chinese capsule met stukjes maanrots is terug op aarde.

ECNS: Return capsule of Chang'e-5 probe wrapped with thermal layers (foto’s).
ECNS: China's spacecraft Chang'e-5 probe brings home moon samples (foto’s).
SupChina: Chinese capsule returns to Earth with Moon rocks.

ECNS: Xi congratulates complete success of Chang'e-5 mission.
ECNS: China's spacecraft brings home moon samples.
ECNS: Success of lunar mission hailed.

PhysOrg: Moon rocks in hand, China prepares for future moon missions.
CNA: China says it will share Chang'e 5 lunar samples with other countries.
Ars Technica: China collects Moon samples, may not share with NASA due to Wolf Amendment.

Space News: Raymond on China’s space program: “It’s alive, well and concerning”.
The Diplomat: Why Is China Going to the Moon?

Filmpjes:
CGTN: Meteorologists prepare for landing of Chang'e-5 probe's returner.
New China TV: Landing site in north China ready for Chang'e-5 return.
New China TV: Horse-riding team to join search for Chang'e-5 reentry capsule.

CGTN: Chang'e-5 completes second orbital correction en route to Earth.

New China TV: China's Chang'e-5 spacecraft brings home moon samples.
New China TV: China's Chang'e-5 spacecraft brings home samples from moon.
CCTV English: China's spacecraft brings home moon samples (IR en andere beelden).
CGTN: Chang'e-5 Mission: China to conduct deep study of lunar samples.
CGTN: Vlog: Road to finding Chang'e-5's return vehicle.
CCTV: Ground Crew Expound Follow-up Work on Landing of Chang'e-5 Returner.

New China TV: LIVE: Press briefing on China's Chang'e-5 lunar mission.

CCTV: Helicopters Transfer Chang'e-5 Returner from Landing Site to Airport.
CGTN: China sets up first Lunar Sample Laboratory
CGTN: Tech Breakdown: How will China handle lunar samples Chang'e-5 brings back?

CCTV: Lunar Samples Collected by Chang'e-5 Probe Transferred to Research Team.
New China TV: China's Chang'e-5 retrieves 1,731 grams of moon samples.
CGTN: Scientists unveil Chang'e-5 moon samples.
CGTN: Chang'e-5 lunar samples arrive at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

SciNews: Ready for Chang’e-5 landing.
SciNews: Chang’e-5 landed in Inner Mongolia.
SciNews: Chang’e-5 landing and capsule recovery.
SciNews: Chang’e-5 lunar samples extracted from the capsule.

New China TV: Timeline of China's Chang'e-5 mission.

New China TV: China's journeys to the moon| Stories shared by Xi Jinping.
CGTN: Destination Moon: A journey with Chang'e-5 lunar probe.

CGTN: Xi congratulates complete success of Chang'e-5 mission.
New China TV: China to build research station prototype at moon's South Pole: chief designer.
CCTV: China to Share Part of Lunar Samples Collected by Chang'e-5 with Other Countries: Official.
CGTN: What can be learned from the lunar samples brought by Chang'e-5? (een 40 minuten).
CGTN: What are China's plans for future space exploration? (een half uurtje).

Japan en het Ryugu-bodemmonster (Hayabusa 2).
JAXA: Confirmation of the asteroid Ryugu sample collection by the asteroid explorer, Hayabusa2.
JAXA: Analysis results from the gas collected from the sample container of the asteroid explorer, Hayabusa2.

Japan Today: Japan's space agency finds ample dust, gas from asteroid.
Japan Today: Black 'sand-like' asteroid dust found in capsule brought back by Japanese probe.
NHK: Hagiuda: Hayabusa2 capsule had 5.4g of samples.

The Verge: Japan confirms its asteroid mission returned samples of space rocks.
Science Alert: Japan Just Revealed The First Image of Ryugu's Asteroid Dust to The World.
AP: Japan’s space agency finds ample soil, gas from asteroid.
BBC: Hayabusa-2: Pieces of an asteroid found inside space capsule.

Space Daily: Asteroid samples leave Japan scientists 'speechless'.
Spaceflight Now: Scientists thrilled with asteroid treasure returned by Japanese spacecraft.

Een filmpje:
Nippon TV: Hayabusa2 capsule contains sand and gas from asteroid Ryugu.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon:
ESA: Solar Orbiter prepares for festive Venus flyby.
Het bij behorende filmpje vind je hier.
Universe Today: Pictures are coming in from Solar Orbiter.
ESA: Footprint of the solar wind (filmpje).

Aarde:
ESA: CryoSat reveals surprising ebb and flow of subglacial lakes.
Capella Space: Capella Unveils World’s Highest Resolution Commercial SAR Imagery.
Space News: Capella Space releases high-resolution Spotlight imagery.
ESA: Cholera outbreaks predicted using climate data and AI.
Space News: BAE Systems shrinks weather sensors for microsatellites.
PhysOrg: Satellite data identifies companies fishing in high seas.

Maan:
Spacewatch: Igluna Shooting for the Moon (SCALE).
Parabolic Arc: Rocket Lab Readies Photon Spacecraft for NASA Moon Mission.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status: Sols 2972-2973: Rubble Bump.
NASA Curiosity Status: Sols 2974-2975: Double TRubble.
ESA: TGO: Exploring Mars from orbit (filmpje).
NASA: 3 Things We've Learned From NASA's Mars InSight.
Science Mag: Mars lander spots deep layers beneath the surface, offering clues to the planet’s formation.
ESA: Dreaming of a red Christmas: Festive features spotted near Mars’ south pole.
NASA: Entering the Martian Atmosphere with the Perseverance Rover.
NASA: NASA Moves Forward with Campaign to Return Mars Samples to Earth.

Jupiter:
NASA: The Outer Planets: Hubble’s Continuing Legacy (filmpje).
JUICE: The Making of JUICE - Episode 3 (filmpje).

Neptunus: 
HubbleSite: Dark storm on Neptune reverses direction, possible shedding a fragment.

Ceres:
Discover: Earth Isn't the Only Ocean World in the Solar System.

Lucy:
JHU APL: APL Team Delivers First Instrument for NASA’s Lucy Mission (filmpje).
NASA: What You Need to Know About Trojan Asteroids (filmpje).

Planetoïden:
Space News: NASA postpones review of near Earth asteroid detection mission (NEO Surveyor).
The Planetary Society: NASA Abruptly Delays a Critical Planetary Defense Mission.

Kometen:
GovUK: European 'comet chaser' probe to be designed in UK (Comet Interceptor).

Nog dit:
Astronomy: NASA’s failures: Robotic space missions that didn’t go as planned.

SpaceX – Starlink Update.
Nieuwsblad: Bedrijf van Elon Musk polst naar mogelijkheden voor satellietinternet in België.

FCC: Successful rural digital opportunity fund auction to expand broadband to over 10 million rural Americans (PDF).

Teslarati: SpaceX wins almost $1B to bring Starlink internet to half a million US homes, businesses.
Teslarati: (Update: nope) SpaceX looks to double its valuation on Starlink, Starship promise.

Ars Technica: Teardown of “Dishy McFlatface,” the SpaceX Starlink user terminal.
Ars Technica: SpaceX gets $886 million from FCC to subsidize Starlink in 35 states.

Space News: SpaceX wins big share of $9.2B RDOF broadband subsidy.
Geek Wire: SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network wins $885M in federal aid for rural broadband.

Een filmpje:
Elias Eccli: Starlink Constellation Animation (November 2020).

Om af te ronden: Een andere kijk op ESA’s Mission Control.
Space Rocks: European Space-Ody (filmpje).

Veel lees- en kijkplezier,

Koen

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