Het jaareinde lijkt niet meteen het meest positieve jaareinde voor Artemis en het Space Launch System. Het lijkt immers dat er (veel) minder geld zal zijn dan gevraagd voor het maanplan van de NASA. En de Green Run Test verloopt niet geheel volgens wens waardoor de laatste stap – de static fire – voor januari zal zijn. Ondertussen gaat SpaceX op zijn elan verder. SN9 staat op het lanceerplatform, hersteld én met drie motoren. Ook daar mogen we in januari vuurwerk verwachten. Hopelijk wel zonder de vuurbal van SN8. Dat en nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week.

Bij de foto: Misschien toch wat sneller dan verwacht staat Starship SN9 op het lanceerplatform (Bron: Teslarati: Foto: SPadre)

Met geslaagde LM-8 lancering zet China eerste stap naar herbuikbare raketten.
CNA: China's new Long March-8 rocket makes first flight.
ECNS: Long March 8 rocket lifts 5 satellites in debut flight.
ECNS: China's Long March-8 carrier rocket lifts 5 satellites in maiden flight (foto’s).
Global Times: China’s potentially reusable Long March-8 makes successful maiden flight.

Space News: China launches first Long March 8 from Wenchang spaceport.
NasaSpaceFlight: Long March 8 – a future reusable rocket – conducts debut launch.
Spaceflight Now: China’s Long March 8 rocket successful in debut launch.
Spacewatch: ThrustMe and Spacety launch radar satellite on Long March 8.

Spacepage: China lanceert voor het eerst een Long March 8 raket.

Filmpjes:
New China TV: China prepares to launch Long March-8 Y1 rocket.
New China TV: China's new carrier rocket Long March-8 makes maiden flight.
CCTV: China's New Carrier Rocket Long March-8 Makes Maiden Flight.
CCTV: China Launches Long March-8, Aiming at Sun-Synchronous Orbit.
CCTV: Long March-8 Maiden Flight Verifies Key Rocket Technologies: Chief Designer.
CGTN: China's Long March-8 rocket paves way for reusable rockets.

SciNews: Long March-8 first launch.
SciNews: Long March-8 will be reusable.

Er zijn nog plannen rond herbruikbare raketten:
PanDaily: China’s reusable liquid rocket engine, JD-1 (iSpace), passes 200-second continous variable thrust long-range test run.
Dongfang Hour: An Exclusive Conversation with Landspace - China's Answer to SpaceX (filmpje).

En na 8 komt 9:
ECNS: Mighty Long March 9 carrier rocket set to debut in 2030.
Space News: China pushes ahead with super-heavy-lift Long March 9.

SpaceX – Nog wat Falcon 9 nieuws.
Teslarati: SpaceX celebrates five years of rocket landings with a record streak of success.
Teslarati: SpaceX’s first dedicated Falcon 9 rideshare lines up dozens of smallsats.

Nog een filmpje:
SciNews: SpaceX CRS-21 launch (Helicopter View 4K UHD).

Oorzaak mislukte Vega-lancering nu ook officieel.
ESA: N° 33–2020: Loss of Vega flight VV17: Independent Enquiry Commission announces conclusions.
Spaceflight Now: Arianespace targets early 2021 for Vega return-to-flight.

Blue Origin krijgt van NASA een NASA Launch Services contract.
NASA: NASA Awards Launch Services Contract to Blue Origin for New Glenn Launch Services.
Space News: Blue Origin’s New Glenn added to NASA launch contract.
Geek Wire: NASA adds Blue Origin’s upcoming New Glenn rocket to its launch services catalog.

NASA Watch: Buying Rides On Rockets That Don't Exist Yet.

Eerste lancering nieuwe Vulcan-raket eind 2021.
Space News: ULA’s new rocket Vulcan projected to launch in late 2021.

Aerojet Rocketdyne verkocht aan Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin To Acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne, Strengthening Position As Leading Provider Of Technologies To Deter Threats And Help Secure The United States And Its Allies.
Aerojet Rocketdyne: Aerojet Rocketdyne to be acquired by Lockheed Martin in §5 billion all-cash transaction.

Space News: Lockheed Martin to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.4 billion.
Space News: Lockheed Martin confident Aerojet deal will be approved, but it’s not a slam dunk.

Twee filmpjes: 
Aerojet Rocketdyne: Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Scott Manley: Aerojet Rocketdyne - Historic Rocket Engine Maker Sold for $4.4 Billion.

Nieuwe US-beperkingen voor (sommige) Russische ruimtevaartbedrijven zet kwaad bloed.
US Dept. Of Commerce: Commerce Department Will Publish the First Military End User List Naming More Than 100 Chinese and Russian Companies.
Space Ref: Dmitry Rogozin comments on trade restrictions against Russian companies.

Russia Today: Russia’s space agency chief Rogozin hits out at ‘stupid’ US sanctions that even target ISS mission control center.
TASS: Roscosmos to demand explanations of sanctions from US Department of Commerce.

Ars Technica: Russia’s space chief is hopping mad over most recent US restrictions.
Parabolic Arc: Rogozin Furious Over U.S. Sanctions on TsNIIMash, RSC Progress.

Niet vergeten dat (sommige) Amerikaanse raketten nog steeds afhankelijk zijn van Russische motoren.
Sputnik News: Russia Plans to Supply US with 10 Engines for Atlas V, Antares Carrier Rockets in 2021.

ISS – De blogentries, Daily Summary Reports en Science Highlights.
NASA Space Station Blog: Human Research, Technology Science as Spacesuit Work Wraps Up
NASA Space Station Blog: New Science Airlock Expands Station’s Research Capacity
NASA Space Station Blog: Crew Studies Immunology, Genetic Expression and Space Manufacturing
NASA Space Station Blog: Astronauts Studying Vision, Genetic Changes and Heart Conditions Today

NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/17//2020.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/18//2020.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/21//2020.

Geen Space Station Science Highlights deze week.

ISS – Wordt Axiom Space de redder van het ruimtestation?
The Washington Post: The International Space Station can’t stay up there forever. Will privately run, commercial replacements be ready in time?

Houston Chronicle: With Axiom, Houston Spaceport gets commercial space station tenant.
ABC: Aerospace company to make 14-acre headquarters at Houston Spaceport.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
Sputnik News: US May Buy Seat on Russia's Soyuz for Astronaut's Flight to ISS in Spring 2021, Source Says.

Sputnik News: Developer of Russian Space Robot Dismisses 'Absurd' Claims His Creation Caused Fissure on ISS.

BBC: Astronaut Scott Kelly: How to survive a year in space.

CSA: First-ever autonomous operations for Canadian ISS robots Canadarm2 and Dextre.

Filmpjes:
NASA: New Airlock attached to the Space Station.
NASA: Expedition 64 Inflight Interview ABC News and Fox5 - December 22, 2020.
NASA: Expedition 64 Inflight Interview WNYC-FM, New York and WGN-TV, Chicago - December 22, 2020.
NASA: A Message of Resilience from the International Space Station.

En lang geleden was er…
Space Legal Issues: Everything about the Spacelab program.

2021 – Het jaar van het Chinese ruimtestation.
Inside Outer Space: China Moves Forward on Space Station Planning.
Space Daily: China to launch core module of space station in first half of 2021.

Filmpje:
CGTN: China to launch core module of space station in first half of 2021.

Artemis – SLS Green Run.
NASA Artemis Blog: SLS Team Completes Propellant Loading of Core Stage During Green Run Test.

NasaSpaceFlight: SLS Core Stage Green Run WDR countdown ends early – Next steps considered.
SpaceCom: NASA's SLS megarocket 'hot fire' test delayed after early shutdown in fueling trial.

BBC: SLS: Crucial test for Nasa's 'mega-rocket'.

Artemis – SLS – Licht op groen voor ontwikkeling EUS.
Boeing: Space Launch System Exploration Upper Stage Passes Critical Design Review.
Space News: SLS Exploration Upper Stage passes review.

Filmpje:
Aerojet Rocketdyne: What is EUS?

Artemis – SLS/Orion.
Filmpje:
NASA: Artemis Path to the Pad: the mobile launcher and launch pad 39B.

Artemis – Human Lander System.
Space Daily: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Dynetics await NASA lunar lander decision.

Artemis – Te weinig geld voor NASA’s maanprogramma.
The Planetary Society: Congress Comes Through for NASA Science, But Not Artemis.
Space News: NASA receives $23.271 billion in fiscal year 2021 omnibus spending bill.
Space Policy Online: Office of Space Commerce wins bigger budget in FY2021, but will remain in NOAA.

NASA Watch: NASA's New Moon Program Is Running On Empty.

SpaceX – Starship SN8 terugblik.
Teslarati: Relive SpaceX’s high-altitude Starship launch debut in 4K [video].
De beelden vind je hier. 

SpaceX – Starship SN9 op het lanceerplatform.
Teslarati: SpaceX Starship factory sprouts another nosecone as ‘SN10’ nears completion.
Teslarati: SpaceX moves next high-altitude Starship to launch pad after fixing fall damage.
NasaSpaceFlight: Starship SN9 rolled to launch site – Super Heavy construction ramps up.

AstroBlogs: SpaceX Raptor; uniek en ijzersterk werkpaard onder de vloeibare-brandstof raketmotoren (II).

Filmpjes:
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica Weekly Update - Starship SN9 Repaired before Rollout - Booster Number 1 Progress.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica - Starship SN9 Gets a New Forward Flap - Tankzilla Prepared for move.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica - Huge Crane Rolled to Launch Site as a prelude to Starship SN9's arrival.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica: Starship SN9 Rolls Out to the Launch Pad.
Lab Padre: SN9 Gears Up At Launch Pad For Testing.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica - Starship SN9 receives Raptor SN49.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica - Starship SN10 Nosecone Flap install - High Bay crane action.

Engineering Today: Spacex Starship SN9 Rolls Out to Launch Pad for Next High Altitude Flight Test.
Marcus House: Starship propellant production at destination - An essential element of making life multi-planetary.

Mars2020 – De animatie voor de “7 minutes of terror” voor Perseverance.
Twee filmpjes:
NASA: Perseverance Arrives at Mars: Feb. 18, 2021 (Mission Trailer)
NASA: NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Landing Animations

NASA: A Martian Roundtrip: NASA's Perseverance Rover Sample Tubes (met filmpje).

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Aarde:
Belgium In Space: Altius : een nieuwe satelliet "Made in Belgium" met SPACEBEL software.
NASA: NASA’s AIM Sees First Night-Shining Clouds of Antarctic Summer.
PhysOrg: Spotting elephants from space: A satellite revolution.

Maan:
ECNS: China's lunar rover travels about 600 meters on moon's far side (Chang’e 4).
Space News: Chang’e-5 orbiter embarks on extended mission to Sun-Earth Lagrange point.
Space Daily: Next lunar mission to sample pole or far side (Chang’e 6).
SpaceQ: The Lunar VIPER rover and the space economy.
Parabolic Arc: Image-Based Navigation Could Help Spacecraft Safely Land on The Moon.
The Hindu: Chandrayaan-2 mission’s initial data released: ISRO.
iSpace: HAKUTO-R Flight Model Lander (filmpje).
iSpace: Blueprint Moon: ispace's Lunar Data Business (w/ subtitles)  (filmpje).

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Updates: Curiosity's "Spyglass" Megamosaic of Mount Sharp.
NASA Curiosity Status Updates: Sols 2979-2988: Headed to the Beach!
NASA Curiosity Status Updates: Sols 2989-2991: Wrapping up 2020 at the 'Sands of Forvie'.
SpaceCom: NASA honing plans for its Mars Ice Mapper mission.
SpectrumIEEE: Nuclear-Powered Rockets Get a Second Look for Travel to Mars.

Jupiter:
SpaceCom: NASA's Juno spacecraft sheds new light on 25-year Jupiter 'hot spot' mystery.

Ryugu (en nadien):
Japan Today: Japanese space probe's gifts: Asteroid chips like charcoal.
PhysOrg: Japanese spacecraft's gifts: Asteroid chips like charcoal.
Universe Today: Even the Outside of Hayabusa 2’s Sample Capsule has Asteroid Debris on it.
Sci Tech Daily: Next Target Asteroid for Hayabusa2 Photographed by Subaru Telescope.

Nog dit:
SETI Institute: What is Planetary Defense?

Nieuwe Russische ASAT-test.
C4ISR: Space Command calls out another Russian anti-satellite weapon test
RoomEU: Russian anti-satellite missile test troubles US Space Command
SpaceCom: Russia has launched an anti-satellite missile test, US Space Command says

Veel lees- en kijkplezier,

Koen

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