Deze week was er uiteraard Mars. Deze week was er uiteraard Starship SN10. Maar deze week was er ook heel wat te rapen over ruimtevluchten van en voor toeristen. Zoals Dear Moon, Axiom Ax1 en Inspiration4. Maar ook over ruimtehotels en andere commerciële ruimtestations. NASA paste zijn prijzen voor onderzoek aan boord van het ISS (nogal serieus) aan. En steeds dichterbij komt de eerste lancering in kader van het Chinese ruimtestation. Dat en – écht waar – nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week.

Bij de foto: Er zijn verse “banden”sporen te vinden op Mars! Want Perseverance bolde op 4 maart zijn eerste meters op het rode oppervlak. Foto: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Starship SN10 doet het. Maar toch liep het uiteindelijk fout af.
Teslarati: SpaceX aborts Starship launch after Raptors produce too much thrust.
Teslarati: SpaceX Starship rocket sticks landing for the first time, explodes minutes later.
Teslarati: SpaceX Starship landing leg upgrades imagined in new fan renders.

Space News: SpaceX launches and lands Starship prototype, which later explodes.
NasaSpaceFlight: Starship SN10 successfully lands before RUD’ing on the pad.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX nails Starship landing, but rocket explodes minutes later.

Space Policy Online: So close and yet so far – another Starship RUD, but it did land.

Ars Technica: Starship goes up. Starship goes down. But is the program moving forward?

Spacepage: Starship SN10 explodeert na geslaagde testvlucht.

BBC: What is Elon Musk's Starship?

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: Starship | SN10 | High-Altitude Flight Test.
Eerder die dag deed SpaceX ook al een poging die werd afgebroken op het moment dat de motoren ontstoken werden.
Die livestream is ondertussen door SpaceX verwijderd. Je vindt de beelden wel terug in volgende samenvatting:
SciNews: SpaceX Starship First Landing.
LabPadre: Starship SN10 launches – lands – explodes in 6K video.

De eerste analyses:
Scott Manley: SpaceX's Starship SN10 Successfully Lands After Amazing Flight. Dismantles Itself Spectacularly.
What About It: SpaceX Starship SN10 High Altitude Test Flight and Analysis! Stuck the landing! [EDITED STREAM].
Engineering Today: SpaceX Starship SN10 prototype successfully lands after epic test launch — but then explodes.

Everyday Astronaut: Checking out the Starship SN10 wreckage!
Everyday Astronaut: Starship SN10 [4k, Clean Audio & Slow Mo Supercut].

Enkele van de volledige livestreams :-)
NasaSpaceFlight: Full Replay: Starship SN10 Flight Test, Landing, and Post-Flight BOOM!
Everyday Astronaut: Watch SpaceX launch Starship SN10, at the edge of the exclusion zone!

Starship naar de Maan in 2023. Dear Moon: Met Yusaka Maezawa en 8 anderen.
Teslarati: SpaceX on track to send Starship, private astronauts around the Moon in 2023.

Collect Space: Japanese billionaire opens crew selection for dearMoon mission.
Parabolic Arc: Japanese Billionaire Recruiting 8 Crew Members for 2023 Trip Around the Moon.

De Tijd: Japanse miljardair zoekt compagnons voor maanvlucht.

India lanceert Braziliaanse Amazone-satelliet en 18 kleinere satellietjes.
ISRO: PSLV-C51, the first dedicated launch for NSIL, successfully launches Amazonia-1 and 18 Co-passenger satellites from Sriharikota.
Een brochure over deze lancering vind je hier.
Een uitgebreide fotogallerij vind je hier.

Spaceflight: Spaceflight Inc. Readies Its Largest Satellite Contracted To Date, Amazonia-1, For Launch.
Spaceflight: The Extraordinary Prep For Amazonia-1.

The Hindu: ISRO successfully places earth observation, 18 other satellites into orbit.
Times Of India: PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 mission successful, Isro places 19 satelllites in orbit.

Spaceflight Now: Indian rocket set for liftoff with Brazilian satellite.
Spaceflight Now: Indian rocket launches Brazilian satellite to track Amazon deforestation.
NasaSpaceFlight: India, Brazil launch Amazônia-1 on PSLV rocket.
Space News: Indian PSLV rocket launches Brazilian Amazonia-1 satellite.

Beelden:
ISRO: Watch Live: Launch of Amazonia-1 and 18 Co-passenger satellites onboard PSLV-C51.
ISRO: Lift-off and Onboard Camera view of PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 Mission.
SciNews: PSLV-DL launches Amazonia-1 and 18 other satellites.

Rusland lanceert weersatellieten voor de polen.
TASS: Russia to launch Arctic monitoring satellite on February 28.
TASS: Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with Arktika-M satellite blasts off from Baikonur spaceport.
Roscosmos: Arktika-M satellite injected into target orbit.

Spaceflight Now: Russian satellite for polar weather forecasting ready for launch Sunday.
Spaceflight Now: Russia launches Arctic weather satellite.
NasaSpaceFlight: Russia’s Soyuz-2-1b launches Arktika-M No.1 weather satellite.

Filmpjes:
Space Center "Yuzhny": Assemblage raket.
Space Center "Yuzhny": Uitrollen raket.
Roscosmos TV: Live verslag lancering.
Roscosmos: De lancering (kort).

SciNews: Soyuz-2.1b ready to launch Arktika-M.
SciNews: Soyuz-2.1b launches Arktika-M.

SpaceX lanceert  60 Starlink satellieten – na lange reeks van uitstel. Eerste trap Falcon 9 keert veilig terug.
Teslarati: SpaceX Starlink launch suffers last-minute abort after weeks of delays.
Teslarati: SpaceX returns to flight with smooth Starlink launch weeks after Falcon 9 landing failure.

SpaceCom: SpaceX aborts launch of Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites.

Space News: Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites, lands booster.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX successfully launches long-delayed Starlink L-17 mission.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX sticks 75th Falcon rocket landing after launching 60 more Starlink satellites.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: Starlink Mission – Abort.
SpaceX:  Starlink Mission.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing, 4 March 2021.

SpaceX heeft verklaring voor verloren gegane eerste trap Falcon 9 bij vorige lancering.
Space News: Engine shutdown led to failed Falcon 9 booster landing.

Filmpje:
SciNews: Falcon 9 failed landing explained.
Video From Space: Why did SpaceX's mid-February landing attempt fail?

RocketLab stelt nieuwe raket voor: de Neutron.
RocketLab: Rocket Lab Unveils Plans for New 8-Ton Class Reusable Rocket for Mega-Constellation Deployment.
Space News: Rocket Lab to go public through SPAC merger and develop medium-lift rocket.
Parabolic Arc: You’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat: Why Rocket Lab is Building the Neutron Launch Vehicle.

SpaceCom: Rocket Lab: Private Spaceflight for Tiny Satellites.

Spacepage: Rocket Lab maakt plannen bekend voor nieuwe raket.

Filmpje:
Rocket Lab: Introducing Neutron.
SciNews: Rocket Lab Neutron reusable launch vehicle.
Scott Manley: Rocket Lab's Neutron Rocket Plans to Compete With Falcon 9.

Raketnieuws uit Amerika.
Ars Technica: Blue Origin’s massive New Glenn rocket is delayed for years. What went wrong?
Space News: Foust Forward | Will Jeff Bezos kick-start Blue Origin? Does he need to?

NASA: Behind the Scenes of an Antares Launch - NASA TV Production.

Space News: Launch companies, range teams reassessing Cape Canaveral weather rules.
Space News: Eastern Range looks for ways to support additional launches.

Gizmodo: Virgin Galactic Chairman Cashes Out Entire Personal Stake in Space Tourism Company.
Space News: Whitesides steps down from Virgin Galactic.

SNC: Ozmens’ SNC Dream Chaser Spaceplane Closer to Commercial Runway Landing.

Virgin Orbit: Virgin Orbit pens launch deal with Satrevolution.
Space News: Virgin Orbit considering moves into adjacent markets.
Virgin Orbit: Why Air Launch? (filmpje).

Space News: Strong interest for SpaceX smallsat rideshare launch services.

Spacewatch: Firefly and Exolaunch want to fly together on Alpha.
Space News: General Atomics selects Firefly to launch NASA Earth science instrument.
Space Daily: New rocket, Firefly's Alpha, may be ready to launch by April.

NASA: NASA Awards Launch Service Contract for TROPICS Mission to Study Storm Processes.
Space News: Astra, Rocket Lab win launch contracts.
SpaceCom: Rocket launch startup Astra is the latest space company to go public.

Space News: ABL Space Systems signs customer for first launch (RS1 rocket).

SpaceCom: Relativity Space readies for its first launch of 3D-printed rocket later this year (Terran).

Space News: Astra’s 100-year plan: Q&A with CEO Chris Kemp.

TechCrunch: Orbex commissions industrial 3D printer for rocket engines.

Space News: SpaceX wins Air Force manufacturing research contract for hypersonic vehicle thermal shields.

Raketnieuws uit Europa.
Parabolic Arc: CNES, ArianeGroup Move Forward on Themis Reusable Rocket Project.

ARCA Space: EcoRocket: Episode 7 - EcoRocket First Jump (filmpje).
ARCA Space: EcoRocket: Episode 8 - Full Duration, 60% Thrust (filmpje).

Spacewatch: ESA and Portugal support Rocket Factory’s RFA One.
Space News Feed: Rocket Factory announces unrivalled low rocket launch price.

RoomEU: Orbex commissions industrial 3D printer for rocket engines.

ESA: Ariane 5 bulkhead design assessed for Airbus airliners.
ESA: Timelapse: Ariane 6 upper stage installed for tests (filmpje).

Space News: Vega C, a new generation launcher.

Space Daily: Space launch from British soil one step closer.
RoomEU: Turkey to build a rocket launch site in Somalia to support Moon 2023 landing.

Raketnieuws uit Rusland.
TASS: Russian space firm vows to develop Soyuz-5 launch vehicle on time.

TASS: Development of Angara-A3 medium-class rocket possible, but not obvious – Roscosmos.

TASS: Russian private space tourism firm (CosmoCourse) mulls super-light rocket project.

Parabolic Arc: NIIMash Looks to Develop Single-stage-to-orbit Launcher.

Space Daily: New design for Russian super-heavy methane-powered launch vehicle completed.

TASS: Vostochny spaceport to start building infrastructure for crewed launches in 2025.

Raketnieuws uit Azië.
Space News: Landspace closes in on orbital launch with liquid methane rocket.

Space News: Falling foam insulation caused Chinese commercial rocket failure (Hyperbola-1).

SciNews: Long March-9 to be developed in the next five years (filmpje).
CCTV: China to Develop Launch Vehicles Capable of Lifting 100 Tons Payload into Space (filmpje).
Space News: China to develop two super-heavy launchers for moon missions.
Universe Today: China’s Super-Heavy Lift Rocket Will Carry 100 Tons to the Moon.

Space Daily: Long March 6A maiden flight due this year, report says.

ECNS: China's 1st reusable rocket on way, says expert (LongMarch8).

ECNS: China's commercial rocket SD-3 to make maiden flight in 2022.

The Space Review: India’s foray into the commercial space market.

SpaceCom: Iran launches new rocket (Zoljanah) on suborbital test flight: report (met filmpje).

Inspiration4 – Over de Crew Dragon privé missie.
SpaceCom: Inspiration4: How Jared Isaacman's kindergarten space dream became a pioneering SpaceX mission.
Aviation Week: Podcast: Interview With Inspiration4’S Civilian Commander.

ISS – Axiom1.
Spectrum News: Meet Larry Connor — The Man Piloting First-Ever Private Mission to the International Space Station.
Space News: Op-ed | Representing the private astronaut is a new step for human spaceflight — and for space lawyers.

ISS – Samantha Cristoforetti mag een tweede keer de ruimte in.
ESA: Cristofoready
ESA: Second spaceflight for Samantha Cristoforetti | Media Event (filmpje).

ISS – SpaceX Crew 2. Boeing Starliner OFT.
Space Policy Online: Busy ISS schedule, Texas weather impact Crew-2, OFT-2 launch dates.
Space News: Crew-2 on schedule for April launch while next Starliner flight delayed.

SpaceCom: SpaceX is ready to launch more astronauts with Crew-2 next month.
Spaceflight Now: Next Crew Dragon launch set for April 22.

NASA: NASA and Boeing Evaluating Launch Date for Orbital Flight Test-2.
PhysOrg: Boeing Starliner test flight postponed.

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 Leaders Discuss Mission Overview.
NASA: Meet the Astronauts Launching on NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 Mission to the International Space Station.
America Space: SpaceX Crew 2 Astronauts mission training.

ISS – Twee ruimtewandelingen.
NasaSpaceFlight: Spacewalk successfully begins process of increasing Space Station’s power capacity.
NasaSpaceFlight: Station power upgrade preparations continued with EVA-72.

De beelden van de eerste ruimtewandeling.
NASA: Spacewalk to Prepare the International Space Station for Solar Array Upgrades.

De beelden van de tweede ruimtewandeling.
NASA: Spacewalk at the International Space Station.

ISS – De blogentries, Daily Summary Reports en Science Highlights.
NASA Space Station Blog: NASA TV Broadcasts Spacewalk on Sunday.
NASA Space Station Blog: NASA TV Coverage of Spacewalk Underway.
NASA Space Station Blog: Astronauts Rubins and Glover Begin Spacewalk.
NASA Space Station Blog: Spacewalkers Conclude Today’s Spacewalk.
NASA Space Station Blog: Spacewalk, Science and BEAM Work Keeping Crew Busy.
NASA Space Station Blog: High-Powered Computing, Orbital Plumbing and Spacewalk Preps Today.
NASA Space Station Blog: NASA TV Broadcasts Spacewalk for Solar Array Mods on Friday.
NASA Space Station Blog: NASA TV Begins Live Coverage of Spacewalk for Solar Array Mods.
NASA Space Station Blog: Astronauts Begin Spacewalk for Solar Array Modifications.
NASA Space Station Blog: U.S., Japanese Astronauts Conclude Solar Array Mods Spacewalk.

NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 02/26/2021.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 02/28/2021.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/01/2021.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/02/2021.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/03/2021.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/04/2021.

NASA: Space Station Science Highlights: Week of March 1, 2021.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
TASS: Cosmonauts register air pressure drop in orbital outpost’s compartment with air leak.
TASS: Russian cosmonauts to spend five days to seal fracture aboard orbital outpost.
Roscosmos: Official statement on crack repairs.
Sputnik News: ISS Crew Seals Off First Air Leak in Russia's Zvezda Module.

TASS: Progress cargo ship delivers Russian food for NASA astronaut to ISS.

Space News: NASA hikes prices for commercial ISS users.
NASA Watch: Your Space Station Vacation Just Got More Expensive.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Space to Ground: One Week, Two Spacewalks: 03/05/2021.
Video From Space: SpaceX Crew-1 spacecraft to change docking ports for Crew-2 arrival.

Het Chinese ruimtestation.
NasaSpaceFlight: China preparing to build Tiangong station in 2021, complete by 2022.
PanDaily: Gearing up for a Big Leap, China Prepares to Launch Central Module of the Tiangong Space Station.

Seattle Times: Chinese astronauts training for space station crewed flights.
ECNS: China selects astronauts for space station program.

ECNS: China's first space station module prepares for lift-off.
ECNS: Multiple Long March rockets to support China's space station construction.
ECNS: China tests high-thrust rocket engine for upcoming space station missions.

Het ruimtehotel van Orbital Assembly Corp – Voyager Station.
Science Times: Space Hotel Will Soon Be Operational as Early as 2027.
Gizmodo: We've Been Promised These Futuristic Space Hotels for 60 Years.
RT America: Far out: Space-vacations planned for 2027 (filmpje).

Ruimtestation ST-42.
Space Daily: Kentucky firm plans orbital mini space station in two years.

Artemis – Green Run Update.
NASA: Green Run Update: Engineers Repair Valve for Mid-March Hot Fire Test.

Artemis – Het overige nieuws.
NASA: Artemis I Boosters Reach New Heights.

NSS: The Bell Tolls Again – Whither SLS/Orion?

NasaSpaceFlight: NASA, Boeing looking to begin SLS Exploration Upper Stage manufacturing in 2021.

Space News: VIPER lunar rover mission cost increases.
Seeker: NASA’s Next Lunar Rover Could Transform How We Study the Moon (filmpje).

Universe Today: NASA Invests in a Plan to Build Landing Pads and Other Structures on the Moon out of Regolith.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Artemis: Inside the Latest Achievements – Episode 27.
NASA: Artemis: We Are Focused.
NASA: NASA Cooks Up Something Special with Deep Space Food Challenge.

Mensen naar Mars met een nucleaire raketmotor?
National Academies: For Humans to Reach Mars, Advances Are Needed in Space Nuclear Propulsion Technologies.
Het rapport is gratis te downloaden als PDF via deze link.

Ars Technica: Report: NASA’s only realistic path for humans on Mars is nuclear propulsion.
Space Policy Online: Aggressive nuclear propulsion R&D effort needed to send humans to Mars in 2039.

SpaceX – Starship – SN10.
Atikels en filmpjes over de vlucht van SN10 vond je in het begin van deze NUDR.

Filmpjes:
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica: Flight Termination System Installed onto SN10.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica: Starship SN5 Completely Scrapped.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica: SN10 is Ready for its Test Flight.
NasaSpaceFlight: Starship SN10 10km Test Flight, Landing, and Explosion.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica: Starship SN10's Wreckage Cleaned Up.
Cosmic Perspective: SpaceX Starship SN10 landing and explosion slowmotion.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Boca Chica: Starship SN11 Rollout Preparations are in Place.

Mars2020 – Perseverance bolt eerste meters op Mars.
NASA: NASA's Perseverance Drives on Mars' Terrain for First Time.
NASA: Media Telecon Materials - March 5, 2021.

Spaceflight Now: Perseverance rover aces first test drive on Mars.
VRTNWS: Robotjeep rijdt eerste meters op Mars: "Nog nooit zo gelukkig geweest om bandensporen te zien"

Filmpje:
NASA: ‘Firsts’ Achieved Since NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Landing (News Audio + Visuals).

Mars2020 – Meer nieuws van Perseverance.
Ars Technica: Perseverance’s eyes see a different Mars.
BBC: Mars: Nasa's Perseverance rover sends stunning images.
SpaceCom: NASA's Perseverance rover deploys wind sensor on Mars.
SpaceCom: Perseverance rover flexes its arm on Mars for the 1st time.
Universe Today: What Happens if Perseverance Finds Life on Mars?

The Verge: NASA’s latest Mars rover has the same processor as an iMac from 1998.

Filmpje:
Los Alamos National Lab: Watch the celebration of the Mars Perseverance landing.

Nieuws van Tianwen 1 – Eerste hoge resolutie foto’s.
ECNS: China releases high-resolution Mars images from Tianwen-1 probe.
ECNS: China releases first high-def pictures of Mars taken by Tianwen 1 (3 photos).
ECNS: Tianwen 1 to land its rover on Mars in May or June.

ECNS: Three candidate names for China's Mars rover come out after global poll.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: China Releases High-Resolution Images of Mars Captured by Tianwen-1.
SciNews: Tianwen-1 captures Mars in high-resolution images.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon:
NASA: Observations Around Solar System With Parker Solar Probe’s 7th Solar Encounter.

Venus:
SpaceCom: A new rocket, Venus missions and more: Rocket Lab's Peter Beck is aiming big in space.
TASS: Russia embarks on project of first Venus mission since Soviet era.
Russia Today: Russian space agency Roscosmos begins design of ‘Venera-D’ orbital station, set to be Moscow's 1st mission to Venus since USSR era.

Aarde:
ECNS: China to launch new satellite for CO2 monitoring.
ECNS: China's first snow leopard tracking satellite bears fruit.
NASA Goddard: NASA Satellite Measures Human Impact in Water Storage (filmpje).
ESA: Monitoring methane emissions from gas pipelines.
Space News: Space Force sounding rocket launches experiment to study Earth’s ionosphere.

Maan:
Universe Today: Mining Water and Metal From the Moon at the Same Time.
En een 9 uur durende live uitzending :-)
CGTN: Live: Rice seeds brought back by Chang'e-5 spacecraft grow on Earth – Ep.3.
(dus ja, als dit Episode 3 is ….)
CGTN: Live: Rice seeds brought back by Chang'e-5 spacecraft grow on Earth – Ep. 5.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Reports: Sols 3044-3046: Lots of Dark Sand.
NASA Curiosity Status Reports: Sols 3047-3048: Touch, Remote Sensing, and Go!
NASA Curiosity Status Reports: Sols 3049-3050: Marval-ous.
NASA Curiosity Status Reports: Sols 3051-3053: In Your (Cliff) Face.
ESA: ExoMars goes for a spin.
ESA: ExoMars descent module dynamic balancing test.
ESA:  ExoMars spacecraft composite in dynamic balancing test.
NASA: NASA Awards Mars Ascent Propulsion System Contract for Sample Return.
Gerelateerd: NASA: Houston, We have a podcast: Returning the First Martians.
Universe Today: Dust Particles in the Martian Atmosphere can Create Static Electricity, but not Enough to Endanger the Rovers.
Universe Today: Sand Dunes on Mars Shift From Season to Season.
Inside Outer Space: Piloted Mars Airplane Concept Takes Flight.
Parabolic Arc: NASA Funds Research into Small Robots Designed to Explore Martian Caves.

Didymos:
JHU APL: DART, NASA's First Planetary Defense Test Mission.

Nog dit:
Parabolic Arc: NASA Funds Research on Nuclear-powered Solar Sails to Quickly Explore Outer Planets.

SpaceX – Starlinknieuws.
Teslarati: SpaceX hints at dedicated Starlink factory in Austin, TX.
Teslarati: Elon Musk’s Starlink takes the fight to Dish Network over broadband concerns.
Teslarati: Starlink users in rural UK share insights on satellite internet system: “Amazing”.

Geek Wire: SpaceX aims to expand its Starlink satellite operation to Texas and set up Starbase City.
Parabolic Arc: Musk Plans Starlink Manufacturing Plant in Austin, “Starbase” City at Boca Chica.
Ars Technica: SpaceX Starlink factory in Texas will speed up production of Dishy McFlatface.

NSR: Does the circle close for Starlink?
Ars Technica: Dish tries to disrupt SpaceX’s Starlink plans as companies fight at FCC.

Om af te ronden – Toeristen in een baan om de Aarde.
NSR: Orbital Space Tourism: Where are we?

Veel lees- en kijkplezier,

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