De oorlog in Oekraïne vertaalt zich in de ruimte momenteel in vraagtekens rond het ISS. En dat lijkt vooral te wijten aan Rogozin, het hoofd van Roscosmos. Al moet je ook hier opletten voor fake news. Noord-Korea en Iran lieten ondertussen ook van zich horen en in de VS vierde het National Reconnaissance Office zijn 60ste verjaardag. Kortom, ook in de ruimte is het militaire aspect nooit ver weg. Dat en nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart.

Bij de foto: Astronaut Mark Vande Hei is de afgelopen dagen één van dé gespreksonderwerpen geweest in de ruimtevaart. In principe komt hij samen met twee Russische kosmonauten op het einde van deze  maand terug naar huis. Maar Rusland zou gedreigd hebben Vande Hei in het ruimtestation achter te laten. Voorlopig lijkt dat gewoon “fake news” te zijn. Anderzijds dreigt Rusland al een tijdje om zijn deel van het ISS stil te leggen dan wel af te scheiden. Foto: NASA (Meer detail over de foto vind je hier).

Over ruimtevaart, Rusland, Oekraïne en de rest van de wereld.
NASA Watch: Russia Is Clearly Threatening To Leave The ISS Program.
Parabolic Arc: The Dmitry Daily: Rogozin Blames West for Rupture in Space Cooperation.
CBS News (filmpje): Russia's space agency severs ties with the U.S. and its European partners.
The Hill: Can SpaceX save NASA's International Space Station?
Ars Technica: How to save the International Space Station and prevent the dreaded “gap”.
NasaWatch: Today's Rogozin Twitter Rant.
Spaceflight Now: War of words between Russian space chief and retired astronaut.
ABC News: Russia threatens to abandon American in space.
LiveSciences: Fact check: Russian space agency head didn't threaten to strand American astronaut.
SpaceCom: No, Russia hasn't claimed it will abandon an American astronaut on the space station.
TASS: Roscosmos sends letters to ISS partners demanding to lift sanctions.

Space News: SpaceX shifts resources to cybersecurity to address Starlink jamming.
Space News: SpaceX worked for weeks to begin Starlink service in Ukraine.
Teslarati: President Zelensky confirms more Starlink shipments for Ukraine, invites Elon Musk to visit after the war.
Teslarati: Ukraine confirms second batch of Starlink terminals from Elon Musk have arrived.
Space News: U.S. general: Starlink in Ukraine showing what megaconstellations can do.

Space News: Soyuz embargo strands satellites with limited launch options.
Space News: AST SpaceMobile books more SpaceX rides months after canceling Soyuz reservation.

Space News: UK bans space-related exports to Russia.

Space News: Canada answers Ukraine’s call for satellite radar imagery.

TASS: Russian Spektr-RG telescope to continue observations while German one is off.

Defense One: If Russia Hacks a US Satellite, Is It an Act of War?
Space News: Op-ed | Russian threats a reminder of the need to protect GPS.

The Space Review: The ending of an era in international space cooperation.

Iran lanceert militaire satelliet.
In vorige NUDR was er sprake van een mogelijke mislukte lancering. Het is niet duidelijk of er een eventueel verband is met deze lancering.

Parabolic Arc: Iran Launches Military Satellite
Spaceflight Now: Iran’s military successfully launches satellite
NasaSpaceFlight: Iran carries out military launch with Qased rocket and Noor-2 satellite

SpacexX lanceert volgende batch Starlink-satellieten.
Florida Today: SpaceX launch of Starlink internet satellites set for Wednesday.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX to continue Starlink network deployment with another Falcon 9 launch.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on 'American broomstick' and lands rocket at sea.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: Starlink Mission.

Astra vindt oorzaken mislukte lancering. Weldra nieuwe lancering.
Astra Space: Post-Launch Investigation: What We Found And Next Steps.
NasaSpaceFlight: Astra finds electrical, software failures as root causes of ELaNa 41 mission failure.
Space News: Astra blames launch failure on wiring error and software flaw.

Spaceports.
Future Spaceflight: Virgin Orbit to launch first Welsh satellite from Spaceport Cornwall.

Parabolic Arc: Work Set to Begin on UK’s First Vertical Launch Spaceport in Shetland.

NasaSpaceFlight: Scottish spaceport cleared for construction, UK on track to enter orbital market.
SatNews: Orbex’s Launchpad Arrives At Test Site Enabling Rocket Launch ‘Dress Rehearsals’.

FNN: Judge: Spaceport land deal must wait for March 8 election.
Parabolic Arc: Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Spaceport Camden Plan.
Space News: Voters block agreement for planned Georgia spaceport.

Mashable: A little-known U.S. spaceport shoots into the big rocket scene (Wallops / Neutron).

Space News: More spaceports, more problems.

Dream Chaser – Update.
Space Explored: New Crew Dream Chaser render shows it might not have any windows; how it may work.
Space News: Sierra Space to study Dream Chaser landings in Japan.
Via Satellite: Spire Signs Sierra Nevada as a Space Services Custome.

Polaris – Update.
Tesmanian: Polaris Program Crew will test SpaceX Starlink laser-based communications in Space, One day the Internet network could be used on the Moon & Mars.
Polaris Program: Polaris Program Team Members Deliver Medical Supplies and Resources to Poland For Ukrainian Relief Efforts.
SpaceCom: Ukrainian flag will launch on SpaceX rocket with Polaris Dawn crew this year.

Axiom 1 – Laatste voorbereidingen zijn begonnen.
Tesmanian: Crew Dragon Endeavour that launched SpaceX’s first crewed spaceflight will transport the first Axiom crew to the Space Station.
SpaceCom: Axiom Space Ax-1 mission: The first all-private crew to the International Space Station.

Video From Space: Axiom Space Ax-1! 1st all-private crew to space station explained.

ISS – Crew 4.
Tesmanian: SpaceX Crew-4 Astronauts Go Over Training Ahead Of Launching To The Orbiting Laboratory Aboard Crew Dragon.

Commercial Crew – Starliner – Update.
Spaceflight Now: Boeing Starliner test flight next on ULA’s launch schedule.

ISS – De blogentries, Daily Summary Reports en Science Highlights.
NASA ISS Blog: Life Science, Fire Safety Top Monday’s Station Science Schedule.
NASA ISS Blog: Eye Research, Treadmill Servicing Keeps Crew Busy Tuesday.
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Studies Exercise, Physics and Preps for Tuesday Spacewalk.
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Preps for Spacewalk, Scans Veins and Evaluates Artificial Gravity Suit.
NASA ISS Blog: Spacewalk Preps Continue as Crew Studies Combustion, Biology.

NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/04/2022.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/07/2022.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/08/2022.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/09/2022.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/10/2022.

Space Station Science Highlights: Week of March 7, 2022.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
TASS: Extending ISS life cycle till 2030 will require colossal funding — Roscosmos CEO.
TASS: Roscosmos space agency plans to optimize costs of ISS project.

TASS: ISS orbit to be raised prior to new crew’s arrival.

SatNews: VIPR Inspect System Determines Cause Of ISS Robot Arm Discoloration.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Space to Ground: Monitoring Earth's Water: 03/11/2022.
NASA: SpaceCast Weekly - March 11, 2022.
ESA: Inside the Columbus science lab | Cosmic Kiss (In German, English subtitles available).

CSS – Nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.
ECNS: China's female astronaut sends Int'l Women's Day greetings from space.
Space Daily: China's space station to host 6 astronauts by end of 2022.
ECNS: Shenzhou spacecraft ready for future space travel: scientist.
Space News: China to open space station to commercial activity.
ECNS: In-orbit construction of China's space station going smoothly.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: Chinese Female Astronaut Sends Int'l Women's Day Greetings from Space.
CGTN: Zhou: China's space station open for domestic and international scientists and engineers.

Artemis 1 – Update.
NASA Artemis Blog: First Platforms are Retracted Ahead of Artemis I First Rollout to Launch Pad.
NASA Artemis Blog: Rollout of NASA’s Mega Moon Rocket Inches Closer with Addition of Worm Logo.

NasaSpaceFlight: SLS prepares for rollout and WDR – as three additional SLS rockets wait in the wings.
SpaceCom: 'The Crawler' is on the move ahead of Artemis 1 moon rocket rollout.

Filmpje:
Video From Space: NASA sending yeast to deep space on Artemis 1.

Artemis – Gateway.
SpaceQ: Canada makes next contribution towards the Lunar Gateway Canadarm3 with $268,9M Contract to MDA..

Artemis – HLS – Human Landing System.
NTRS: HLS Update (PDF).

Artemis – Orion.
ESA: The making of the European Service Modules.

Artemis – Meer nieuws.
Mashable: NASA's monstrous moon rocket is an overpriced, political beast.

Parabolic Arc: Bahrain Signs Artemis Accords.
Space News: Bahrain joins Artemis Accords.

Inside Outer Space: Artemis Program – Note to NASA: What’s your Plan?

Space News: Astrolab unveils Artemis lunar rover design.

ILRS – Update.
Inside Outer Space: China Outlines Plan for an International Lunar Research Station.

SpaceX – Meer nieuws over Starship.
Teslarati: SpaceX’s first 33-engine Super Heavy booster reaches full height.

Filmpjes:
NasaSpaceFlight: Booster 7 Aft Section with New Design Rolled Out | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NasaSpaceFlight: Booster 8 Forward Tank Section #2 Spotted | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NasaSpaceFlight: Potential Payload Dispenser Lifted into Ship 24's Nosecone Barrel | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NasaSpaceFlight: New Booster Transport Stand Tested | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NasaSpaceFlight: Ship 25 Aft Dome Sleeve Flipped | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NasaSpaceFlight: Booster 7 Fully Stacked | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NasaSpaceFlight: Super Heavy Booster 8 Stacking Begins | SpaceX Boca Chica.

LabPadre: Florida's Starship Orbital Launch Tower Reaches New Heights.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon: 
ESA: Solar Orbiter crosses the Earth-Sun line as it heads for the Sun.
ESA (filmpje): Solar Orbiter towards the Sun: 1 January – 2 March 2022.
SpaceCom: The sun readies for its close-up as Europe's Solar Orbiter approaches.

Venus:
SpaceCom: Scientists hail 'the decade of Venus' with 3 new missions on the way.

Aarde:
TASS: Roscosmos to pay more attention to weather satellites — press service
ECNS: China receives data from land observation satellite
Global Times: Chinese satellite detects global gravity field data
Space News: Omnibus bill cuts funding for future weather satellites
NASA: NASA and Agriculture: From Seeds to Satellites (filmpje).

Maan:
ECNS: Chang’e 7 – Probe to look for water on moon.
ECNS: China to carry out Phase-4 lunar probe missions before 2030, build permanent station by 2035: project chief designer and political advisor Wu Weiren.
The Times of India: Chandrayaan-2 makes first observation of global distribution of Argon-40 in lunar exosphere.
ESA (ISRU): Team chosen to make first oxygen on the Moon.
AstroBlogs: Chinese maanrover Yutu-2 gunt ons een nieuwe blik op de ongerepte achterkant van de maan.
VRT NWS: NASA opent "nieuw" staal van de maan dat in 1972 naar de aarde is gebracht en 50 jaar verzegeld is gebleven.
SpaceCom: NASA is cracking open a 50-year-old Apollo 17 moon rock sample for Artemis prep.
The Register: Next-gen Moon buggy FLEX conquers California desert, seeks lunar speed record.
Ariane Group: Lunar Lampoldshouasen: working with Japanese company iSpace, reaching for the Moon is becoming a reality.
UAE: UAE tests Moon rover Rashid in remote desert areas of Dubai.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 3405-3407: Not Quite on the Greenheugh Pediment Yet.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 3409-3410 (Was 3408-3409): Moving Right Along - Slowly but Surely.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sol 3411: Bonanza.
NASA Perseverance Update: A River Runs Through It: Onward to the Delta.
Universe Today: There’s a Big Rock Stuck Inside one of Perseverance’s Wheels.
SpaceCom: Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces 21st Red Planet flight.
Astrum (filmpje): How Ingenuity Shocked NASA Engineers | Perseverance Episode 2.
SuperCluster: The sad but expected death of InSight.
NASA Mars Sample Return: NASA's Angie Jackman Works to Develop Rocket That Will Bring Mars Samples to Earth.
ECNS: Zhurong: China's Mars rover finds strong topography at landing point: Analysis.
Dongang Hour: China's Future Mars Exploration Plans (filmpje).
Sky & Telescope: Update from the Hope probe at Mars.

Jupiter:
SpaceCom: Meteor streaks through Jupiter's atmosphere as NASA spacecraft watches.

Pluto:
Spaceflight Insider: Study of Pluto’s subsurface ocean drives potential return mission.

Ryugu:
SpaceCom: Pristine asteroid Ryugu contains amino acids that are building blocks of life.

Psyche:
NASA (filmpje): NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Prepares for Trip to Asteroid by Testing Solar Arrays.

Didymos:
ESA: Backbone of Hera asteroid mission.

Noord-Korea bevestigt testen v/e (toekomstige) spionagesatelliet.
Washington Post: North Korea confirms new tests on spy satellite.
The Japan Times: North Korea says it conducted 'another important test' of spy satellite.
The Korea Herald: NK says it conducted test for reconnaissance satellite.
Defense News: North Korea says it tested cameras for spy satellite.

ECNS: DPRK to launch more reconnaissance satellites to space.
Reuters: North Korea to launch satellites to monitor U.S. and its allies.

CNA: Explainer: Why North Korea's satellite launches are so controversial.

Contracten voor ontwikkeling SDA T1TL constellatie.
SDA: Space Development Agency Makes Awards for Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Defense Gov: Space Development Agency Makes Awards for 126 Satellites to Build Tranche 1 Transport Layer.

Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin To Deliver 42 Small Satellites For Space Development Agency.
Northrop Grumman: NG selected by SDA to develop prototype constellation supporting joint all-demain command and control network.

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws.
BELSPO: Belgian National ISS Payloads.
BELSPO: Potential of the ISS research environment.

Nog dit – 60 Jaar (US) National Reconnaissance Office.

Een reeks filmpjes:
NRO: 60 Years of the NRO.
NRO: The NRO in the 1960s and 1970s.
NRO: The NRO in the 1980s and 1990s.
NRO: The NRO from the 2000s to today.
NRO: 60 Innovators | 60 Innovations.

Om af te ronden: Alle satellieten – Een overzicht.
DeWeSoft: Every Satellite Orbiting Earth and Who Owns Them.

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