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Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart – Week 2022/11–591

De Maan is weer een stap dichter gekomen. NASA rolde afgelopen week het Space Launch System naar het lanceerplatform. Met een lancering in mei (?). Tegelijkertijd in Texas werden Booster 4 en Ship 20 op elkaar geplaatst. Ondertussen vlogen drie Russen naar het ISS waar ze welkom werden geheten door zowel de Russen als de Amerikanen. Ondanks al wat er in Oekraïne gebeurt, bleek 400 km hoger alles peis en vree. Maar het feit dat de gele pakjes met blauwe strepen uiteindelijk met alle aandacht gingen lopen, toont aan dat er ook daarboven misschien toch wat meer aan de hand is. Dat en nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart.

Bij de foto: Het Space Launch System voor het eerst op het lanceerplatform. Foto: NASA/Radislav Sinyak.


Over ruimtevaart, Rusland, Oekraïne en de rest van de wereld.
Verderop vind je in deze NUDR ook nog de deze week gelanceerde Soyuz MS-21, de volgende week terugkerende Soyuz MS-19, meer in het ISS hoofdstuk en er is ook nog ExoMars.

Parabolic Arc: Rogozin Demands Lifting of Sanctions or Else…Something.

SpaceCom: Ukraine invasion's impacts on space exploration: Live updates.

SpaceCom: Ukrainian space industry players continue work, eye European projects amid war.

Spaceflight Now: OneWeb not eager to tear up launch contract with Arianespace.

Universe Today: Russian Space Agency Employees are now Forbidden to Travel Outside Russia (Because They Might not Come Back).
NASA Watch: NASA Asks Astronauts To Dial Back Public Commentary About Russia.

Dongfang Hour (filmpje): Russo-Ukrainian War: Any Consequences on China's Space Program?
CNA: China wary of being impacted by Russia sanctions: Foreign Minister.

Vanity Fair: Yuri Gagarin Gets Memory Holed by American Space Advocacy Group.


Geslaagde lancering voor Astra.
Space News: Astra gears up for next launch, signs Spaceflight contract.
Spaceflight: Astra announces multi-launch contract and first launch with Spaceflight Inc.
Spaceflight: Astra-1 prepares to lift off!

Spaceflight Now: Astra scrubs return-to-flight launch from Alaska.
UPI: Astra Space scrubs first launch since rocket failure because of lightning.

Space News: Astra’s Rocket 3.3 returns to flight with successful launch.
NasaSpaceFlight: Astra successfully returns to flight with mission for Spaceflight Inc.
The Spaceflight Now: Astra launches first successful mission with operational satellites.
The Verge: Astra successfully returns to flight just a month after launch failure.

CNN Business: Astra's stock takes wild ride after rocket launch.

Filmpjes:
NasaSpaceFlight: SCRUB: Astra Scrubs Launch of Spaceflight Astra-1 Mission due to Weather.
NasaSpaceFlight: Astra Launches Spaceflight Astra-1 Mission.
NasaSpaceFlight: Status Update on Astra's Spaceflight Astra-1 Mission.
SciNews: Astra Rocket 3.3 launches Astra-1.


Chinese LM 4C lanceert een remote sensing satelliet uit de Yaogan 34 reeks.
ECNS: China successfully launches Yaogan-34 02 remote sensing satellite.
ECNS: China launches Yaogan-34 02 remote sensing satellite (foto’s).

Space News: China launches second Yaogan-34 reconnaissance satellite.
NasaSpaceFlight: China launches Yaogan 34-02 and tests third stage capabilities.

Filmpjes:
CGTN: China successfully launches new Yaogan-34 02 remote sensing satellite.
SciNews: Long March-4C launches Yaogan-34-02.


ISS – Rusland lanceert 3 kosmonauten aan boord van Soyuz MS-21 naar het ISS. Manuele koppeling.
Spaceflight Now: Three-man Russian crew ready for launch to International Space Station.
The Science Times: 3 Russian Cosmonauts to Visit ISS After Roscosmos Say Astronauts Are "In a Fighting Mood".

TASS: Soyuz-2.1a space rocket with a crew of three blasts off from Baikonur.
TASS: Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft to dock with ISS in manual mode.
TASS:  Russia’s Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft docks with International Space Station.
TASS: Manual Soyuz MS-21 docking was due to Kurs system issue, cause unknown yet.
TASS: Soyuz MS-21 crew enters International Space Station.

Collect Space: Soyuz launches with first all-Russian cosmonaut crew in 22 years.
Space Policy Online: Russian launch to ISS underscores some space cooperation unchanged.
NasaSpaceFlight: First all-Roscosmos cosmonaut mission arrives at station.

VRTNWS: Drie Russische kosmonauten dragen geel-blauw uniform in de ruimte: "We hadden gewoon veel geel materiaal".
Parabolic Arc: Russian Cosmonauts Enter Space Station Wearing Flight Suits with Colors Similar to Ukraine Flag.
NY Times: Russia’s astronauts enter the space station in yellow and blue flight suits.
Independent: ‘Sometimes yellow is just yellow’: Russia denies that cosmonauts wore Ukrainian colours to show support.

Spaceflight Now: Live coverage.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Expedition 66-67 Soyuz MS-21 Launch to International Space Station -March 18, 2022.
NASA: Expedition 66-67 Soyuz MS-21 Docking to International Space Station - March 18, 2022.
NASA: Expedition 66-67 Soyuz MS 21 Hatch Opening On International Space Station.

SciNews: Soyuz MS-21 launch.
SciNews: Soyuz MS-21 manual docking.
SciNews: Soyuz MS-21 hatch opening.

Zelf deed ik voor Volksterrenwacht Urania ook drie livestream (met co-commentator Bart Hendrickx).
Urania: Soyuz MS-21: Lancering.
Urania: Soyuz MS-21: Koppeling.
Urania: Soyuz MS-21: Het Openen v/d Luiken.

Roscosmos TV: Het uitrollen van de Soyuz-raket.
Een kortere versie vind je hier.
Roscosmos TV: Van liftoff tot in een baan om de aarde.
Roscosmos TV: De live uitzending rond de koppeling.
Roscosmos TV: De live uitzending over het openen van de luiken.


Nieuwe reeks Starlink-satellieten gelanceerd. Met een booster voor de 12de maal gebruikt.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX to launch reusable booster for record 12th time.
UPI: SpaceX delays late night Starlink launch for weather.
Spaceflight Now: Live coverage: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 fleet-leader with more Starlink satellites.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX sets new booster reuse record on Starlink mission.
SpaceX: SpaceX sets reuse and payload mass records in Starlink launch.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: Starlink Mission.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 41 launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing, 19 March 2022.


Nieuwe New Shepard vlucht enkele dagen uitgesteld. Pete Davidson (Saturday Night Live) dan toch niet mee.
Blue Origin: Blue Origin's 20th Mission to Space.

Gizmodo: Big Rocket Energy: Pete Davidson Scores Free Seat on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Flight.
Vanity Fair: What’s in Space for Pete Davidson? 
Space Explored: SNL star Pete Davidson on crew of 6 headed to space with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin.
Space Explored: Pete Davidson no longer on Blue Origin’s NS-20 flight to space – 6th crew member to be announced ‘in the coming days’.
CNN Business: SNL star Pete Davidson will no longer fly to space after launch postponed.


Artemis 1 – NASA rolt SLS naar het lanceerpad voor een Wet Dress Rehearsal.
NASA: NASA Readies Rocket for Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal.
NASA Artemis Blog: Artemis I Stack Ready to Rock(et) and Roll.
NASA Artemis Blog: NASA’s Mega Moon Rocket Begins Rolling to Launch Pad.
NASA Artemis Blog: NASA’s Moon Rocket Revealed Outside Vehicle Assembly Building.
NASA Artemis Blog: NASA’s Moon Rocket Keeps on Rolling to Launch Complex 39B.
NASA Artemis Blog: Artemis I Moon Rocket Arrives at Launch Pad for First Time.
NASA: NASA’s Mega Moon Rocket, Spacecraft Complete First Roll to Launch Pad.

ESA: Standing tall: Moon rocket milestone for Artemis.

Space Policy Online: SLS and Orion ready to roll.
Space News: NASA ready to roll out SLS.
Space Policy Online: Artemis 1 heads to launch pad for Wet Dress Rehearsal test.

NasaSpaceFlight: NASA moon rocket SLS rolls out to “rebuilt” LC-39B ahead of Artemis 1 rehearsal.
Space News: SLS rolls out to pad for countdown test.
Spacepage: Nieuwe Amerikaanse maanraket rolt voor het eerst naar buiten.

SpaceCom: NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission: Live updates.

Mashable: The star of NASA's megarocket reveal isn't the big rocket.
Collect Space: Rocket rollout: How NASA's first Artemis Space Launch System move stacks up against Saturn V.
NPR: NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket reaches the launch pad.
NPR: The Artemis Moon mission moves NASA into new era of space exploration.
SpaceDotBiz: The Launch Landscape: Super Heavy-Lift Vehicles.

Florida Today: Photos: NASA's SLS / Artemis I rocket makes first appearance at Kennedy Space Center.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Artemis I Rollout Trailer.
NASA: Media Briefing: First Roll Out and Wet Dress Rehearsal for Artemis I Readiness Update.
NASA: First Rollout of NASA's Artemis I Moon Rocket (Official NASA Broadcast).
Boeing: Artemis I Space Launch System Rocket Rolls Out (Boeing).
Lockheed Martin: NASA's Moon Rocket Rolls to the Launchpad for the First Time.
ESA: Artemis: crawling towards launch.


ISS – Soyuz MS-19 – Ondanks alles keert astronaut Vande Hei eind maart met Soyuz terug naar de Aarde.
TASS: Roscosmos to bring US astronaut back to Earth March 30 as scheduled.
FNN: US astronaut to ride Russian spacecraft home during tensions.
The Verge: Russia says it will not strand American astronaut in space despite media reports.

Space Policy Online: Montalbano: ISS team still working together, Vande Hei definitely returning on Soyuz.
Teslarati: NASA says “nothing has changed” as US astronaut prepares to ride Russian spacecraft.


ISS – Meer zonnepanelenwerk voor ruimtewandelende astronauten.
Spaceflight Now: Astronauts prep for new solar arrays on nearly seven-hour spacewalk.
NasaSpaceFlight: ISS astronauts complete spacewalk as busy period of station operations begins.
SpaceCom: Spacewalking NASA astronauts prep space station for new solar array.
TASS: NASA astronauts complete spacewalk aboard ISS.

ESA: First spacewalk for Matthias Maurer.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Expedition 66 Spacewalk 79-80 Preview Briefing - March 14, 2022.
NASA: U.S. Spacewalk 79 Animation - March 14, 2022.
NASA: U.S. Spacewalk 80 Animation - March 14, 2022.


ISS – Lanceringen Axiom 1 en Crew 4 enkele dagen uitgesteld.
SpaceCom: 2 SpaceX astronaut launches to the space station delayed by a few days.

ESA: Minerva – Samantha Cristoforetti's second mission.


ISS – De blogentries, Daily Summary Reports en Science Highlights.
NASA ISS Blog: Astronauts Go for Tuesday Spacewalk During CubeSat, Antigravity Suit Work.
NASA ISS Blog: NASA TV is Live as Two Astronauts Prep for Station Spacewalk.
NASA ISS Blog: NASA Astronauts Begin Spacewalk to Prep for Solar Array Replacements.
NASA ISS Blog: NASA Astronauts Complete Spacewalk for Solar Array Work.
NASA ISS Blog: Next Crew Launch Set for Friday Following Tuesday’s Spacewalk.
NASA ISS Blog: Station Gets Ready for New Crew and Next Spacewalk.
NASA ISS Blog: Russian Crew Launching on Soyuz Rocket Today.
NASA ISS Blog: Russian Trio Launches on Express Trip to Station.
NASA ISS Blog: Soyuz Trio Docks to Station, NASA Astronaut Nears Departure.

NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/11/2022.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/14/2022.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/15/2022.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/16/2022.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/17/2022.

Space Station Science Highlights: Week of March 14, 2022.


ISS – Het ruimtestation en de oorlog in Oekraïne.
Spaceflight Now: NASA: Space station operations continue smoothly despite Ukraine invasion.
Space News: Space station operations remain normal despite geopolitical tensions.

TASS: Roscosmos to wait for ISS partners’ response until end of March - chief.


ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
NASA: NASA Astronaut Breaks American Space Record.
Space News: Astronaut Mark Vande Hei breaks record for longest US spaceflight.

TASS: Roscosmos CEO presents cosmonaut Artemyev with TASS ISS reporter card.
TASS: Russia’s cosmonaut and TASS reporter Artemyev pledges to deliver news from orbital outpost.
TASS: TASS office aboard ISS resumes its work.

NASA Science: A Novel Approach to Growing Gardens in Space.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Space to Ground: Taking Another Step: 03/18/2022.
NASA: NASA Astronaut answers social media questions about record breaking spaceflight.
NASA: Expedition 66 Astronaut Kayla Barron Answers U.S. Navy, Student Questions - March 16, 2022.


ISS – Commerciële ruimtestations.
Space News: Sierra Space to work with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on commercial space station technologies


CSS – Nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.
Pan Daily: China’s Shenzhou-13 Astronauts to Conduct Second Class from Space Station.
Space Daily: China tests rocket engine for upcoming space lab launches.
CGTN (filmpje): Space Log: Inspecting extravehicular spacesuits.


SpaceX – Meer nieuws over Starship.
Teslarati: SpaceX preparing for third Starship ‘full stack’.
Teslarati: SpaceX rapidly stacks Starship and Super Heavy with ‘Mechazilla’.
Tesmanian: SpaceX Performs First Cryogenic Proof Test With A Fully Stacked Starship.
Teslarati: SpaceX tests fully stacked Starship rocket for the first time.

Space Explored: Elon Musk says humans will be on Mars in 2029.

Filmpjes:
NasaSpaceFlight: Parts Removed from the Quick Disconnect Arm | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NasaSpaceFlight: New Booster Aft Section Flipped | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NasaSpaceFlight: Ship 20 Prepared for Chopsticks Lift | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NasaSpaceFlight: Rapid Progress at SpaceX Starship Facilities | Cape Update - Narrated.
NasaSpaceFlight: Starship Full Stack - Chopsticks move S20 onto Super Heavy.
NasaSpaceFlight: Starship is Fully Stacked | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NasaSpaceFlight: Ship Aft Section with New Design Flipped | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NasaSpaceFlight: Starship Full Stack Cryogenic Proof Test (live).
NasaSpaceFlight: Full Starship Stack Cryogenic Proof Test | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NasaSpaceFlight: Ship 20 Again Destacked from Booster 4 | SpaceX Boca Chica.


Het einde voor ExoMars & Rosalind Franklin?
ESA: ExoMars suspended.
Space News: ESA suspends work with Russia on ExoMars mission.
VRTNWS: Lancering Europese robotjeep naar Mars opgeschort door oorlog in Oekraïne.
SpaceQ: ExoMars rover mission with Canadian contribution suspended.
Space Policy Online: ESA firmly says no to ExoMars launch this year.

TASS: Roscosmos to go ahead with ExoMars project after ESA’s pullout.
TASS: Proton rocket, originally meant for ExoMars, to be used for another mission — Roscosmos.
TASS: Russia to start working on its Mars mission soon - Roscosmos.


Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon:
NASA (filmpje): Tribute to Eugene Parker, Namesake of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe.

Mercurius
The Space Review: Missions to Mercury: From Mariner to MESSENGER.

Aarde: 
Space Daily: Icesat-2 data shows Arctic sea ice thinning in just three years.
SpaceCom: 2 giant blobs in Earth's mantle may explain Africa's weird geology.
Parabolic Arc: NOAA’s GOES-T Reaches Geostationary Orbit, Now Designated GOES-18.
Independent: Satellite images show massive Saharan dust storm engulfing western Europe.
Space: Satellites show Arctic sea ice is melting even faster than scientists realized.

Maan:
Space News: Agile supplies thrusters for Astrobotic, ispace and Masten lunar landers.
ESA: Lunar scientists and engineers design Moon cave explorer.
SpaceQ: Canadensys imaging instruments heading to the lunar surface this year.
Space News: Another startup joins race to provide high-speed lunar communications.
Physics Astronomy: Chang’e 4: China Grew A Plant On The Moon And It Sprouted Two Leaves.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 3412-3414: Trying Again...
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 3414-3416: Progress!
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 3417-3418: A View Filled With Ventifacts.
SpaceCom: NASA's Perseverance Mars rover nabs 8th rock sample on the Red Planet.
NASA: NASA's Perseverance Rover Hightails It to Martian Delta.
Space News: Ingenuity still “as good as new” after nearly a year on Mars.
NASA: NASA Extends Ingenuity Helicopter Mission.
SpaceCom: NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity to keep flying through September (at least).
The Register: Software upgrades help Mars helicopter keep flying.
Spacepage: NASA verlengt Ingenuity missie.
Universe Today: Tianwen 1 / Zhurong: Mars Orbiter Captures Images of China’s Rover From Space.
NASA Podcasts: A Lifetime on Mars: The Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity - S4E4.

Kometen:
Zenit Online: ‘Overvloedige zuurstofuitstoot’ van komeet 67P was slechts schijn.


JWST – Spiegel gealigneerd – Telescoop gaat beloftes waarmaken.
NASA: NASA to Discuss Progress as Webb Telescope’s Mirrors Align.
NASA: NASA’s Webb Reaches Alignment Milestone, Optics Working Successfully.
ESA: Webb reaches alignment milestone (selfie).
ESA: Webb reaches alignment milestone: image of focused star.

Space News: NASA completes alignment of JWST mirrors.
Ars Technica: NASA releases first image from an in-focus Webb telescope.

ESA: Gaia snaps photo of Webb at L2.

Filmpje: 
NASA: NASA’s Webb Reaches Alignment Milestone, Optics Working Successfully.
ESA: Gaia snaps photo of Webb.


Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws.
Kennismakers: Geflitst! Toponderzoek op heterdaad betrapt (filmpje).
Met haar Frank De Winne-mandaat van het FWO doet Catho Schoenmaekers (UAntwerpen) een doctoraatsonderzoek naar de effecten van ruimtevaart op de hersenen van kosmonauten. In dit filmpje – opgenomen op haar werkplek: het Antwerpse Lab for Equilibrium Investigations and Aerospace – legt ze uit waar ze zich de komende jaren op zal toeleggen.

QinetiQ: NASA and other federal agencies to benefit from rapid procurement of QinetiQ’s advanced satellite platform.

Septentrio: How to activate Wideband Interference Mitigation.
GPS/GNSS jammers, e.g. chirp jammers, can induce complex types of interference and possibly pose a real threat to positioning accuracy. Learn how to activate the Wideband Interference Mitigation system of your Septentrio receiver to counter this.

DH Net: Euro Space center : un live avec Laura Shepard, fille aînée du premier américain dans l’espace.
Mars Society Belgium: Live MSB vol NS-19 avec Laura Shepard.

RheaGroup: Meet the Team: Marie – Recruiter.
Marie is a Recruiter for RHEA Group, based at the RHEA Headquarters in Wavre, Belgium. She was originally hired as a Junior Recruiter in 2019.

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