Met een Wet Dress Rehearsal die momenteel voor het SLS nog lopende is, met een Starship dat wacht op de FAA en de nieuwe versie van de Raptor-motoren is het wachten op de eerste lanceringen van deze twee giganten. Ondertussen is er heel wat activiteit in en rond het ISS met vertrekkende bemanningen en met een op stapel staande toeristische vlucht. Maar wat dat Ijnternational Space Station betreft, is het toch uitkijken naar Rusland. Gaan ze nu effectief stoppen met hun deelname aan het ruimtestation of zal het uiteindelijk zo’n vaart niet lopen? Dat en nog heel veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week.

Bij de foto: Eind goed al goed voor de bemanning van Soyuz MS-19. Neen, de twee Russen, Shkaplerov en Dubrov, kwamen niet alleen terug. Neen, ze lieten de Amerikaan Vande Hei niet achter in het ISS. Alle drie arriveerden in Kazakstan zonder problemen met hun capsule. Maar hoe het verder moet met het ISS, blijft dankzij Rogozin (het hoofd van Roscosmos) nog een groot vraagteken. Foto: NASA/Bill Ingalls.

China lanceert voor het eerst een LM-6A raket.
Space News: China launches first Long March rocket with solid boosters.
NasaSpaceFlight: China debuts Chang Zheng 6A, teases more variants.
ECNS: China's Long March 6A makes maiden flight (foto’s).

Filmpjes:
CCTV: China's New Modified Long March-6 Carrier Rocket Completes Maiden Flight.
CCTV: China's First 'Smart' Launch Pad Sees First Rocket Blast-off.
SciNews: The first launch of Long March-6A.
SciNews: Long March-6A explained.

Chinese LM-11 lanceert 3 Tianping-satellieten.
NasaSpaceFlight: Atmospheric research satellites launched by Chang Zheng 11.
ECNS: China launches Tianping satellites (foto’s).

Filmpjes:
CCTV: China Launches Three Tianping Satellites.
SciNews: Long March-11 launches Tianping-2A, Tianping-2B and Tianping-2C.

Toerisme – NS-20 – Blue Origin brengt opnieuw 6 mensen naar de grens met de ruimte.
SpaceCom: Blue Origin delays next crewed launch to Thursday due to high winds.
Geek Wire: All systems go for Blue Origin’s spacefliers — but not for weather at Texas launch site.

Blue Origin: Blue Origin's 20th Mission to Space.
Blue Origin: Blue Origin Successfully Completes Fourth Human Spaceflight.

Space News: Blue Origin flies six on first New Shepard suborbital flight of 2022.
NasaSpaceFlight: Blue Origin launches NS-20 suborbital crew mission.
Spaceflight Now: Blue Origin flies fourth suborbital crew mission.
Geek Wire: Husband and wife score a first for commercial spaceflight during suborbital Blue Origin trip.
SpaceCom: Blue Origin's NS-20 space tourism launch: Mission updates.

PBS: Blue Origin’s latest mission takes a professor and entrepreneur to the edge of space.
SpaceCom: Blue Origin space tourist carries Ukrainian flag to final frontier.

Filmpje:
Blue Origin: NS-20 Pre-Mission Interview: Lead Flight Director, Nicholas Patrick.
Blue Origin: The Crew of NS-20.
Blue Origin: Replay: New Shepard Mission NS-20 Webcast.
Blue Origin: The Journey of NS-20.
SciNews: Blue Origin NS-20: New Shepard launch and landing.

SpaceX lanceert Transporter 4 – 40 satellieten tegelijkertijd.
Spaceflight Now: German imaging satellite gets top billing on next SpaceX rideshare launch.
Teslarati: SpaceX set to launch 40 satellites on fourth dedicated rideshare mission.

Space News: SpaceX launches fourth dedicated rideshare mission.
Spaceflight Now: Live coverage: SpaceX launches Transporter 4 rideshare mission.
Spaceflight Now: Forty payloads ride into orbit on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

SatNews: Exolaunch Rockets To A Milestone — More Than 200 Smallsats Aboard A SpaceX Falcon 9 Sent To Orbit Via The SpaceX Transporter-4 Mission Launch From Cape Canaveral.
Thales Group: Omnispace and Thales Alenia Space announce successful launch of first satellite mission.

Filmpjes:
Spaceflight Now: A SpaceX Falcon 9 goes upright at pad 40 ahead of Transporter 4 launch.
SpaceX: Transporter-4 Mission.
SciNews: SpaceX Transporter-4 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing.

RocketLab lanceert twee BlackSky aardobservatiesatellieten.
RocketLab: Rocket Lab Confirms Next Electron Launch Window Opens for BlackSky April 1, 2022 UTC; Provides Update on Effect to Prior Q1 Revenue Guidance.
RocketLab: Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 112th Satellite to Orbit.

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Spaceflight Now: Rocket Lab to deploy two more BlackSky imaging satellites.
Spaceflight Now: Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches BlackSky satellites.

Space News: Rocket Lab launches BlackSky satellites as it prepares for mid-air booster recovery.
NasaSpaceFlight: Rocket Lab’s Electron launches two BlackSky satellites on 25th mission.
SpaceCom: Rocket Lab launches 2 BlackSky Earth-observing satellites into orbit.

Filmpjes: 
RocketLab: Rocket Lab - Without Mission A Beat Launch.
SciNews: Electron launches “Without Mission A Beat”.

Zuid-Korea test vastebrandstofraket.
NBC News: South Korea says it successfully tested solid-fuel space rocket.
NWA Online: S. Korea calls rocket’s launch step toward space surveillance.
SMH: South Korea test-fires rocket, accuses North Korea of fakery.
De Standaard: Noord-Korea’s recordbrekende raketlancering was fake, volgens Zuid-Korea.
AP: S. Korea conducts rocket launch days after North’s ICBM test.
NK News: US sanctions North Korean rocket ministry in response to ‘escalatory’ ICBM tests.

Filmpje:
PointOrView: North Korea has tested a banned intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

Over ruimtevaart, Rusland, Oekraïne en de rest van de wereld.
TASS: Russia terminates launches of EU military satellites into orbit.
TASS: Roscosmos says it planned no major launch campaigns with foreign partners.

Space News: Space Force using Spire data to detect satellite jamming.
GPS World: Spire constellation helps detect GPS jamming in space.

TweakTown: Elon Musk says how Russia may destroy Ukraine's Starlink satellites.

Ars Technica: Huawei faces dilemma over Russia links that risk further US sanctions.

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

SWF: Insight - Ukraine Highlights The Threat of Counterspace Capabilities In Future Conflicts.

Over de eventuele gevolgen voor het ISS zie verderop ook de berichtgeving over Soyuz MS-19 en over het ISS.
SpaceCom: Apollo-Soyuz astronaut reflects on changing U.S.-Russia relations in space.

ISS / CRS – NASA bestelt nieuwe bevoorradingsvluchten.
NASA: NASA Orders Additional Cargo Flights to Space Station.

ISS – SpaceX stopt met het bouwen van Crew Dragon capsules.
Space Explored: SpaceX to halt production of Crew Dragon spacecrafts.
The Verge: SpaceX pausing production of new Crew Dragon spacecraft.
Teslarati: SpaceX to end Crew Dragon capsule production as Starship’s shadow grows.

Toerisme – Vlucht Axiom 1 uitgesteld.
SpaceCom: SpaceX's Ax-1 astronaut mission to the space station delayed to April 6.
NASA: Coverage Set for Axiom Mission 1 Briefings, Events, Broadcast.
SpaceCom: Axiom's 1st private astronaut crew is ready to fly to space.
Aerospace America: First all-private mission to ISS approaches.
UPI: SpaceX to test-fire rocket ahead of Axiom-1 private astronaut mission.

SpaceCom: This Israeli startup's sci-fi 'headset' will map brain changes in space on private Ax-1 mission.

SpaceCom: Ax-1 private mission to space station: Live updates.

Filmpje:
Axiom Space: Axiom Mission 1 - A new chapter begins.
Axiom Space: Ax-1 Crew Press Conference.

ISS – Lancering Crew Dragon Crew 4 uitgesteld.
SpaceCom: NASA, SpaceX delay Crew-4 launch to April 20 due to busy space schedule.

Filmpje:
NASA: Crew-4 Mission Overview News Conference - March 31, 2022.

ISS – Soyuz MS-19 keert terug met twee Russen én één Amerikaan.
SpaceCom: Russian cosmonaut hands over space station command as NASA astronaut bids farewell.
De Standaard: Rus draagt commando ISS over aan Amerikaan: ‘In een baan rond de aarde zijn we één team’.
Spaceflight Now: NASA astronaut, two cosmonauts set for Wednesday return to Earth.

TASS: Soyuz MS-19 to bring back to Earth two Russian cosmonauts, US astronaut.
TASS: Two Russian cosmonauts, US astronaut enter Soyuz MS-19.
TASS: Soyuz MS-19 with two Russian cosmonauts, NASA astronaut undocks from ISS.
TASS: Two Russian cosmonauts, one US astronaut return back to Earth.
TASS: NASA thanks Russia’s Roscosmos for returning US astronaut to Earth.

NASA: Record-Setting NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Return from Space Station.
Collect Space: Record-breaking US astronaut and Russian crew land from station.
Ars Technica: A NASA astronaut just landed in a Russian spacecraft, and all is well.
Space Policy Online: Mark Vande Hei back on earth after record-breaking 355 days in space. 
SpaceCom: NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei back on Earth after record-breaking mission.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Expedition 66 International Space Station Change of Command Ceremony - March 29, 2022.
Roscosmos TV: ISS draait zich om voor het loskoppelen van Sojoez MS-19.
Roscosmos TV: Het sluiten van de luiken.
Roscosmos TV: Loskoppelen van Soyuz MS-19.
Roscosmos TV: Afdaling en landing.
Roscosmos TV: Afdaling en landing (technische uitzending). 
SciNews: Soyuz MS-19 hatch closure.
SciNews: Soyuz MS-19 undocking and departure.
SciNews: Soyuz MS-19 landing.
NASA: Expedition 66 Soyuz MS-19 Hatch Closure on International Space Station - March 29, 2022.
NASA: Expedition 66 Soyuz MS-19 Undocking from International Space Station - March 30, 2022.
NASA: Record-breaking NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei Returns to Earth Aboard the Soyuz MS-19.
NASA: NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei Arrives in Houston.
NASA: Doing Bigger and Better Things All the Time.

ISS – De blogentries, Daily Summary Reports en Science Highlights.
NASA ISS Blog: Trio Set to Go Home Wednesday; First Private Astronaut Mission Nears
NASA ISS Blog: Station Crew Changes Commanders Live on NASA TV
NASA ISS Blog: Expedition 66 Trio Says Farewell to Station Crew
NASA ISS Blog: Expedition 66 Trio Go For Undocking Live on NASA TV
NASA ISS Blog: Soyuz Crew Ship Undocks, Expedition 66 Mission Ends
NASA ISS Blog: Station Trio Returning To Earth Today
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Returns to Earth with NASA-Record Breaking Astronaut
NASA ISS Blog: Expedition 67 Begins and Stays Focused on Human Research
NASA ISS Blog: Astronauts Relax after Busy March, Cosmonauts Get Used to Station Life

NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/25/2022.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/28/2022.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/29/2022.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/30/2022.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 03/31/2022.

Space Station Science Highlights: Week of March 28, 2022

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
TASS: NASA expects Russia to confirm plans for seat barter agreement.
Space News: NASA still working with Russia on ISS seat barter agreement.

Parabolic Arc: Russia’s Decision Day on ISS Nears as Western Sanctions Remain.
TASS: Canada vows to continue work with state bodies for further ISS cooperation - Roscosmos.
TASS: ESA vows to deliver Rogozin’s demand to lift sanctions to member countries.
Reuters: Russia says cooperation in space only possible once sanctions are lifted.
TASS: Roscosmos to report its position on cooperation with West on ISS to President, government.
Ars Technica: Russia asked NASA to end sanctions to save the ISS, but the West didn’t blink.
NASA Watch: The International Space Station Is The Undiscovered Country.

Defense-Aerospace: ISS: "De-Russifying" Western Manned Spaceflight.

Space: Wow! Astrophotographer spots spacewalking astronauts from the ground (photo).
Universe Today: Stunning Image of ISS Taken From the Ground Shows two Spacewalking Astronauts.
ESA: Matthias Maurer Cosmic Kiss Extravehicular Activitites – Full recording.

ESA: On the road to cultured meat for astronauts (and Earthlings).

Collect Space: When did M&M's first fly in space? Setting the sweet record correct.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Space to Ground: Back to the World: 04/01/2022.
NASA: SpaceCast Weekly - April 1, 2022.

Op komst – Commerciële ruimtestations.
TIME: The Age of the Private Space Station Is Upon Us.

Nieuws van een nieuw Russisch ruimtestation.
TASS: Design of Russian orbital station to be completed this year.

CSS – Nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.
ECNS: China's Tianzhou-2 cargo craft leaves space station core module.
ECNS: China's Tianzhou-2 separates from core module (foto’s).
ECNS: Shenzhou XIII astronauts prep for return.
Space News: Chinese spacecraft reenters atmosphere ahead of new space station missions.
ECNS: China's Shenzhou-13 taikonauts preparing for return in April.
ECNS: China's cargo spacecraft re-enters Earth's atmosphere (foto’s).
ECNS: China's cargo spacecraft re-enters Earth's atmosphere, mostly burns up.

Filmpje:
SciNews: Tianzhou-2 undocking and departure.
CCTV: China's Tianzhou-2 Cargo Spacecraft Completes Key Technical Verification Tasks.
CCTV: China's Tianzhou-2 Cargo Spacecraft Returns to Earth.
CGTN: Shenzhou-13 crew prepare to return to Earth.
New China TV: Lift off! China's space odyssey | How China's manned space flight began?

Artemis 1 – Wet Dress Rehearsal.
SpaceCom: Moon mission practice: NASA continues gearing up for Artemis 1 'wet dress rehearsal'.
NASA: NASA to Provide Updates, Coverage for Final Test Ahead of Moon Mission.
Space News: NASA ready for high-stakes, low-profile SLS test.

NASA Artemis Blog: NASA ‘Go’ for Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal.
NASA Artemis Blog: Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal Preparations Underway.
NASA Artemis Blog: Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal Test on Track.
NASA Artemis Blog: Artemis I Update: Countdown is Underway for Wet Dress Rehearsal.
NASA Artemis Blog: Countdown Progressing for Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal.

NASA Watch: SLS Cryo Test Is Off Limits To Media Due To ITAR, Says NASA.

SpaceCom: Critical test for NASA's Artemis 1 moon megarocket kicks off today.
Ars Technica: NASA’s big rocket faces its last test before launching.
The Verge: NASA to conduct elaborate dress rehearsal with new megarocket this weekend.
Spaceflight Now: NASA begins critical Artemis countdown rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center.

Filmpje:
NASA: Media Briefing: Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal Status Update.
Aerojet Rocketdyne: What is Wet Dress Rehearsal?
America Space: Sunrise behind NASA's Space Launch System on Pad 39B, as viewed from Space View Park in Titusville.
Spaceflight Now: Replay: the countdown starts for critical Artemis rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center.

Artemis – HLS – Human Landing System.
NASA NextSTEP – Appendix P: Human Landing System Sustaining Lunar Development.

Teslarati: NASA contracts SpaceX for a second crewed Starship Moon landing.
Space News: Northrop Grumman weighing options for new Artemis lunar lander competition.
Politico: Sanders looks to shoot down Bezos’ moon plans.

Mashable: Why landing a spaceship on the moon is still so challenging.

Artemis – Meer nieuws.
Northrop Grumman: Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests Abort Motor for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft.

NASA: NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne Complete Testing for Modernized RS-25 Engine.

Filmpjes:
Northrop Grumman: NASA’s Orion Spacecraft’s Launch Abort System Abort Motor Static Test.
SciNews: Launch Abort Motor Test for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft.

SciNews: SLS RS-25 Engine Test, 30 March 2022.

Meer geld voor NASA en Artemis in budgetvoorstel NASA FY2023.
Space News: White House requests $26 billion for NASA for 2023.
NASA Watch: White House Wants $26 Billion For NASA In FY 2023.
Aerospace America: Biden budget boosts NASA funding by $2.7 billion.
Spaceflight Now: White House requests $26 billion for NASA in ’23, adds funds for second moon lander.
Ars Technica: No more excuses: NASA in line to get funding needed for Artemis plan.

NASA: Media Briefing: NASA Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Proposal Media Teleconference (filmpje).

SpaceX – FAA laat op zich wachten.
Teslarati: SpaceX’s Starbase environmental review suffers third delay.
Universe Today: Starship Could be Ready for an Orbital Flight in May.

Filmpjes:
NasaSpaceFlight: Robot Dog Roams at the Launch Site | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NasaSpaceFlight: Ship 24's Nosecone Nearly Ready for Stacking | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NasaSpaceFlight: 3 New Raptor V2 Engines Delivered to Starbase | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NasaSpaceFlight: SpaceX Rolls Out Super Heavy Booster 7.
NasaSpaceFlight: How SpaceX is Rapidly Iterating Starship.
NasaSpaceFlight: Booster 7 Rolled Out for Testing | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NasaSpaceFlight: Booster 7 Detached from the LR 11000 Crane | SpaceX Boca Chica.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Aarde: 
NASA: The Geocenter of the Earth Is Changing (And Why That Matters) (filmpje).
ESA: Journey to Destination Earth begins.
SpaceCom: Using tiny satellites to monitor harmful gases from space (op-ed).

Maan:
ECNS: China determines over 40 elements in Chang'e-5 lunar samples, 'significant for Moon formation studies'.
PhysOrg: Study reveals lunar regolith evolution process on Chang'e-4 landing area.
Collect Space: Microscopic particles from first Apollo lunar sample head to auction.
ESA: Satellites around the Moon come another step closer.
ESA: ESA supports Indian lunar and solar missions.
Times Of India: ESA deep space support for Aditya, Chandrayaan-3 this year.
ESA: Winning rovers of lunar polar challenge.
ESA: Rovers compete in lunar Space Resources Challenge (filmpje).
NASA: NASA Names Winners of Lunar Robotics Design Contest.
TASS: Russia’s Luna-25 landing system successfully passes trials.
Astrobotic: Spacecraft Avionics - Peregrine lunar lander.

Mars:
NASA: Mars Curiosity Status Report: Sols 3425-3427: Vuggy Buggy.
NASA: Mars Curiosity Status Report: Sols 3428-3429: A Glass Half Empty? Nope - Definitely Overflowing!
NASA: Mars Curiosity Status Report: Sols 3430-3431: Out Like a Lamb... "Baa".
NASA: What Sounds Captured by NASA's Perseverance Rover Reveal About Mars.
SpaceCom: The speed of sound on Mars is different from Earth, Perseverance rover finds.
AstroBlogs: Voor het eerst is geluid gemeten op Mars – door Perseverance – en dat klinkt echt anders.
ESA: Rover ready – next steps for ExoMars.
Gizmodo: Mars Rover Being Packed Into Storage After Russian Launch Scrapped.
Science: Europe fights to keep Mars rover alive after split with Russia.
Space News: NASA to delay Mars Sample Return, switch to dual-lander approach.
SpaceCom: Perseverance rover's Mars samples now won't make it to Earth until 2033 at best.
Universe Today: This is Where the Mars Sample Return Mission Could be Landing.
ESA: Martian brain freeze.
ESA: Utopia Planitia on Mars.
Mashable: Object crashed into Mars and created this new impact crater.

Jupiter:
the making of JUICE: The Making of JUICE - Episode 7 (filmpje).
ESA: Juice’s journey and Jupiter system tour (filmpje).

Ceres & Vesta:
Astrum: What NASA's Dawn Saw on Ceres and Vesta Stunned Me (filmpje).

JWST – Spiegel afgesteld. Nu nog de instrumenten.
NASA JWST Blog: Webb Begins Multi-Instrument Alignment.
NASA JWST Blog: Webb Continues Multi-Instrument Alignment.
NASA JWST Blog: Webb Completes First Multi-Instrument Alignment.

SpaceCom: Name of James Webb Space Telescope not yet a closed case, NASA officials say.

Filmpjes:
JWST: James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Alignment Update - March 16, 2022.
ESA: Webb's infrared universe.
CSA: Canada among the first to use the James Webb Space Telescope.

Hubble Space Telescope vindt verste ster ooit.
ESA: A record broken: Hubble finds the most distant star ever seen.

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws.
De Tijd: Techondernemer en ruimtevaartgek Jürgen Ingels opent eerste expo: 'Nog nooit zoiets complex gedaan'

Trends: Edgise Artificiële intelligentie in de ruimte

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