SpaceX brak afgelopen week een record en dat doen wij ook met zowat de langste Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart uit de reeks. Want we hebben onze archieven wat uitgekuist. Wat resulteerde in meer dan 50 titeltjes in de NUDR van deze week.

Bij de foto: Belgisch toekomstig astronaut Raphaël Liégeois was samen met zijn collega’s op bezoek in Houston – Foto: ESA.

Een beetje Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws.
Zie verderop ook: ESA astronauten-in-spé op bezoek in Houston. Met Raphaël Liégeois.
Een Belgische telescoop op Antarctica om satellieten en debris in de gaten te houden.
Defensie: Binnenkort een telescoop van Defensie op Antarctica?
VRT NWS: Natuurkundige, landmeter en astronoom vertrekken op expeditie naar Prinses Elisabethbasis in Antarctica.
Info over het STAR-plan van Defensie vind je hier.

Belgische tracker voor zwemmers ontwikkeld met de hulp van ESA.
ESA Space Solutions (via linkedin): Swimtraxx van het Belgische Capetech.

The Brussels Times: EIB agrees to support Wallonia's space sector.
EIB: Belgium: EIB and Walloon Region partner up to grow the Walloon space sector.
Space News: Wallonia brings in Europe’s investment arm to boost space industry.
Zie ook Skywin – Aerospace Cluster of Wallonia.
Wallonia: Aeronautics and space.

En nog dit:
ESA: Tintin’s new adventures in space.

17.12.2023 – Chinese Hyperbola 1 lanceert DEAR 1.
China Daily: China launches commercial carrier rocket.
GTN: China successfully launches commercial carrier rocket SQX-1.

Filmpjes:
CGTN: China successfully launches commercial carrier rocket SQX-1.
SciNews: Hyperbola-1 launches DEAR-1.

19.12.2023 – SpaceX lanceert nieuwe reeks Starlink-satellieten (CCSFS).
SpaceCom: SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites from Florida Dec. 12 .
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX standing down from Starlink 6-34 mission Wednesday due to poor Atlantic weather.
Spaceflight Now: Space X Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral.
UPI: SpaceX launches 23 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via Twitter (a.k.a. X): Lancering live uitzending. Space X Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral.
SciNews: Falcon 9 aborted launch, 13 December 2023.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 128 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 19 December 2023.

19.12.2023 – “Return To Flight” voor New Shepard, met een onbemande vlucht.
SpaceCom: Blue Origin calls off 1st New Shepard rocket launch since 2022 failure due to 'ground system issue'.
Space News: New Shepard return to flight slips one day.

Space News: New Shepard returns to flight with successful suborbital mission.
NSF: Blue Origin’s New Shepard returns to flight.
Ars Technica: Blue Origin’s suborbital rocket flies for first time in 15 months.

NASA: NASA, Partners Continue to Advance Space Tech on Suborbital Flights.

Filmpjes:
Blue Origin: Replay: New Shepard Mission NS-24 Webcast.
SciNews: Blue Origin NS-24 New Shepard launch and landing.

Bij Blue Origin moet het in 2024 wat sneller gaan.
Reuters: Bezos taps Amazon vet to speed up space company Blue Origin.

Maar ook:
Fortune: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket tests in Texas are emitting so much methane you can see it from space.

21.12.2023 – Russische Soyuz 2.1b lanceert Kosmos 2573.
TASS: Russia orbits military satellite.

22.12.2023 – Mislukte lancering voor Alpha – Fly the Lightning.
De weersomstandigheden zorgden in het begin voor uitstel.
SpaceCom: Watch Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket launch for 4th time ever on Dec. 22.
Spaceflight Now: Firefly Aerospace launches its 4th Alpha rocket.
NSF: Firefly suffers second stage anomaly on “Fly the Lightning” mission.
Space News: Firefly Alpha upper stage malfunction puts payload into wrong orbit.

Filmpjes:
Firefly Aerospace: Alpha FLTA004 Fly The Lightning.
SciNews: Firefly Alpha launches Electronically Steerable Antenna.

23.12.2023 – SpaceX lanceert nieuwe reeks Starlink-satellieten (CCSFS).
SpaceX: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites on record-breaking 19th mission.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 first-stage booster on record-breaking 19th flight.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via Twitter (a.k.a. X): De lancering live.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 128 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 23 December 2023.

Chinese ruimtependel zet 6 “vrachtjes” uit.
SpaceCom: China's space plane apparently deployed 6 'mysterious wingmen' in orbit.
The Diplomat: Another Launch for China’s Reusable Space Plane.
The Byte: Chinese spacecraft emitting strong signal over North America.

ThinkChina: China’s strides in spaceflight put the US on notice.

Te verwachten – 08.01.2024 – Vulcan Centaur en Peregrine.
ULA: Vulcan Cert-1: Payloads mounted atop rocket for launch.
Space News: Peregrine lunar lander ready for January launch.
Spaceflight Now: ULA stacks Vulcan rocket for the first time ahead of Jan. 8 debut launch.

Filmpje:
Spaceflight Now: Astrobotic's Peregrine Mission 1, explained.

In verband met de verkoop van ULA.
GovConWire: Report: ULA Gets Buyout Bids From Blue Origin, Cerberus.

Te verwachten – 26.01.2024 – Volgende lancering Virgin Galactic met toeristen.
SpaceCom: Virgin Galactic to launch 6th commercial spaceflight on Jan. 26.

Ariane VI – Opnieuw problemen – Deze keer met de Upper Stage / Nieuwe countdown test loopt wel volgens wens.
European Spaceflight: Ariane 6 Upper Stage Test Aborted Prematurely.
European Spaceflight: ESA Successfully Completes Ariane 6 Launch Sequence Rehearsal.

ESA: Ariane 6 joint update report, 18 December 2023.
Space News: Ariane 6 schedule not affected by aborted upper stage test.
ESA: Ariane 6 main stage final test firing.
ESA: Ariane 6 during combined test loading 3.

Filmpjes:
ESA: Hot fire – Space Team Europe.
ESA: Ariane 6: Getting ready for inaugural flight.

Ariane VI – Upgrade – Test met koolstofvezel brandstoftank verloopt zonder problemen.
ESA: Tough tests no problem for carbon-fibre cryo fuel tanks.
European Spaceflight: Ariane 6 Upper Stage Upgrade Completes Key Testing Phase.

Vega – De verdwenen brandstoftanks.
European Spaceflight: ESA Will Not Open an Investigation into How Vega Tanks Went Missing.

Shetland wordt eerste UK lanceerbasis voor verticale raketlanceringen.
BBC: Shetland is first UK spaceport for vertical rocket launches.
Independent: Shetland’s SaxaVord spaceport cleared for vertical rocket launches.
Space News: SaxaVord Spaceport receives U.K. license.
European Spaceflight: SaxaVord Becomes UK’s First Licensed Vertical Launch Spaceport.
Payload: Highlands to Orbit: How Scotland is Rapidly Expanding its Space Sector to Reach New Heights.
SpaceCom: Western Europe's 1st vertical spaceport cleared for launch, hopes to see rockets fly in 2024.

Nog even de mislukte Virgin Orbit lancering.
Space News: Report outlines lessons learned from first U.K. launch.

Extra geld voor Galactic Energy en Pallas 1.
Space News: Chinese launch startup Galactic Energy raises $154 million for Pallas-1 reusable rocket.

Landspace en Zhuque 3.
SpaceCom: Chinese startup LandSpace poised to begin reusable rocket landing tests.

Relativiy Space en de Aegen raketmotor.
Space Voyaging: Aeon R engine: Successful Fire Test in a Flight-Like Configuration at NASA’s Stennis Space Center.

Filmpjes:
Relativity Space: Aeon R: How Engines are Manufactured at Relativity.
Relativity Space: Aeon 1 MDC vs. Aeon R MDC.
Relativity Space: Aeon R MDC ALT Angles .
Relativity Space: Aeon R First Mission Duty Cycle Complete.

Adjunct-directeur Roscosmos opgepakt wegens verduistering van 4,3 miljoen euro.
The Moscow Times: Russia Space Agency Official Held Over Multi-Million-Euro Fraud.

ESA astronauten-in-spé op bezoek in Houston. Met Raphaël Liégeois.
ESA: Houston, you've got visitors.
ESA: ESA astronaut candidates at NASA's NBL
ESA: Deep dive across the pond.

VRTNWS: Een dag in het spoor van Raphaël Liégeois, Belgische astronaut in opleiding (filmpje).
Spacepage: Raphaël Liégeois op bezoek in het Johnson Space Centre.

ISS – Commercial Cargo – De Europese versie – Heen én terug.
ESA: Competition: developing Europe's space cargo return service.
European Spaceflight: ESA Will Award up to Three Phase 1 LEO Cargo Return Contracts.

ISS – Axiom 3 – Uitstel van lancering.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launch of Axiom Space's 3rd private astronaut mission delayed to Jan. 17.
National News: Turkey's first astronaut to embark on historic mission in January.

ISS – De blogentries, Daily Summary Reports.
NASA ISS Blog: SpaceX Dragon Departure from Space Station for NASA Targets Wednesday
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Health, Space Biology Research as Dragon Awaits Departure
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Packs Dragon for Departure, Keeps Up Advanced Research, and a Cygnus Unberthing is Adjusted
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Packs Dragon With Science for Return, Keeps Up Research Schedule
NASA ISS Blog: SpaceX Dragon Departure from Space Station Targets Thursday
NASA ISS Blog: Dragon, Cygnus Cargo Missions Nearing End This Week
NASA ISS Blog: Cygnus Ready to Depart Station Live on NASA TV
NASA ISS Blog: Live Coverage Underway of SpaceX Dragon Cargo Spacecraft Departure
NASA ISS Blog: Dragon Undocks, Scientific Cargo Headed Back to Earth
NASA ISS Blog: Robotic Arm Releases Cygnus from Station
NASA ISS Blog: Two Spaceships Depart, Crew Will Spend Holidays in Space

NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 13/12/2023.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 14/12/2023.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 15/12/2023.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 18/12/2023.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 19/12/2023.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 20/12/2023.

ISS – Cargo Dragon verlaat het ruimtestation.
NASA: NASA to Provide Coverage as Dragon Departs Station with Science.
ISS National Lab: Dragon Returns to Earth with Abundance of Life Science Research in Tow.
The Sun: SpaceX’s unmanned Dragon spacecraft undocks from ISS after multiple delays.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Expedition 70 SpaceX Dragon CRS-29 Cargo Ship Departs International Space Station - Dec. 14, 2023.
SciNews: SpaceX CRS-29 Dragon undocking.

ISS – Cygnus verlaat het ruimtestation.
NASA: NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman Cygnus Departure from Space Station.
SpaceCom: Cygnus cargo craft departs the ISS Dec. 22 for fiery re-entry in new year.

Filmpje:
NASA: Expedition 70 Northrop Grumman CRS-19 Cygnus Cargo Craft Departs Space Station - Dec. 21, 2023.
SciNews: NG-19 S.S. Laurel Clark Cygnus departure.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
TASS: Progress MS-26 to leave for ISS on February 15, 2024 — Roscosmos.
TASS: International Space Station’s orbit raised by 3.2 km.

NSF: ISS Roundup: 25 year anniversary, spacewalks, cargo arrivals and departures.

SpaceCom: Pew! Pew! Pew! NASA's 1st successful two-way laser experiment is a giant leap for moon and Mars communications (LCRD).

ESA: Bolivia’s hypergravity blood cell test for astronaut health.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Space to Ground: 2023.
NASA: Expedition 70 Space Station Crew Talks with NBC Morning News Now - Dec. 18, 2023.

Skylab – 50 jaar geleden.
NASA: 50 Years Ago: Skylab 4 Astronauts Push Past the One-Month Mark.

Commerciële ruimtestations.
NSR: The impact of commercial space stations delay’s on space travel and tourism.
Space News: NASA report studies options for a future national laboratory in orbit after ISS.

Filmpje:
Sierra Space: World's First Commercial Space Station Burst Test Teaser.

CSS – Tianzhou 7 – Volgende bevoorradingsvlucht in voorbereiding.
ECNS: Long March rocket arrives at launch center for Tianzhou-7 mission.

Filmpje:
CCTV+:  Rocket Arrives at Launch Site for Tianzhou-7 Cargo Mission.

CSS – Ruimtewandeling voor Shenzhou-17 bemanning.
China.gov: Shenzhou-17 crew to do extravehicular activities.

ChinaMil: Spacewalk completes repairs, marks milestone for young astronaut.
ECNS: Shenzhou XVII crew conducts 1st spacewalk.
scmp: China’s Shenzhou 17 crew repairs solar panels outside Tiangong station in space first for country.
Space News: Shenzhou-17 astronauts conduct first spacewalk to repair solar array.

Filmpjes:
CCTV+:  Shenzhou-17 Crew to Conduct Extravehicular Activities: CMSA.
CCTV+: Designer on Extravehicular Maintenance to Space Station.
CCTV+: Shenzhou-17 Crew Completes First Spacewalk.
CCTV+: Shenzhou-17 Crew Completes First Spacewalk.
SciNews: Shenzhou-17 astronauts complete first spacewalk.

Een ruimtestation voor India.
Indian Exporess: First module of Indian space station to launch by 2028: ISRO chief.

Artemis 2 (en ook een beetje Apollo 8).
NASA: Artemis II Crew Trains for Emergency Scenarios Ahead of Moon Mission.
Gizmodo: NASA's Moon-Bound Astronauts Prepare for Emergency Ahead of 2024 Launch.

NASA: NASA’s Artemis II Crew Meet with President, VP at White House.
NASA: Artemis II Crew Visits White House.

SpaceCom: What's it like to buzz an Artemis SLS moon rocket with a supersonic jet? NASA's Artemis 2 commander tells all (video).

NewsWeek: Apollo 8 Crew's Christmas Eve Bible Reading That Nearly 1 Billion Heard.
NASA: 55 Years Ago: Seven Months Before the Moon Landing.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Artemis II Crew Training Resource Reel.
CSA: Vlog 5: Training update.
Video From Space: Artemis 2 moon astronaut reflects on Apollo 8's 55th anniversary.

Artemis – Human Landing System – HLS.
NASA: NASA Astronauts Test SpaceX Elevator Concept for Artemis Lunar Lander.
The Space Review: SpaceX Starship in lunar development.

Filmpjes:
NSF: NASA Human Landing System - Intrepid Museum Astro Live.

Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.
Collect Space: U.S. to land international astronaut on the moon by end of decade.
Payload: US Will Send International Astronaut to the Moon.
Ars Technica: US commits to landing an international astronaut on the Moon.

ESA gaat maanoppervlak simuleren.
ESA: ESA uses terrestrial rocks to recreate the Moon’s surface.
Universe Today: ESA is Stockpiling Simulated Regolith for the Ultimate Lunar Playground.

Starship – Voorbereidingen op IFT-3 gestart.
Space News: Federal agencies caught in environmental crossfire over Starship launches
SpaceCom: SpaceX gearing up for 3rd Starship flight (photos).
Ars Techica: SpaceX completes static fire test in push toward third Starship launch.
Teslarati: SpaceX kicks off Starship testing ahead of next test flight.

Filmpjes:
Lab Padre: SpaceX Demolishes More Starbase Hardware?! - SpaceX Weekly Update #93.
NSF: Next Flight Starship Rolled Out and Tested | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NSF: SpaceX Begins Flight 3 Test Campaign | Starbase Update.
WAI: It's On! SpaceX Sets Record Time For Starship Testing!
NSF: SpaceX Static Fires Ship 28 for Third Starship Flight Test Campaign.
Lab Padre: Booster 10 Static Fire Test (ABORTED).
NSF: Ship 28 Completes Critical Test Fire | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NSF: SCRUB: SpaceX Static Fires Booster 10 for Third Starship Flight Test Campaign.
LabPadre: Superheavy Booster 10 Stacked Ahead of IFT-3! - Photo Gallery [Dec 13th – 19th].
Engineering Today: SpaceX Booster 10's Unexpected Challenge: A Test Gone Awry | B10 Propellant Distribution System.
Marcus House: Why is Starship still getting damaged by a static fire?

AstroForge krijgt problemen met Brokkr-1, een testsatelliet ivm het ophalen van ertsen bij planetoïden.
AstroForge: An update on our progress towards mining in space.
Payload: AstroForge Provides an Update on its Brokkr-1 Demo Mission.
Universe Mag: AstroForge loses asteroid mining spacecraft.

Nog eens DSOC. En poezen.
Zie ook NUDR 675.
NASA: NASA’s Tech Demo Streams First Video From Deep Space via Laser.
met een bijbehorend filmpje op deze link.
EuroNews: Meow from Mars: NASA streams cat video using lazer from Pysche spacecraft 30 million km away.

ESA: Shining a light on NASA’s deep space demo.

CLPS – Uitstel lancering NOVA C voor Intuitive Machines.
SpaceCom: Private moon lander's SpaceX launch delayed a month, to February.
Space News: Intuitive Machines delays first lunar lander launch to February.

Meer over CLPS.
Gizmodo: NASA-Funded Space Ventures Set for Back-to-Back Moon Landings in Early 2024 (Peregrine / NOVA C).

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA Enables Unique Commercial Lunar Delivery Service.
NASA (filmpje): NASA's VIPER Moon Rover Build Sneak Peak.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon:
ECNS: China's spectral imaging coronagraph makes history with solar corona images.
The Times of India: Solar mission Aditya L1 will reach destination on January 6.

Maan:
Crypto News: SpaceX’s DOGE-1 mission to moon reportedly delayed.
Mashable: Spacecraft sends back unusual view of Earth and the moon (SLIM).

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4041-4042: Rocker-Bogie Around the Marsmas Sea.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4043-4044: Still Hanging in There.
Collect Space: NASA donates 'Ingenuity' Mars Helicopter prototype to Smithsonian.
NASA Ingenuity: Flight 69 Preview – By the Numbers.
NASA Ingenuity: The Right Stuff.
NASA Ingenuity: Flight 70 Preview – By the Numbers.
Inside Outer Space: Whirlybird on Mars: Flight #70!
NASA: An Ode to Perseverance and Ingenuity.
NSF: 1,000 sols into their mission, Perseverance and Ingenuity continue to investigate Jezero Crater.
AGU (filmpje): AGU23 Press conference: 1000 Sols and Counting: Perseverance Rover’s Latest Science and Future Plans.
NASA: Ice Flows on Mars (MRO).
PhysOrg: Recent volcanism on Mars reveals a planet more active than previously thought.
Mashable: NASA's car-sized rover spots strong evidence of gushing water on Mars.

Bennu:/Apophis:
NASA: NASA Asteroid Sampling Mission Renamed OSIRIS-APEX for New Journey.

Ryugu:
SpaceCom: Life beyond Earth may form in the coldest depths of space, Ryugu asteroid samples reveal.

Didymos & Dimorphos:
ESA: Hera’s wings of power.

Psyche: 
SETI (filmpje): Evidence of (16) Psyche’s Metallic Nature Found with SOFIA, ft. Anicia Arredondo.

Chinese plannen voor het zonnestelsel:
The Planetary Society: China's plans for outer Solar System exploration.

Nog dit:
NASA DSN: NASA’s Deep Space Network Turns 60 and Prepares for the Future.

Constellaties – Algemeen.
NSR: Starlink vs Kuiper – The FPA race has begon.
FPA staat voor “Flat Panel Antenna”.
NSR: How mega-constellations are impacting satellite operators’ financials.
Via Satellite: What's Next in the Constellation Era?
TechTarget: How low Earth orbit satellite networks improve internet access.

Space News: Big constellations no longer necessarily mean small satellites.
IEEE Spectrum: Civilian Satellites Descend Into Very Low Earth Orbit Climate monitoring and telecom stand to benefit from 100 km orbits.

Space News: Spire launches constellation management platform.

Via Satellite: LEO, MEO, GEO: Operators Chart the Multi-Orbit Path Forward.
Satellite Pro ME: The future of communication: How satellite services will change the game in 2024.

Space News: FCC directing more satellite constellations to mitigate effects on astronomy.
Universe Today: Millions of Satellites Could Have a Profound Effect on the Earth’s Ionosphere.
Space News: Astronomers raise interference concerns from AST SpaceMobile satellite.

Constellaties – Starling in actie.
NASA Blog: NASA’s Starling CubeSats Maneuver into Swarm Configuration.
NASA Blog: NASA’s Starling CubeSats Begin Swarm Experiment Operations.

Constellaties – IRIS2 – De EC en ESA overeenkomst.
EC: IRIS2: European Commission and European Space Agency signed a Contribution Agreement.
Space Intel Report: EU Iris2 constellation schedule slips; system-level bids now due mid-Feb; selecting NewSpace contractors will take months.
Zie ook (gepubliceerd op 30.05.2023: EC: Space: IRIS² procurement enters next phase.
Wordt IRIS2 gelinkt met Eutelsat/OneWeb?
Space News: UK pushing to combine OneWeb Gen 2 and European sovereign constellation efforts.

Constellaties – Een nieuwe constellatie voor aardobservatie in Europa.
Payload: UK, Portugal, and Spain Partner on New EO Constellation.
RoomEU: Britain announces plan to launch EO satellite.

Constellaties – Nieuws over Starlink.
SpaceCom: SpaceX counters FAA claims that its reentering Starlink satellites could hurt or kill people.

Space News: FCC upholds denial of Starlink’s $900 million rural broadband subsidies.
Ars Technica: SpaceX blasts FCC as it refuses to reinstate Starlink’s $886 million grant.

Ars Technica: SpaceX details Starlink-for-phones plan, launching in 2024.
Spacepage: Amerikaanse Federal Communications Commission (FCC) geeft SpaceX toestemming om Starlink op telefoons te testen.

TS2: SpaceX Plans to Deploy Thousands of Satellites in Earth’s Orbit.

Tesmanian: Israel Selects SpaceX's Starlink for Wartime Communications.
Freethink: SpaceX’s Starlink is now available across the entire US.
Satellite Pro ME: Starlink is “winning broadband connectivity battle”, says analyst.
SpaceCom: Elon Musk, Israel agree on use of SpaceX Starlink satellite internet in Gaza.
Teslarati: Starlink completes 9 months of military tests in the Arctic.
Satellite Pro ME: Ghana warns against illegal use and sale of Starlink services.

En ondertussen werd SpaceX heel wat waard.
Statista: Money raised through funding rounds by SpaceX in 2022.
Parabolic Arc: Report: SpaceX Raising Another $750 Million (bericht januari 2023).
Business insider: The value of Elon Musk's SpaceX may rise with new $750 million fundraising effort, reports say (bericht juni 2023).

Space Explored: Pending SpaceX stock sale could put its valuation at $175 billion.
Reuters: Musk's SpaceX value jumps closer to $180 bln in tender offer - Bloomberg News.
Universe Mag: SpaceX’s valuation has reached $180 billion.

Reuters: Billionaire Ron Baron says SpaceX will be worth about $500 billion by 2030.

Reuters: Elon Musk denies report of potential Starlink IPO in 2024.

Constellaties – Project Kuiper.
Amazon: Amazon shares an update on how Project Kuiper’s test satellites are performing.
Amazon: Amazon's Project Kuiper demonstrates safe, controlled satellite maneuvering on orbit.
Amazon: All systems go: Amazon confirms 100% success rate for Project Kuiper Protoflight mission.
Amazon: Learn how Project Kuiper leverages AWS to provide secure connectivity from virtually anywhere.
Amazon: Amazon's Project Kuiper completes successful tests of optical mesh network in low Earth orbit.
Amazon: The latest updates from Project Kuiper’s satellite test mission.

Space News: Project Kuiper prototypes successfully test inter-satellite optical links.
GeekWire: Amazon reveals a secret about its Project Kuiper satellites: They’re using laser links.
Via Satellite: Amazon Demonstrates 100 Gbps Laser Links on Prototype Kuiper Satellites.
IEEE Spectrum: Amazon Fires Up Its Space Lasers Kuiper internet satellites will form a mesh network using optical links.

Ars Technica: Daily Telescope: A space-based camera spys a secretive Project Kuiper satellite.

Constellaties – Nieuws uit China.
Space News: Chinese commercial satellite firm completes high-speed laser image transmission test.
Electricity Magazine: Space battle: China launches a satellite to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink.
The China Space Monitor: China's Answer to Starlink (Nov 2023 Update).

Constellaties – Nieuws uit Rusland.
TASS: Acceleration of low-orbit satellite constellation creation important — PM.
TASS: Russia to set up low-orbit satellite constellation for internet access by 2030.

Nieuws van HST.
NASA: Hubble Views a Double Cluster of Glowing Galaxies.
NASA: Hubble Captures a Cluster in the Cloud.
Ars Technica: Daily Telescope: Hubble images a dazzling star cluster 158,000 light-years away.
SpaceCom: Hubble Telescope captures a galaxy's 'forbidden' light in stunning new image.
NASA: NASA’s Hubble Watches ‘Spoke Season’ on Saturn.
NASA: Hubble Sights a Galaxy with ‘Forbidden’ Light.

Filmpjes:
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: One cluster or two?
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: “Late-type” galaxy?
HubbleWebbESA: Pan of Same galaxy, different filters.
STScI: RS Puppis from the Hubble Space Telescope #shorts.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan of Arp-Madore 2105-332.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan of Star Cluster IC 348 (NIRCam image).
HubbleWebbESA: Saturn (October 2023).

HST – Een terugblik op de eerste  Space Shuttle Hubble Servicing Missions.
NASA: Hubble Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Servicing Mission 1.
NASA: 30 Years Ago: STS-61, the First Hubble Servicing Mission.

Filmpjes:
NASA: The Great American Comeback – Hubble’s Servicing Mission 1 (Ed Weiler).
NASA: Going For It All – Hubble’s Servicing Mission 1 (Story Musgrave).
NASA: The Big Fix – Hubble’s Servicing Mission 1 (David Leckrone).
NASA: Make It or Break It – Hubble’s Servicing Mission 1 (Kathy Thornton).
NASA: Test, Test, and Retest – Hubble’s Servicing Mission 1 (Frank Cepollina).
NASA: Then and Now – Hubble’s Servicing Mission 1 (Ken Bowersox).

Nieuws van JWST.
ESA: A prominent protostar in Perseus.
NASA: Webb Telescope: A prominent protostar in Perseus.
Universe Today: JWST Reveals a Newly-Forming Double Protostar.
ESA: Webb study reveals rocky planets can form in extreme environments.
ESA: Researchers stunned by Webb's view of exploded star.
ESA: Cas A (NIRCam and MIRI comparison).
NASA: NASA’s Webb Stuns With New High-Definition Look at Exploded Star.
NASA: Webb Sheds Light on an Exploded Star.
ESA: Webb identifies tiniest free-floating brown dwarf.
ESA: Star Cluster IC 348 (NIRCam image).
ESA: Webb rings in the holidays with the ringed planet Uranus.
ESA: Uranus close-up view (NIRCam).
ESA: Galactic gathering.
Universe Today: Can Webb Find the First Stars in the Universe?
SpaceCom: Warped supernova spotted by James Webb Space Telescope could settle a longstanding debate.

Filmpjes:
STScI: Webb and Hubble Comparison of MACS 0647.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan of HH 797.
STScI: Cassiopeia A Zoom.
HubbleWebbESA: Webb’s views of Cas A.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan of Cas A.
STScI: Take a Tour of Cassiopeia A.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: Cluster in the Cloud.
STScI: HH 797 - Webb Space Telescope #shorts.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan of galaxy cluster SDSS J1226+2152.

STScI: Reading the Rainbow: Temperature.
STScI: Reading the Rainbow: Distance.
STScI: Reading the Rainbow: Speed.
STScI: Reading the Rainbow: Planets.

JWST – Een terugblik op de lancering een jaar geleden.

Filmpjes:
STScI: James Webb Space Telescope Launch Highlights — 1 #shorts.
STScI: James Webb Space Telescope Launch Highlights — 2 #shorts.
STScI: James Webb Space Telescope Launch Highlights — 3 #shorts.
STScI: James Webb Space Telescope Launch Highlights — 4 #shorts.
STScI: James Webb Space Telescope Launch Highlights — 5 #shorts.
STScI: James Webb Space Telescope Launch Highlights — 6 #shorts.
STScI: Webb's First Images: Dawn of a New Era.

Nieuws van CHANDRA.
Chandra: NASA's Chandra Catches Spider Pulsars Destroying Nearby Stars.

Nieuws van GAIA.
ESA: Gaia’s decade of discoveries: unravelling the intricacies of our galaxy.
ESA: Gaia's 10th anniversary.
SpaceCom: How the songs of stars can help perfect Gaia's sweeping map of our galaxy.
ESA: Galactic Chloé - the Gaia mission.
ESA (filmpje): Gaia turns 10! 

Nieuws van FERMI.
NASA: NASA’s Fermi Mission Nets 300 Gamma-Ray Pulsars … and Counting.
NASA: NASA’s Fermi Mission Creates 14-Year Time-Lapse of the Gamma-Ray Sky.

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA’s Fermi Mission Finds 300 Gamma-Ray Pulsars;
NASA: Narrated Tour of Fermi's 14-Year Gamma-Ray Time-Lapse.
NASA: Fermi's 14-Year Time-Lapse of the Gamma-Ray Sky.
NASA: Fermi's 14-Year Time-Lapse of the Gamma-Ray Sky: Orthographic Projection.
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