Wie terugkijkt op de voorbije week, ziet ongetwijfeld dat we in afwachting zijn van zoveel interessante ruimtevaartgebeurtenissen. Niet alleen zijn er een reeks Belgische satellieten op komst, op komst zijn een aantal interessante lanceringen zoals Starship en IFT 3, een bemande Starliner, een onbemande DreamChaser maar ook een Ariane VI en wie weet zelfs een New Glenn. En India selecteert 4 kandidaat-astronauten voor een eerste Indische bemande Gaganyaan-missie. Dat en nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart.

Bij de foto: Odysseus staat op de Maan, maar was een beetje door één van zijn landingspoten gezakt. Foto: Intuitive Machines.

Een beetje Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws. 

PROBA 3.
ESA: Proba-3's laser-precise positioning.
Space Voyaging: Redwire Space Tests Laser For ESA’s Proba-3 Mission.

Afscheid van PROBA 1 / CHRIS.
BELSPO: Celebrating ESA’s first small satellite with science success.

Vier nieuwe Belgische satellieten – Rose, Loulou, Riri, and Fifi.
Aerospacelab (via linkedin): Rose, Loulou, Riri, and Fifi.
Meer info vind je o.a. in dit BELSPO-document (september 2023).

Een Belgische startracker en ruimteafval.
Arcsec (via Linkedin): Presenting DeDUST – Debris Detection Using Star Trackers.

B.USOC helpt Europese astronaut Mogensen bij uitvoering van ISS-experiment.
BIRA: Installatie van nieuwe CompGran stalen door Andreas Mogensen in het Fluid Science Laboratory.

ALTUS, een Belgische satelliet met lancering in 2026.
BELSPO: ALTIUS, de Belgische vlaggenschipmissie om de atmosfeer te monitoren.

Het Belgische “space warehouse” – STARFAB.
European Spaceflight: Two words – Space Warehouse.
Zie ook NUDR 685 (eind januari).

De lanceringen van afgelopen week.  

25.02.2024 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 6-39 – CCSFS.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral.
Florida Today (foto’s): SpaceX launches Starlink 6-39 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Payload: SpaceX Improves Falcon 9 Performance and Flies a Record 24 Starlink v2 Mini Satellites.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: Live verslag.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 141 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 25 February 2024.

29.02.2024 – Russische Soyuz 2.1b lanceert o.a. Meteor-satelliet. Alsook een satelliet voor Iran.
TASS: Launch vehicle with Meteor-M satellite installed at Vostochny spaceport’s launch pad.
TASS: Meteor-M satellite launched from Vostochny spaceport reaches orbit.
TASS: Russia to stop receiving data from Western weather satellites by end of 2024 — watchdog.
TASS: Fregat booster puts 17 Russian satellites, one Iranian satellite into orbit.

Reuters: Iran's Pars 1 satellite enters space after Russian launch.
ALJazeera: Iran launches ‘domestically developed’ imaging satellite from Russia.

Filmpjes:
Roscosmos: Broadcast of the launch of the Meteor-M spacecraft No. 2-4.
Toscosmos: Technical broadcast of the launch of the Meteor-M spacecraft No. 2-4.
SciNews: Soyuz-2.1b launches Meteor-M No. 2-4 and 18 small satellites.

29.02.2024 – Chinese LM 3B/G lanceert “High Orbit Internet Satellite” WHG-01.
Space News: China launches first high orbit internet satellite.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: China Sends High-Orbit Internet Services Satellite into Space.
SciNews: Long March-3B launches WHG-01.

29.02.2024 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 6-40 – CCSFS.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches Leap Day Starlink satellites into orbit, lands rocket at sea (video).
Teslarati: SpaceX sends 23 more Starlink satellites into orbit on Leap Day.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: Live verslag lancering.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 142 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 29 February 2024.

Te verwachten lanceringen.

Lancering NOAA-weersatelliet uitgesteld door probleem met Falcon Heavy.
NASA: Launch of NOAA Weather Satellite Delayed.
ExecutiveGov: NASA, SpaceX Update Launch Schedule for NOAA’s Final GOES-R Series Weather Satellite.

Filmpje:
NOAA: GOES-U Arrives at Kennedy Space Center.

India stelt 4 ruimtevaarders voor. Volgend jaar eerste bemande Gaganyaan-missie.
Reuters: India announces four-member crew for 'Gaganyaan' space mission.
BBC: Gaganyaan: India names astronauts for maiden space flight.
SpaceCom: India unveils astronauts for 1st human spaceflight mission in 2025.

SpaceCom: India completes critical test for Gaganyaan flight crewed by humanoid robot later this year.
Times Of India: Know the four Indian astronauts-select chosen for India's Gaganyaan mission.
Times Of India: Gaganyaan: Why test pilots are best suited for first mission.
Times Of India: India to have own space station by 2035, set to become commercial hub.

Space News: India targets uncrewed Gaganyaan orbital test mission in July, crewed flight in 2025.

Filmpjes:
India Today: PM Reveals Names Of 4 Gaganyaan Mission Astronauts, Promises India's Own Space Station By 2035.
India Today: India announces Astronauts for Maiden Human Space Flight Mission | India Today News.
Dr Qamar Cheema: Modi sending Gaganyaan Mission is India's first human space flight program: Space station by 2035.

Raketnieuws.

SpaceX test nieuwe ontstnappingssysteem voor astronauten op SLC40.
SFN: SpaceX tests new emergency escape system to certify pad 40 at Cape Canaveral for astronaut missions.

Filmpjes:
SFN: SpaceX tests new astronaut escape system.

Blue Origin en ULA.
Space News: Space Force top buyer keenly watching ULA and Blue Origin: ‘They need to scale’.
Payload: Blue Origin’s ULA Investment Case: Payload Research.

Filmpje:
NSF: Blue Origin's New Glenn Comes to Life!

Nieuwe Neutron-raket van Rocket Lab wellicht niet meer dit jaar. Of toch wel?
Defense One: Rocket Lab won’t be ready to launch its new rocket by year’s end, documents suggest.
Space News: Rocket Lab pushing for first Neutron launch in 2024.

Nieuws van Firefly Aerospace.
Spaceflight Now: Firefly Aerospace doubles Texas footprint to support testing of Antares 330, MLV rocket.

Space Voyaging: Firefly Aerospace Selected as NRO Launch Provider with Alpha Rocket.
Space News: Firefly cleared to compete for National Reconnaissance Office launch missions.
Payload: Firefly Aerospace Tapped to Compete for US Spy Sat Launches.
Payload: Firefly Doubles its Footprint and Charts a Course for ‘Launch, Land, Orbit’.

Nieuws over Astra.
Space News: Astra founders reduce offer to take company private.

Northrop Grumman gaat mogelijk een 1.000 werknemers ontslaan.
Space News: Northrop Grumman warns space sector employees of potential layoffs.

Raketnieuws uit Rusland.
TASS: Polet can make up to 8 Angara-A5 rockets per year — CEO.
TASS: Russia working on superlight reusable launch vehicle, says Roscosmos chief.
TASS: Russia to conduct over 40 space launches this year — Roscosmos chief.
TASS: Roscosmos to spend about $545 mln on small satellites conveyor (bouw van kleinere satellieten).

Raketnieuws uit China.
ECNS: Nation plans 100 space missions this year.
Space News: China’s 2024 space plans include 100 launches and moon sample return mission.
CCTV+ (filmpje): China to Launch Record Number of Spaceflights in 2024.

Space News: Chinese rocket engine startup Space Circling secures funding.

ECNS: Long March 12 to debut this year.
Space News: China's latest Long March rocket to debut in year of record missions – LM12.
SpaceCom: China to debut new Long March rockets in 2024 – LM6C – LM12 – LM8 (– LM9 – LM10).

Donfang Hour (filmpje): Why China Wants to Massively Launch from the Sea.

Ook in Australië werkt men aan een raket – Gilmour Space en Eris.
Space News: Launch vehicle startup Gilmour Space raises $36 million.

Ruimtestations.

NASA’s nieuwe groep kandidaat-astronauten.
NASA – Houston, we have a podcast: Astronaut Graduation 2024.

Filmpje:
NASA: NASA's 2024 Astronaut Graduation (Official NASA Trailer).
NASA: NASA's 2024 Astronaut Graduation.
NASA: 2021 Astronaut Candidate Class Resource Reel (1080P).

ISS – Een terugblik op Axion 3.
SpaceCom: SpaceX's longest-ever astronaut cruise was a smooth ride, Ax-3 crewmembers say.

Filmpjes:
Axiom Space: Ax-3 Mission Recap.
Axiom Space: Ax-3 Mission | Post-Mission Press Conference.

ISS – Crew 7 wordt weldra afgelost door Crew 8.
NASA: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Completes Scientific Mission on Space Station.

Filmpje:
NASA: The Science of NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 Mission.

Nog eens Dream Chaser.

Filmpje:
Sierra Space: Dream Chaser Spaceplane Environmental Test Campaign at NASA Armstrong Test Facility.

Integratie Atlas V voor Starliner lancering.
NASA: NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Stacking Up For Launch.
Boeing (met filmpje): Packing Starliner cargo is a balancing act.

ISS – Yep, er is weer een lek in het Russische gedeelte van het ruimtestation.
TASS: Air leak at ISS poses no threat, flight continues as planned — cosmonaut Kononenko.
TASS: Air leak in Russian segment of ISS increases, but no impact on crew safety — NASA.

Space News: NASA monitoring increased leak in Russian ISS module.
SpaceCom: Air is leaking from a Russian ISS module, but 'no impact to crew,' NASA says.
Gizmodo: The Air Leak on ISS Russian Module Is Getting Worse.

ISS – De blogentries, Daily Summary Reports.
NASA ISS Blog: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Astronauts Depart Houston for Florida.
NASA ISS Blog: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Astronauts Touch Down at Florida Spaceport.
NASA ISS Blog: NASA SpaceX Crew-8 Flight Readiness Review Concludes, Teleconference to Follow.
NASA ISS Blog: Station Crew Explores Space Health as Dragon Crew Nears Launch.
NASA ISS Blog: Expedition 70 Crew Works on Station Airlocks and Exercise Research.
NASA ISS Blog: Space-Caused Eye, Head Pressure Research as Crew-8 Preps for Launch.
NASA ISS Blog: Maintenance Day Aboard Station as Crew-8 Launch Moves.
NASA ISS Blog: Orbital Plumbing, Foam Physics Wrap Week as Crew-8 Nears Launch.

NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 22/02/2024.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 26/02/2024.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 27/02/2024.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
NASA:  Groundbreaking Results from Space Station Science in 2023.

SpaceCom: Why ISS astronauts won't know where to look for next total solar eclipse for a while.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Space to Ground: Coming Up Next: March 01, 2024.

CSS – Meer nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.
ECNS: Astronauts selected for Shenzhou-18, 19 missions.

Filmpjes:
CCTV+: Shenzhou-17 Crew Ready for 2nd Spacewalk.
New China TV: Xinhua News | Shenzhou-17 crew completes 2nd extravehicular mission.
CGTN: China's Shenzhou-17 crew completes second extravehicular activity.
CCTV+: Shenzhou-17 Crew Complete 2nd Extravehicular Mission.

CCTV+: Tiangong TV | Magnificent Morning View Captured by China's Tiangong Space Station.

CCTV: China to Advance Applications of Space Station, Manned Lunar Exploration Program in 2024.
CCTV: China's First Female Astronaut Suggests Promoting High-Quality Development of Space Lab.

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

Artemis 2.
NASA: NASA, Partners Test Artemis II Recovery Procedures.
NASA: Artemis II Crew, Recovery Teams Train for Final Phase of Moon Mission.
SpaceCom: Get to the choppa! Artemis 2 moon astronauts practice splashdown with U.S. Navy (images, video).
SpaceCom: Artemis 2 moon astronauts will enjoy maple cream cookies and smoked salmon thanks to Canada.

Artemis – Human Landing System – HLS.
NASA: NASA, SpaceX Test Starship Lunar Lander Docking System.

SpaceCom: SpaceX Starship docking system readies for moon missions in tests with NASA.
Universe Today: NASA Tests the New Starship Docking System.

Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.
SLS – Northrop Grumman: Northrop Grumman Completes First BOLE Solid Rocket Motor Segment for NASA’s Space Launch System.

Aviation Week: Artemis Program Problems Prompt Warning From NASA Former Chief.

SpaceCom: Cooperation on the moon: Are the Artemis Accords enough?

NASA: NASA Signs Agreement with Nikon to Develop Lunar Artemis Camera.
Universe Today: Electrodes in Spacesuits Could Protect Astronauts from Harmful Dust on Mars.
SpaceCom: Computer-simulated moon dust may help lunar robots pass a major hurdle.
Universe Today: New Study Addresses how Lunar Missions will Kick up Moondust.

Filmpje:
SciNews: SLS RS-25 Engine Test, 29 February 2024 (615 seconds test).
Lockheed Martin: The Companies Building Artemis – Returning Humans to the Moon.

ILRS – China naar de Maan.
ECNS: Chinese lunar lander and new crew spaceship names revealed.
Collect Space: China reveals names of new spacecraft to land taikonauts on moon.
Inside Outer Space: China’s Moon Agenda in “Accelerated Pace”.

Filmpje:
SciNews: Mengzhou and Lanyue - China’s human lunar exploration vehicles.

Starship – Aftellen naar IFT-3.
Space News: FAA closes investigation into second Starship test flight.
Ars Technica: SpaceX discloses cause of Starship anomalies as it clears an FAA hurdle.
SpaceCom: FAA closes investigation into explosive 2nd flight of SpaceX's Starship megarocket.
Teslarati: SpaceX nears third Starship launch clearance following FAA investigation closure.

Filmpjes:
Lab Padre: How Does SpaceX Keep Up The Insane Pace of Progress?! + Florida Flyover - SpaceX Update #103.
Engineering Today: SpaceX Targets Nine Starship Launches In This Year & Plans At Least Four Starship Launch Pads.
NSF: Clues About SpaceX's Second Starship Launch Tower! | Starbase Update.
NSF: SpaceX Tests Ship 28 as Part of the Third Starship Launch Campaign.
NSF: Starship Flight 2 Mishap Investigation Concluded.
WAJ: SpaceX Is Racing To The Third Starship Launch & Reveals The Second Tower Location!
NSF: Ship 28 Awaits Re-stacking on Booster 10 | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NSF: SpaceX Rolls Out Ship 29 for Testing.
WAI: FAA Starship Approval: Why It's A Big Deal For SpaceX!
LabPadre: Starbase Is Gearing Up For IFT-3! - Starbase Gallery [Feb 21st - 27th, 2024].
Marcus House: We FINALLY know! The facts behind SpaceX's Dramatic Starship Explosions!
NSF: Ship 28 Stacked Once Again | SpaceX Boca Chica.

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

NOVA-C / Odysseus gaat de maannacht in – Het einde voor de maanlander.
NASA: NASA’s LRO Images Intuitive Machine’s Odysseus Lander.

SpaceCom: Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander beams home 1st photos from lunar surface.
Payload: IM-1 Is Sideways, But We’ve All Been There.
Inside Outer Space: EagleCam Ready for Action: Selfie Photos of Tipped Over Moon Lander.

Space News: Intuitive Machines expects early end to IM-1 lunar lander mission.
PhysOrg: Sideways moon landing cuts mission short, private US lunar lander will stop working Tuesday.
Space Policy Online: Odysseus sends back lunar images.
Ars Technica: Odysseus has less than a day left on the Moon before it freezes to death.

NASA: NASA, Intuitive Machines to Discuss Moon Mission, Science Successes.

NASA: NASA, Intuitive Machines Share Images from the Moon, Provide Science Updates.
Ars Technica: That moment when you land on the Moon, break a leg, and are about to topple over.
Universe Today: Odysseus Is Going to Sleep After Sending Snapshots From Moon Landing.
Space News: Intuitive Machines and NASA call IM-1 lunar lander a success as mission winds down.
Inside Outer Space: Moon Lob-1: EagleCam Ejected from Lander…No imagery of Damaged Odysseus.
SpaceCom: Goodnight, Odysseus. Intuitive Machines' private moon lander goes offline — but could it rise again?

Collect Space: Leftover Apollo flag landed on moon with Intuitive Machines' lander.
ILOA: ILOA receives first moon surface and lunar descent images from ILO-X.
Inside Outer Space: Private Lunar Lander: “The Dawn of Radio Astronomy from the Moon Has Begun!”
The Space Review: The phases of lunar lander success, revisited.
Space Explored: The story of Odysseus: America’s first lunar landing since Apollo.
Space Impulse: Pioneering a New Frontier: Legal and Policy Implications of the Intuitive Machines Lunar Landing.

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson Congratulates Intuitive Machines on First Lunar Landing.
SciNews: Odysseus observed by NASA’s LRO..
The Space Bucket: What Exactly Went Wrong During Odysseus’s Landing?
Scott Manley: Why Was This Moon Lander Built So Tall?
Scott Manley: Why NASA's First Landing On The Moon in 50 Years Matters - It's Commercial, Cryogenic & Confused.
SciNews: Odysseus’s first images from the Moon.

Nova C / Intuitive Machines is ook bezig met volgende maanlanding.
Inside Outer Space: Intuitive Machines: Readying its Next Moon Lander – Major Assignments.

SLIM overleeft (eerste) maannacht.
Space News: Japan’s SLIM moon lander stages unexpected revival after lunar night.
Universe Today: Surprise! Japan’s SLIM Moon Lander Wakes Up After a Freezing Night.
Sky & Telescope: Japan’s lunar lander wakes up (Again!).

SpaceCom: It's alive! JAXA's SLIM moon lander sends home new photos after surviving frigid lunar night.
Space Policy Online: SLIM beats the odds again.

SpaceCom: Japan's SLIM moon lander powers down as long lunar night falls (again).

MSR – Komt er nog ooit een Mars Sample Return ? 
Het rapport van NASA’s OIG – Audit of the Mars Sample Return Program – vind je hier (PDF).
NASA Watch: Will Mars Sample Return Ever Return A Mars Sample?
SpaceCom: Will NASA be able to return Mars samples to Earth? New audit raises doubts.
Space News: MSR problems illustrative of challenges for NASA flagship missions, audit concludes.
Aviation Week: Mars Sample Return Mission Faces Challenges, NASA IG Says.

ESA: Grip on Mars (MSR – Mars Sample Return).
Aero Space America: For Mars Sample Return, a small rocket poses a big challenge – MSR.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Aarde:
ESA (filmpje): How will space transform the global food system?
ESA: Earth from Space: Dawson-Lambton Glacier home to penguins.
NASA: NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement Mission: 10 years, 10 stories.

Maan:
NASA: Mission Manager Update: All VIPER Flight Instruments Installed!
CCTV (filmpje): China's Chang’e-6 to Collect Samples from Far Side of Moon in 2024.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4107-4109: Drilling Mineral King.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4110-4111: Mining Into Mineral King.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4112-4113: In The Presence Of Royalty.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4114-4115: Bingo! It's Official – Curiosity's 40th Successful Drill Hole on Mars!
SpaceCom: Ingenuity Mars helicopter snapped rotor blade during hard landing last month (video, photo).
Universe Today: Ingenuity Won’t Fly Again Because It’s Missing a Rotor Blade.
Universe Today: Mars Had its Own Version of Plate Tectonics.

Jupiter:
Universe Today: How Warm Are the Oceans on the Icy Moons? The Ice Thickness Provides a Clue.

Planetoïdengordel:
Space Impulse: UAE’s MBR Explorer Mission On Track to Explore Asteroid Belt.

Didymos en Dimorphos: 
ESA: DART impact might have reshaped Hera's target asteroid.
SpaceCom: NASA's asteroid-impacting DART mission completely changed the shape of its target.
Sky & Telescope: NASA’s DART impact reshaped the asteroid Dimorphos.

Bennu:
Collect Space: Rare OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample debuts at Space Center Houston.

Apophis:
SpaceCom: NASA's OSIRIS-APEX asteroid probe wakes up after surviving close pass by the sun

Voyager:
NPR: The aging Voyager 1 spacecraft has a serious glitch, and NASA is pondering risky fixes.

En nog dit:
Maan en Planeten Podcast: Recente ontwikkelingen in het zonnestelsel - februari 2024.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

Amerikaanse TIMED botst net niet met afgedankte Russische satelliet.
NASA: NASA’s TIMED Spacecraft to Make Close Pass with Satellite.
NASA: NASA’s TIMED Spacecraft Passes Safely by Satellite.

SpaceCom: Near miss! NASA satellite, dead Russian spacecraft zoom past each other in orbit.
Payload: A Satellite Conjunction Scare Marks an “Inflection Point” in Collision Risk.

Nog eens Varda en de Winnebago-capsule.
Zie ook de vorige NUDR.
Universe Today: Watch the Varda Capsule’s Entire Fiery Atmospheric Re-Entry.

Ter info:
Code of Federal Regulations: Part 450 – Launch and reentry license requirements.
En hier vind je de reentry licentie voor Varda (PDF).

Twee filmpjes:
Varda Space: Varda Capsule Reentry - Five Minutes from LEO to Earth.
Varda Space: Varda Capsule Reentry - Full Video from LEO to Earth.

Nog eens de reentry van de Europese ERS-2.
Zie ook de vorige NUDR.
ESA: ERS-2 buckles and bends during final farewell.
SpaceCom: Radar images reveal damage on Europe's doomed ERS-2 satellite during final orbits.
Universe Today: See the Dramatic Final Moments of the Doomed ERS-2 Satellite.

Filmpjes:
ESA: ESA satellite returns to Earth.
NSF: 30 Year Old Satellite Reenters - Goodbye ERS-2.

Het einde voor NASA’s OSAM-1.
OSAM staat voor On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing.
NASA: Update on Status of NASA’s OSAM-1 Project
Space News: NASA cancels OSAM-1 satellite servicing technology mission.
NASA Watch: NASA Finally Kills OSAM-1 Long After It Needed To Be Halted.

Lockheed Martin neemt wellicht Terran Orbital over.
Space News: Lockheed Martin offers to acquire Terran Orbital.

Enkele eerdere berichten over Terran Orbital.
Aviation Week: Scrutiny Intensifies On Terran Orbital’s CEO.
Aviation Week: Terran Orbital Neutralizes ‘Concerned Investor Group’.

Noordkoeraanse Malligyong-1 lijkt dan toch “alive and kicking”.
SatTrackcam Leiden: A perigee-raising manoeuvre by the North Korean satellite Malligyong-1.
CNA: North Korea's first spy satellite is 'alive', can manoeuvre, expert says.
Business Insider: North Korea's twice-failed spy satellite is now up and running, aerospace experts say.

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