Het nieuwe jaar is alvast begonnen met het wachten op twee interessante lanceringen. De verwachting is dat volgende week Blue Origin voor het eerst de New Glenn gaat lanceren. Een officiële aankondiging is er op dit moment echter nog niet. Datzelfde geldt ook voor de 7de testvlucht van Starship. Mogelijk is die lancering voorzien voor 10 januari. Dat en ook deze eerste week van 2025 nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart.

Alvast onze beste wensen voor een heel fijn 2025.

Bij de foto: Blue Ghost is een maanlander gebouwd door Firefly Aerospace in kader van NASA’s CLPS-programma. Op de foto is het exemplaar te zien – na integratie met 10 NASA instrumenten – in volle voorbereiding op een lancering begin 2025. Foto: Firefy Aerospace..

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws. 

Raphaël Liégeois.
De Tijd: Raphaël Liégeois, astronaut: ‘Ik verwacht een andere kijk op de grote levensvragen’

De lanceringen van de afgelopen week.

30.12.2024 – Indische PSLV-CA lanceert SPADEX.
Times Of India: ISRO launches space docking satellites, India on path to elite club; PSLV last stage has 24 payloads.
India Today: Isro Spadex mission: The science behind docking two satellites in space

Space News: India launches space docking experiment with PSLV rocket, advancing major ambitions.
SpaceCom: India launches 2 SpaDeX satellites on ambitious space docking test for future moon mission, space station.
NSF: India launch SpaDeX space docking demonstration, begins assembly of human-rated launch vehicle.
Spaceflight Now: India launches its first on-orbit docking demonstration in 5th and final launch of 2024.

Business AM: India bereikt historische mijlpaal in ruimtevaart.

Filmpjes:
ISRO: PSLV-C60/SPADEX Mission.
SciNews: SpaDeX launch.
SciNews: SpaDeX deployment.

31.12.2024 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 12-6 (KSC).
SpaceX: SpaceX's last launch of 2024 puts Starlink satellites into orbit.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites during final orbital launch of 2024.
NSF: Starlink launch concludes record-breaking 2024.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 21 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 219 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 31 December 2024.

03.01.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Thuraya 4-NGS (CCSFS).
Met een dag uitstel:
UPI: SpaceX delays launch of Thuraya 4 mission for UAE satellite company.

Space News: SpaceX launches UAE’s Thuraya-4 mobile connectivity satellite.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX notches first orbital launch of 2025 with mission for UAE-based Space42.
Space Voyaging: Next-Generation Satellite Thuraya 4-NGS Launched by Falcon 9.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch the Space42ai Thuraya 4 mission to orbit.
SciNews: Falcon 9 launches Thuraya 4 and Falcon 9 first stage landing.
SciNews: Thuraya 4 deployment.

Te verwachten lanceringen.

08.01.2025 (?) – Het debuut van New Glenn.
Via Satellite: Blue Origin Nears Debut Launch for New Glenn Rocket.
Universe Today: New Glenn Completes a Hotfire Test. Next… Flight?
SpaceCom: Blue Origin is expected to launch its 1st New Glenn rocket next week, but when?

10.01.2025 (?) – Starship – IFT 7.
Space News: SpaceX to test vehicle upgrades and payload deployment on next Starship flight
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX to attempt first payload deployment, engine reuse during Starship Flight 7
Spacpage: Starship moet tijdens volgende testvlucht voor de eerste maal vrachten in de ruimte brengen

Filmpjes:
LabPadre: Finally! SpaceX Prepares to Install Tower 2's Chopstick Arms! - SpaceX Weekly #147.
NSF: SpaceX Rolls out Booster 14 | Starbase Starship.
Marcus House: SpaceX Starship: Breaking the Impossible!
NSF: This Is How It Ends. That's Going To Do It. | SpaceX Starbase.
WAI: Why SpaceX’s Starship Raptor Engine Is Lightyears Ahead Of Its Time!

En de samenvatting van IFT 6.
SpaceX: Starship | Sixth Flight Test.

Nog enkele vorige lanceringen.

21.12.2024 – SpaceX lanceert Bandwagon 2 (VSFB).
Space Daily: Space Flight Laboratory confirms launch and deployment of HawkEye 360 Cluster 11.
Space Daily: True Anomaly deploys Jackal spacecraft on Mission X-2.

29.12.2024 – SpaceX lanceert Astranis Block 2 (CCSFS).
Space News: Four-satellite Astranis launch signals shift toward scaled GEO deployments.

Raketnieuws.

De impact van SpaceX lanceringen vanaf Vandenberg SFB.
Space News: Study to examine environmental impacts of increased SpaceX launches from Vandenberg

Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
NASA: Earth to Space Call: NASA Leaders to Speak with Station Astronauts.

Commerciële ruimtestations.
Space News: NASA sees strong support for strategy to maintain continuous human presence in LEO.

CSS – Meer nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.
ECNS: Agency's white paper lists Tiangong's scientific feats.
ECNS: Tiangong Space Station implements 181 scientific and application projects: report.
Inside Outer Space: China’s Space Station: A Progress Report.

Filmpjes:
CCTV+: Memorabilia of China's Tiangong Space Station Development.
CCTV+: Chinese Space Station Experiments Poised to Bring Tangible Benefits for Both Space, Earth.
CCTV+: China's Medical Experiments in Space Station Achieve Rich Results.
CCTV+: China's Shenzhou-19 Crew Sends New Year Greetings from Space.
CCTV+: President Xi's 2025 New Year Address Inspires Shenzhou-19 Crew.
CCTV+: Haolong Space Cargo Shuttle to Cut Costs for Fresh Food Deliveries to Space Station: Chief Designer.

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

Artemis 1 – De problemen met het hitteschild.
SpaceCom: NASA's Orion crew capsule had heat shield issues during Artemis 1 − an aerospace expert weighs in.

Artemis 2 – Mensen rond de Maan.
NASA: Media Day with Artemis II Crews.

Filmpjes:
Philip Sloss: NASA Artemis II, III, IV Quarterly Update #4, 2024 Fourth Quarter in Review.
NASA: From the Artemis II Crew.

Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.
Space News: NASA’s Artemis program needs a new public relations angle.
PhysOrg: Humans will soon be able to mine on the moon—but should we? Four questions to consider.

ESA’s LUNA.
ESA: Making a Moon robot show on Earth.

Twee filmpjes:
ESA: Robot rock at LUNA.
ESA: Robotics lab at ESTEC.

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

CLPS – 01.2025 – Blue Ghost M1 (en Hakuto-R M2).
Universe Today: NASA to Probe the Secrets of the Lunar Regolith  (CLPS).

NASA: NASA’s LEXI Will Provide X-Ray Vision of Earth’s Magnetosphere.
NASA (filmpje): From the Moon, NASA’s LEXI Will Reveal Earth’s Magnetic Shield.
NASA: NASA Anticipates Lunar Findings From Next-Generation Retroreflector.
NASA (filmpje): NASA Anticipates More Lunar Findings from Next-Generation Artemis Retroreflector.

Ook de Japanse Hakuto-R M2 wordt met deze lancering richting Maan gestuurd.

CLPS – 02.2025 – Intuitive Machinese IM2.
UPI: NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission to take macro-measurements of moon's surface in 2025.

CLPS – 09.2025 – Griffion Mission 1.
NASA (filmpje): Flight testing lidar hazard detection instrument for lunar missions  (CLPS).

Over de toekomst van NASA’s Mars Sample Return – MSR.
NASA: NASA to Host Media Call Highlighting Mars Sample Return Update.
SpaceCom: Can NASA's troubled Mars Sample Return mission be saved?

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon: 
NASA: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Reports Healthy Status After Solar Encounter.

Maan:
Universe Today:A New Mission Watches Meteoroids Hit the Far Side of the Moon – ESA – LUMIO.
CCTV+ (video): Research on Chang'e-6 Lunar Samples Underway.

Aarde:
SpaceCom: Satellites map Earth's ocean floors in unprecedented detail.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4402-4415: Rover Decks and Sequence Calls for the Holidays.
Universe Today: Crisscrossing Dust Devil Tracks Across the Surface of Mars.
SpaceCom: We finally know where to look for life on Mars.
European Spaceflight: ESA Targets 2035 for Second Mission to Mars – LightShip Tug.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

Europese “Geo-Return Policy” is fundamenteel voor ESA.
European Spaceflight: ESA Director General Reaffirms Geo-Return Policy as “Fundamental”.

Ruimteafval stort neer in Keniaans dorp.
Inside Outer Space: Skyfall: Debris Crashes into South African Village – Believed to be Launch Vehicle Leftover.
Gizmodo: Unidentified Rocket Fragment Crashes in Kenyan Village.
SpaceCom: Space debris crashes into Kenyan village, believed to be leftover rocket hardware.

Hoe een schrikkeldag een satellietconstellatie in de problemen bracht – OneWeb.
Eutelsat: Eutelsat statement on OneWeb temporary outage.
Space News: Eutelsat resolves OneWeb leap year software glitch after two-day outage.
Gizmodo: Rival to SpaceX’s Starlink Goes Dark After Failing to Account for Leap Year.

Meer geld voor Chinese satellietconstellatie Qianfan/Thousand Sails.
Space News: Satellite manufacturer for Chinese megaconstellation secures $137 million funding.

IRIS2 is niet het Europese antwoord op Starlink – Wel op Starshield.
Space Economy Institute: Iris² is (not) the European answer to Starlink.

Het jammen van (vijandige) satellieten.
Task & Purpose: Space Force to deploy new jammers to yell at enemy satellites

Trump, Elon en Isaacman.
Voorlopig blijven we doorgaan met het vermelden van berichtjes over deze drie, zolang het een beetje met ruimtevaart te maken heeft.
Ars Technica: Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.”

Om af te ronden – Gewezen president Jimmy Carter overleden.
NASA: NASA Administrator Pays Tribute to President Carter.
Ars Technica: A Cold War mystery: Why did Jimmy Carter save the space shuttle?
SpaceCom: Former US President Jimmy Carter dies at 100, but his voice continues 'into the cosmos'.

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