Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart – Week 2025/03–735
Soms lijkt het alsof er de voorbije dagen niets gebeurd is, maar dat kan van afgelopen week niet gezegd worden. Het werd het ene hoogtepunt na het andere. Met de geslaagde lacering van twee nieuwe (onbemande) maanlanders, met de geslaagde eerste lancering van een New Glenn (al liep het fout bij de afdaling van de terugkerende eerste trap), met de minder geslaagde lancering van Starship IFT 7 (mét Booster catch, maar ook met een ontploffend Ship). Dat en uiteraard nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week.
Bij de foto: New Glenn in actie (foto Blue Origin).
Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws.
PROBA 3 zijn nu twee satellieten.
ESA: Proba-3 becomes two: satellites separated
Redwire Space en toepassingen van “life support systemen” op Aarde.
VLAIO: Redwire Space brengt de ruimte naar de aarde
Lamba-X High-Tech aan boord van GESat (Lancering Transporter 12).
Meer info in deze Linkedin-post van Lamba-X High-Tech
SCK CEN en 4 maanden continue productie van zuurstof in het ISS.
Meer info over Arthrospira-C vind je in deze Linkedin-post van Natalie Leys (Coordinator of Space Life Science Research program at SCK CEN).
Zie ook o.a.:
sck cen: PhD Defense | Jana Fahrion | Biological oxygen production and air revitalization for habitats on the Moon
De lanceringen van de afgelopen week.
13.01.2025 – Chinese Jielong 3 (Smart Dragon) lanceert 10 CentiSpace satellieten.
ECNS: 2nd space mission of 2025 launched.
ECNS (foto’s): China's Smart Dragon-3 rocket sends satellite group into space.
Space News: Chinese sea launch sends 10 navigation enhancement satellites into orbit.
Filmpjes:
CCTV: China's Smart Dragon-3 Rocket Launches Satellites from Sea.
SciNews: Smart Dragon-3 launches CentiSpace 01.
13.01.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten Group 12-4 (CCSFS).
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from Florida, lands booster for 15th time.
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 223 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 13 January 2025.
13.01.2025 – De eerste vlucht van New Glenn – SCRUB.
Ars Technica: Although it’s “insane” to try to land New Glenn, Bezos says it’s important to try.
Spaceflight Now: Blue Origin scrubs first New Glenn launch attempt due to “vehicle subsystem issue”.
Space News: Blue Origin scrubs first New Glenn launch attempt.
NSF: Blue Origin scrubs maiden flight of New Glenn due to technical issue.
De Standaard (betaalmuur): Na de mislukte lancering van Blue Origin: Waarom Bezos blijft achterlopen op SpaceX.
Ars Technica: New Glenn to make another launch attempt early Thursday.
Filmpjes:
Blue Origin: New Glenn Flight Profile.
De originele Blue Origin livestream is niet meer beschikbaar bij BO, maar je kan de stream nog volledig bekijken via AP:
Associated Press: Blue Origin attempts first launch of its New Glenn rocket (Scrubbed).
SciNews: New Glenn aborted launch.
Spaceflight Now: New Glenn, Explained: What to know about Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin's new orbital class rocket.
14.01.2025 – Falcon 9 lanceert Transporter 12 (rideshare) (VSFB).
NSF: SpaceX Transporter-12 launches more than 100 satellites.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches 131 satellites on Transporter 12 rideshare mission.
SFN: SpaceX launches 131 spacecraft on Transporter-12 Falcon 9 rideshare mission from California.
Space News: SpaceX launches 131 payloads on Transporter-12 rideshare mission.
Payload: Transporter-12 Launches a New Wave of Space Tech.
SatNews: Planet launches high-resolution Pelican-2 satellite plus 36 SuperDoves.
Satellite Pro ME: SpaceX launches UAE’s MBZ-Sat satellite into orbit.
Space Tech in the Gulf Region: UAE Soars to New Heights with the Launch of Three Satellites.
Satellite Pro ME: Space42 expands satellite constellation with Foresight-2 launch.
The Times of India: SpaceX launches 3 Indian startup’s high-tech sats.
ESA: IRIDE pathfinder satellite has launched.
European Spaceflight: SpaceX Launches Pathfinder for Italy’s €1.1B IRIDE Constellation.
Space News: Xplore launches hyperspectral satellite for multispectral constellation.
ESA: InCubed launches highlight ESA’s support for innovation.
Satellite Pro ME: Pixxel launches first three satellites of Firefly constellation.
NASA: NASA’s Latest CubeSat Launches to Earth’s Thermosphere – TES-22.
Space News: Varda’s second mission launches with U.S. Air Force payload.
Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch the Transporter-12 mission to orbit.
SciNews: SpaceX Transporter-12 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing.
15.01.2025 – Space lanceert Blue Ghost M1 (CLPS) en Hakuto-R M2.
NASA: Presskit – Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 (PDF).
SpaceCom: SpaceX will launch 2 private lunar landers this week, kicking off busy year for moon missions.
SpaceCom: Blue Ghost moon lander will help NASA see Earth's magnetic field 'breathing' for 1st time.
Space News: Falcon 9 launches American and Japanese commercial lunar landers.
Collect Space: A trail of two moon landers: Firefly Blue Ghost and ispace Resilience.
SFN: Falcon 9 launches two landers to the Moon on the same mission.
Spaceflight Now: American, Japanese robotic landers share rocket launch to the Moon.
Ars Technica: Two lunar landers are on the way to the Moon after SpaceX’s double moonshot.
VRTNWS: SpaceX lanceert 2 maanlanders van Japanse en Amerikaanse privébedrijven: wie wordt "DHL van maan"?
SpaceCom: What's flying to the moon on ispace's Resilience lunar lander?
SpaceCom: Little house on the (moon) prairie: Artist's 'Moonhouse' set to lift off on lunar lander.
SpaceCom: What's next for the 2 private landers SpaceX just launched toward the moon?
NSS: Building the Lunar Economy: Two Bold Missions, One Shared Vision.
NASA Artemis Blog: Moon Bound: Blue Ghost Captures First Image, Performs Health Checks.
Filmpjes:
NASA: Media Teleconference: NASA Lunar Science Aboard Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1.
NASA: NASA’s CLPS Lunar Delivery Readiness for Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 Media Teleconference.
ispace: ispace HAKUTO R Mission 2: Live Launch Coverage.
NASA: Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 Launch to the Moon (Official NASA Broadcast).
SciNews: Blue Ghost M1 & Hakuto-R M2 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing.
SciNews: Hakuto-R M2 deployment.
16.01.2025 – Geslaagde eerste vlucht voor New Glenn – Booster gaat verloren.
Space News: New Glenn reaches orbit on first launch.
Collect Space: Godspeed, New Glenn: Blue Origin's heavy-lift rocket lifts-off to orbit.
Spaceflight Now: History made: Blue Origin becomes first new space company to reach orbit on its first launch.
Ars Technica: Blue Origin reaches orbit on first flight of its titanic New Glenn rocket.
Cosmos: Bezos’ Blue Origin launch was 15 years in the making.
BBC: Rocket launch challenges Elon Musk's space dominance.
Space News: FAA requires mishap investigation for failed New Glenn landing.
Spacepage: New Glenn raket brengt tijdens eerste lancering succesvol een vracht in de ruimte.
USSF: New Glenn launch signals new era for Space Launch Complex 36.
Air and Space Forces: Blue Origin, SpaceX Test Massive New Rockets; Space Force Watches with Interest.
Filmpjes:
Blue Origin: Replay: New Glenn Mission NG-1 Webcast.
SciNews: New Glenn launch and landing.
NSF: New Glenn's Maiden Flight - The NSF Views.
16.01.2025 – IFT 7 – Geslaagde Boostercatch maar Ship ontploft.
Space News: Starship upper stage lost on seventh test flight.
NSF: SpaceX catches Booster 14 but loses Ship 33 on ascent.
Space Policy Online: SpaceX catches IFT-7 booster, but loses Starship.
NPR: Air traffic controllers rush to divert aircraft after Elon Musk's rocket explodes.
SpaceCom: SpaceX Starship explosion likely caused by propellant leak, Elon Musk says.
SpaceCom: FAA requiring investigation into SpaceX Starship's Flight 7 explosion.
BBC: US grounds SpaceX's Starship after test flight explosion.
Ars Technica: Fire destroys Starship on its seventh test flight, raining debris from space.
SpaceCom: Watch SpaceX Starship explode over Atlantic Ocean on Flight Test 7 (videos).
Space News: FAA investigating Starship debris reports.
Spacepage: Starship ruimtevaartuig gaat verloren tijdens zevende testvlucht.
VRTNWS: SpaceX verliest Starship bij zevende testvlucht maar kan draagraket vangen.
Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Starship's seventh flight test.
SciNews: Starship launch and Super Heavy landing, 16 January 2025.
SciNews: Starship launch anomaly, 16 January 2025.
LabPadre: SpaceX's Superheavy Flight 7 Launch In 4K Slow-Mo.
Marcus House: Starship Exploded! What Went Wrong? Flight Test 7 Explained.
Scott Manley: SpaceX's New Starship Upgrade Puts On Amazing Show As Space Debris.
17.01.2025 – Chinese LM 2D lanceert aardobservatiesatelliet voor Pakistan alsook 2 Chinese satellieten.
Space News: China launches Earth observation satellite for Pakistan.
Filmpjes:
CCTV: China Launches Pakistani Satellite, Two Others.
SciNews: Long March-2D launches PRSC-EO1.
Raketnieuws.
RFA werkt aan eerste lancering RFA ONE.
European Spaceflight: RFA “Fully Focused” on Building New First Stage for 2025 Launch Attemp.
RFA: RFA receives launch licence from the UK.
Space News: RFA gets U.K. launch license.
Poolse SpaceForest test hybride raketmotor – ESA – Boost!
European Spaceflight: SpaceForest Successfully Test-Fires Upgraded Hybrid Rocket Engine.
De tweede lancering v/e Ariane 6 wordt voorbereid. Nieuws over upgrades – P160.
ESA: Ariane 6 central core on the move.
ESA: Ariane 6 boosters on the road for liftoff.
Arianespace: The CSO-3 satellite has arrived at Europe’s spacefport in Kourou, French Guiana.
European Spaceflight: Second Ariane 6 Rocket Takes Shape as Spy Satellite Payload Arrives.
SpaceCom: Europe's new Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket set for 2nd launch in February.
European Spaceflight: Testing of Key Ariane 6 Upgrade to Begin in March.
Hot Fire Test voor Prometheus.
European Spaceflight: ArianeGroup Completes Key Prometheus Hot Fire Test.
Stoke Space haalt extra geld op voor NOVA.
Space News: Stoke Space raises $260 million.
Payload: Stoke Secures $260M Series C For Its 100% Reusable Rocket.
BluShift Aerospace hoopt dit jaar suborbitale raket te lanceren – Starless Rogue.
SpaceCom: BluShift Aerospace hopes to launch 1st suborbital rocket from Maine in 2025.
Het Canadese NordSpace voert statische test uit van Taiga, een suborbitale raket.
SpaceQ: Nordspace successfully static tests Canadian-built suborbital rocket.
Kratos wint contract voor hypersonische testen – MACH-TB.
Space News: Kratos wins $1.45 billion Pentagon contract for hypersonic testing.
Noord-Korea test hypersonische raket.
Business AM: Noord-Korea test hypersonische raket, verhoogt regionale spanningen.
Japanse Interstellar Technogies en Toyota gaan samenwerken – Zero.
Space News: Interstellar and Toyota forge strategic partnership.
NASA, VADR en RocketLabs Neutron.
Via Satellite: NASA Expands Rocket Lab’s VADR Contract to Include Neutron Rocket.
China test allerlei raketmotoren.
SpaceCom: China test-fires 5 new rocket engines in a single day. But what are they for?
Indische Vikas getest op herbruikbaarheid. Nieuw lanceerpad voor LVM3 en NGLV.
Times of India: ISRO test Vikas’ restart tech, key for reusability; LVM 3 core liquid engine flagged off.
Times Of India: ISRO third lannch pad gets cabinet nod, to cost over Rs 3,90,00,000.
Het succes van Falcon 9 – Niet alleen te wijten aan herbruikbaarheid.
Ars Technica: SpaceX is superb at reusing boosters, but how about building upper stages?
Als je vlucht nog eens wordt uitgesteld …
NewsCom.au: Qantas flight delays due to re-entry of SpaceX rockets.
SpaceX en zijn boetes.
Space News: Transportation secretary nominee vows to review SpaceX launch license fines.
Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.
16.01.2025 – Als vierde land ooit koppelt ISRO twee ruimtetuigen aan elkaar – SPADEX.
Times of India: ISRO docks satellites, India takes first step towards entering elite club of nations.
Times of India: Isro successfully docks satellites: Why the feat is crucial for future missions.
Times of India: ISRO’s SpaDex op success stepping stone for India’s ambitious space missions: PM Modi.
Times of India: Orbit for docking satellites chosen keeping human missions in mind.
Space News: India completes on-orbit docking test in step towards major space plans.
SpaceCom: Major milestone! India becomes 4th nation to dock satellites in orbit.
BBC: India successfully conducts historic space-docking test.
Filmpje
ISRO: SpaDex Event Video.
ISS - Starliner astronaute Suni Williams doet ruimtewandeling.
BBC: Nasa astronaut stuck in space ventures outside.
SpaceCom: Astronauts repair black hole observatory, inspect cosmic ray detector on ISS spacewalk.
Filmpjes:
NASA: U.S. Spacewalk Preview News Conference.
NASA: US Spacewalk 91 with Astronauts Nick Hague and Suni Williams (Official NASA Broadcast) .
ISS – De blogentries. Station Science Top News.
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Gears Up for Spacewalk, Conducts Research and Training.
NASA ISS Blog: Health Checks and Suit Installs Before Thursday Spacewalk for Science Upkeep.
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Wraps Up Spacewalk Preps, Keeps Up Human Research.
NASA ISS Blog: NASA+ Spacewalk Coverage Begins for X-Ray Telescope Repair.
NASA ISS Blog: Two Astronauts Start Spacewalk for Astrophysics Hardware Work.
NASA ISS Blog: Spacewalkers Wrap Up X-Ray Telescope Repair Job and More.
NASA ISS Blog: Post-Spacewalk Cleanup, Physics and Biology Research Wrap Up Week.
NASA: Station Science Top News: Jan., 10, 2025.
ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
Ars Technica: A NASA astronaut may have just taken the best photo from space—ever.
Redwire: Redwire Successfully Delivers Fourth Pair of Roll-Out Solar Array Wings for ISS Power
Filmpje:
NASA: Space to Ground: Spacewalk 273: Jan. 17, 2025.
Commerciële ruimtestations.
Payload: Starlab Space Announces European Subsidiary.
ROSS – Nieuws over het toekomstige Russische ruimtestation.
Russian Space News: The first ROS simulator modules will appear at the GCTC in two years.
CSS – Meer nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.
ECNS: China's space station to carry out over 1,000 research projects.
ECNS: Chinese space station expected to welcome onboard first scientific research project from HKSAR within this year.
ECNS: Second group of 'fish astronauts' set to board Tiangong space station this year.
Filmpjes:
CCTV+: China's Space Station to Host over 1,000 Research Projects.
CCTV+: Shenzhou-19 Crew Carry out In-Orbit Test of Pipe Inspection Robot.
CCTV+: Chinese space station experiment initially reveals reverse 'Brazil Nut effect' in microgravity.
CCTV+: More Zebrafish to Swim in China's Space Station.
Naar de Maan (en Mars).
Artemis 2 – Mensen rond de Maan.
Filmpje:
NASA: MOON MINUTE: Artemis II Moon Rocket Progress.
Phlip Sloss: Starship flight test 7 on deck, Mobile Launcher-2 "rig and set," and Artemis II stacking continues.
Artemis 4 – Gateway.
NASA: Houston we have a podcast: Gateway: Japan in Deep Space.
ESA’s Argonaut maanlander.
European Spaceflight: ESA Set to Sign Major Argonaut Lunar Lander Contract in Q1.
Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.
The Space Review: Returning humans to the Moon without SLS and NRHO.
Wordt Apollo 11 een beschermd gebied?
World Monuments Fund: 2025 World Monuments Watch.
World Monuments Fund: The Moon.
SpaceCom: Moon Selected as Historical Site – Preserving Our Lunar Heritage.
Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.
CLPS – 02.2025 – Intuitive Machinese IM2.
ESA: Snooping science on the Moon.
Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.
Ruimteweer:
Space News: Space weather forecast: Strong support from incoming administration.
Zon:
NASA (filmpje): Record Breaking Solar Flyby.
NASA: NASA Solar Observatory Sees Coronal Loops Flicker Before Big Flares.
Mercurius:
ESA: BepiColombo's sixth Mercury flyby: the movie (of via Youtube).
Aarde:
ESA: EarthCARE goes live with data now available to all.
ESA: EarthCARE images smoke layer from Los Angeles fire.
Lockheed Martin (filmpje): Transforming Weather Forecasting with the GOES-R Series.
SpaceCom: Satellites watch 'ghost island' solidify in the Caspian Sea before disappearing (photos).
Maan:
CNSA Watcher (filmpje): Chang'e 7 Mission to Explore Lunar South Pole for Water Ice in 2026.
SpaceCom: China plans to plant a waving flag on the moon in 2026. Here's how.
Space News: Yutu-2 rover likely immobile on the moon after historic lunar far side mission.
ECNS: China's Chang'e-6 lunar samples yield ground-breaking discoveries.
CCTV+ (filmpje): Researchers on Chang'e-6 Lunar Samples Shed New Light on Far Side of Moon.
CCTV+ (filmpje): Chang'e-6 Samples Reveal Rebound in Moon's Magnetic Field.
CNSA Watcher (filmpje): New discoveries about the moon's magnetic field and soil revealed by Chang'e 6 mission.
Mars:
The Space Review: Two (or more) ways to get samples back from Mars – MSR.
Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.
Het einde voor Gaia.
ESA: Last starlight for ground-breaking Gaia.
ESA: The best Milky Way map, by Gaia.
ESA: The best Milky Way map, by Gaia (edge-on).
ESA (filmpje): The best Milky Way animation, by Gaia.
SpaceCom: Goodnight, Gaia! ESA spacecraft shuts down after 12 years of Milky Way mapping.
Universe Today: The Gaia Mission’s Science Operations are Over.
Sky & Telescope: Galaxy-Mapping Gaia Satellite Ends Science Operations.
Spacepage: Laatste sterrenlicht voor ruimtetelescoop Gaia.
Branden rond Los Angeles bedreigen NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab.
Zie ook vorige NUDR.
SpaceCom: Los Angeles fires leave NASA's Deep Space Network mission control empty for 1st time in 60 years.
NASA Watch: JPL Fire Update.
Universe Today: The Los Angeles Fires Got Extremely Close to NASA’s JPL Facility.
SpaceCom: NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab to open next week after LA fires.
Vraagtekens blijven rond Chinese satellietconstellatie Guowang.
Space News: China’s Guowang launch raises questions about satellite purpose and transparency.
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.
Politico: Moon over Mars? Congress is determined to kill Elon Musk’s space dream.
Space Policy Online: Isaacman wins support, but also criticism from Republicans.
SpaceNews (filmpje): Trump 2.0 – How Will the Space Sector Change?
SpaceCom: Trump's space policy won't catch Europe off guard, ESA chief says.
NASA (filmpje): Administrator Nelson, Deputy Administrator Melroy Bid NASA Farewell.
Space: Space Force to march in Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration, a 1st for the new military branch.
Breitbart: Exclusive – Newt Gingrich & Bob Walker: The right stuff: In support of Jared Isaacman’s nomination to lead NASA.
Washington Examiner: Trump NASA pick faces GOP scrutiny over donations to Democrats and DEI ties.
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