Er waren de afgelopen twee weken enkele uitschieters. Zoals de korte bemande vlucht van de Fram2-astronauten, een unieke reis over de polen van de Aarde. Minder positief was de mislukte eerste lancering voor ISAR Aerospace (ook al noemden ze het zelf een groot succes).

Maar net voor het verschijnen van deze NUDR raakte het budgetvoorstel bekend dat de Trump administratie voor NASA heeft uitgewerkt. En om het zacht uit te drukken, het ziet er niet goed uit

Aangezien we na een week onderbreking een extra lange Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart hebben, is dit exemplaar opgesplitst in twee delen
Week 2025/14–746a (met het Belgische ruimtevaartnieuws, de lanceringen en meer nieuws over raketten, bemande ruimtevaart (met het ISS) en het hoofdstukje "Naar de Maan en Mars" met Artemis en Starship.
Week 2025/14–746b (met het Nieuws uit het Zonnestelsel, het Trump-gerelateerde nieuws, en nieuws van ruimtetelescopen zoals HST, JWST en andere).

Bij de afdeling: Rond het Artemis-programma blijft voorlopig nog heel wat onduidelijkheid, maar vlucht Artemis 2 heeft ondertussen wel een patch gekozen. Foto: NASA

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws. 

Vlaanderen gaat minder geld aan ruimtevaart besteden.
Flanders Space: Geplande besparing op ESA zal de groei van de Vlaamse ruimtevaart een halt toeroepen.

Vlaanderen en Duitsland.
Flanders Investment & Trade: Vlaamse kansen in de Duitse ruimtevaartindustrie?

ESA start een Business Incubation Centre in Brussel.
De vorige Belgische ESA BICs (Vlaanderen en Wallonië) bestaan niet meer. 
ESA: ESA BIC Belgium call for startups.
Bruzz: Europees ruimteagentschap ESA wil 24 Belgische start-ups lanceren in Brussel.
Zie ook de website van de Belgische BIC.

Copernicus-contract voor OIP.
OIP: OIP to develop the CLIM optical payload for the third satellite of the Copernicus CO2M mission.

Het project MOVIQ ICON is afgelopen.
Flanders Space: Het MOVIQ ICON-project is afgelopen en legt schitterende resultaten voor.

De lanceringen van de afgelopen twee weken.

29.03.2025 – Chinese LM 7A lanceert TJSW-16.
Space News: China launches classified TJS-16 spacecraft, companion object emerges alongside earlier TJS-15 satellite.

Filmpjes:
New China TV: China launches new communication technology test satellite.
SciNews: Long March-7A launches TJSW-16.

30.03.2025 – Eerste lancering Spectrum mislukt voor ISAR Aerospace. Geen orbitale lancering voor Noorwegen.
Het is maar hoe je het bekijkt.
ISAR Aerospace: Isar Aerospace lifts off successfully during first test flight of orbital launch vehicle.
Eeen persmap voor deze lancering vind je hier (PDF).
ESA: Spectrum takes flight and clears the launch pad.

Space News: Isar Aerospace’s first Spectrum launch fails.
European Spaceflight: Inaugural Isar Aerospace Spectrum Flight Ends in Failure.
Spacepage: Eerste lancering van Europese Spectrum raket mislukt.

Filmpjes:
NSF: 'Going Full Spectrum' - Isar Aerospace's First Test Flight.
SciNews: Spectrum launch anomaly (full video).
ESA Extra: Spectrum first flight.

30.03.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten Group 6-80 (CCSFS).
UPI: SpaceX launches another 28 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 243 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 31 March 2025.

01.04.2025 – Fram 2 voert een geslaagde driedaagse vlucht uit.
SpaceCom: SpaceX's Fram2 astronaut flight over Earth's poles will be the 1st to grow mushrooms in space.
SpaceCom: SpaceX rolls out rocket for historic Fram2 astronaut flight over Earth's poles.
SpaceCom: SpaceX's private Fram2 launch over Earth's poles will send astronauts where no one has gone before.
SpaceCom: SpaceX Fram2 1st polar astronaut mission: Live updates.

Space News: SpaceX launches Fram2 private astronaut mission.
Collect Space: Fram2 private crew launches on first-ever mission over Earth's poles.
Spaceflight Now: Fram2 astronauts begin historic polar orbit spaceflight following a launch from the Kennedy Space Center.
Spacepage: SpaceX brengt vier ruimtevaarders in de ruimte voor historische private ruimtevlucht boven de polen van de aarde.
NSF: SpaceX launches Fram2 crewed mission to historic polar orbit.
Ars Technica: Four private astronauts launch on first human mission to fly over the poles.

Spaceflight Now: Meet the Fram2 crew: A cryptocurrency entrepreneur, a cinematographer, a robotics engineer and an Arctic explorer.
Collect Space: Polar bear with penguin art floats as Fram2 'indicator' in polar orbit.

Zie ook de FRAM2-website.

Inside Outer Space: Fram2 Polar Orbital Flight: First Inside Views.
Space Com: SpaceX Fram2 astronauts see 'pure white' Antarctica from polar orbit: Space photo of the day.
Spacepage: Fram2 astronauten ervaren misselijkheid na lancering en voeren eerste röntgenfoto's uit in de ruimte.
SpaceCom: SpaceX's Fram2 mission captures 1st human X-ray in Earth orbit.

SpaceCom: SpaceX Fram2 astronauts see their Florida launch site from space as historic pole-orbiting mission nears its end.

Space News: Fram2 completes polar orbit private astronaut mission.
SpaceCom: SpaceX's private Fram2 astronauts splash down on Earth, ending historic polar orbit expedition.
SpaceCom: Fram2 astronaut mission's West Coast splashdown opens new era for SpaceX.

SatTrackLeiden: Observing FRAM-2, a commercial crewed Dragon mission in Polar orbit.

NSF: Fram2 crew discuss first human mission to orbit Earth’s poles.

Filmpjes:
Spaceflight Now: Watch live: SpaceX test fires Falcon 9 rocket before first crew launched to polar orbit.
SpaceX via X: Up next: Watch Falcon 9 launch Fram2, the first human spaceflight to explore Earth from a polar orbit. 
SciNews: Fram2 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing.
The Launch Pad: MISSION UPDATE! SpaceX Fram 2 - Day 3.
SciNews: Fram2 splashdown.
SciNews: Fram2 recovery operations and astronauts egress.
NSF: Going Where No One Has Gone Before! | The Crew of Fram2 Post Flight.

01.04.2025 – Chinese LM 2D lanceert 4 SatNet testsatellieten.
ECNS: China launches four experimental satellites.
Space News: China launches internet technology test satellites with Long March 2D.

Filmpjes:
CNSA Watcher: China Successfully Launches Satellite Internet Test Satellite.
SciNews: Long March-2D launches “Satellite Internet Technology Test Satellite”.

03.04.2025 – Chinese LM 6 lanceert Tianping-3A 02. 
Xinhua: China successfully launches new satellite.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: China Successfully Launches New Satellite.
SciNews: Long March-6 launches Tianping-3A 02.

04.04.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 11-13 (VSFB).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches Thursday night for Falcon 9 launch with 27 Starlink satellites.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from California.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from California.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 244 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 4 April 2025.

06.04.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 06-72 (CCSFS).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Saturday night Falcon 9 flight.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 245 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 6 April 2025.

08.04.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 11-11 (VSFB).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launched 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on brand-new Falcon 9 rocket, aces Pacific Ocean landing.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from California.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 246 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 7 April 2025.

08.04.2025 – Soyuz MS-27 lanceert 3 ruimtevaarders naar ISS en koppelt 3 uur later.
NASA: Expedition 73 Crew Launches to International Space Station.
NASA: NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station.
NSF: Soyuz MS-27 launches three new crew members to ISS.
SpaceCom: NASA's Jonny Kim and 2 cosmonauts arrive at ISS aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
Space Policy Online: New internationals crew arrives at ISS on Soyuz MS-27.

Collect Space: Navy SEAL-doctor-astronaut flies with cosmonauts on Soyuz MS-27.

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Soyuz MS-27 Launch.
NASA: NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Soyuz MS-27 Docking.
NASA: NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim Soyuz MS-27 Hatch Opening.
SciNews: Soyuz MS-27 launch.
SciNews; Soyuz MS-27 docking.
SciNews: Soyuz MS-27 hatch opening.
NASA: Astronaut Moments: Jonny Kim “Lifelong Learning”.

10.04.2025 – Chinese Lange Mars 3B/E lanceert TJSW-17.
ECNS: China launches new communication technology test satellite (foto’s).
Space News: China launches TJS-17, expanding classified geostationary satellite series.

Filmpjes:
SciNews: Long March-3B launches TJSW-17.

Te verwachten lanceringen.

NET 28.04.2025 – Atlas V lanceert eerste operationele satellieten voor Project Kuiper – KA-01.
De lancering werd uitgesteld van 9.04 naar 14.04 omwille van de weersomstandigheden.
Spaceflight Now: Amazon targets April 9 for launch of 1st production satellites for its Project Kuiper internet mega-constellation.
Space News: Project Kuiper readies long-awaited operational satellite launch.
SpaceCom: Atlas V rocket will launch Amazon's 1st big batch of Project Kuiper internet satellites on April 9.

SpaceCom: Launch of Amazon's 1st Kuiper internet satellites delayed by bad weather.

Filmpjes:
ULA: Stacking the Atlas Rocket for the First Project Kuiper Launch.
ULA: Atlas V Flight Path: Lifting Project Kuiper from Earth to LEO.
ULA: LIVE – April 9 Broadcast: Atlas Kuiper 1.

Al ligt de keuze van Amazon voor New Glenn i.p.v. Falcon 9 nog steeds onder vuur.
Bloomberg: Bezos-Musk Space Rivalry Dispute Goes to Delaware Supreme Court.

Raketnieuws.

FAA sluit Mishap Investigation af voor zowel New Glenn als Starship IFT 7 (IFT 8 blijft open).
Space News: Investigation into failed New Glenn landing completed.
SpaceCom: FAA closes investigation into SpaceX Starship Flight 7 explosion.
Via Satellite: FAA Closes Mishap Investigations for New Glenn and Starship January Flights.

Amerikaanse Vulcan-raket (ULA) goedgekeurd voor militaire lanceringen.

Filmpje:
ULA: Vulcan Certified for National Security Missions.

NASA kiest ook Starship voor het NASA Launch Services contract – NLS II.
Zie ook de vorige NUDR.
Space News: NASA adds Starship to launch contract.

GPS III SV-08 verhuist van Vulcan (ULA) naar Falcon 9 (SpaceX).
Air & Space Forces: Space Force Went Fast for Its Last GPS Launch. Now It Plans to Go Even Faster.*
Ars Technica: A military satellite waiting to launch with ULA will now fly with SpaceX.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX to launch second accelerated GPS 3 satellite mission in late May.

Lockheed Martin: Eighth Lockheed Martin-Built GPS III Satellite Arrives in Florida for Final Launch Preparations.

Eerste NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 lanceringen toegekend.
US Space Force: Space Systems Command awards National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 contracts.
Space News: SpaceX secures majority of NSSL Phase 3 fiscal year 2025 missions.
Spaceflight Now: U.S. Space Force awards $13.7 billion in new national security launch contracts to Blue Origin, SpaceX and ULA.
Breaking Defense: Space Force awards first next-gen critical launch contracts to Blue Origin, SpaceX, ULA.

Ars Technica: Here are the reasons SpaceX won nearly all recent military launch contracts.

Meer krachtige booster voor Ariane 6 wordt getest.
European Spaceflight: CNES Set to Test Fire Upgraded Ariane 6 Booster.
ESA: P160C solid-propellant rocket motor rolls out to its test stand.

Meer nieuws over Arianespace / Arianegroup.
European Spaceflight: Where SkyHopper Fits into ArianeGroup’s Reusability Efforts.

Space News: Arianespace sees stronger institutional demand for Ariane 6 amid shifting geopolitics.

Het Franse Latitude test verbrandingskamer voor raketmotor Navier-raket.
European Spaceflight: Latitude Completes Hot Fire Test of Flight-Ready Combustion Chamber.

Over (nieuwe) raketten.
Payload: New Small Launchers are in Decline.
Payload: The State of Launch 2025.

Niet alle raket-startups zijn te betrouwen.
Independent UK: Startup CEO accused of spending investor cash on ‘call girls’ after financial regulators barred him from Wall Street.

Turkse lanceerbasis in Somalië?
Turkiye Today: Türkiye plans spaceport to launch satellites, gain independent access to space.

Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.

NASA blijft private missies naar ISS ondersteunen. En wil er meer.
NASA: NASA Continues Support for Private Astronaut Missions to Space Station.
UPI: NASA seeks 2026, 2027 ISS private-mission proposals.

Nogmaals de bemande Starliner-testvluht – Butch en Suni na hun splashdown.
Space Policy Online: Butch and Suni to meet with Boing leadership on Starliner’s path forward.
PhysOrg: NASA's newly returned astronauts say they would fly on Boeing's Starliner capsule again.
De Morgen: ISS-astronauten spreken op Trump-gezinde zender tegen dat Biden en NASA ze hebben laten zitten.

Ars Technica: Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought.

NASA kiest astronaut voor Soyuz MS-28, gepland voor november 2025.
NASA: NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Assigned to First Space Station Mission.

ISS – De blogentries.
NASA ISS Blog: Wearables, Exercise Research on Station Help Doctors Protect Crews.
NASA ISS Blog: Exercise Research Main Focus Aboard Station on Tuesday.
NASA ISS Blog: Station Orbiting Higher to Welcome Next Crew Mission.
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Studies Advanced Tech, Space Biology Before Next Crew Departs.
NASA ISS Blog: Week Ends With Robotics, Exercise Research; New Crew Launches Tuesday.
NASA ISS Blog: New Crew Lifts Off Aboard Soyuz Rocket Toward Station.
NASA ISS Blog: Crew from NASA, Roscosmos Approaching Station Aboard Soyuz Spacecraft.
NASA ISS Blog: New Crew Docks to Station Aboard Soyuz Spacecraft.
NASA ISS Blog: Crew from NASA, Roscosmos Prepare to Enter Station for Research Mission.
NASA ISS Blog: Hatches Open, New Crew Enters Station and Begins Research Mission.
NASA ISS Blog: Cardiovascular Research Underway as New Crew Gets Used to Station Life.
NASA ISS Blog: Cardiovascular Research Continues Before Crew Departure, Next Cargo Mission.
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Works on Spacesuits, Studies How Space Affects Breathing, Blood System.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
TASS: Soyuz MS-26 crew set to return to Earth on April 20 — Roscosmos.
TASS: Cosmonauts aboard ISS congratulate Russians on Cosmonautics Day.
ISS National Lab: Seeing Clearly Now: Pioneering Steps in Space Toward a Cure for Blindness.
Cell: The International Space Station has a unique and extreme microbial and chemical environment driven by use patterns.
Universe Today: Spaceflight Weakens Our Weight-Bearing Bones the Most.
NASA: 3D Printing: Saving Weight and Space at Launch.
NASA: NASA-Developed Tools at Marshall Support Operations to Space Station.

The Times of India: What happens if astronauts run out of oxygen in space ? Know what they carry and why it matters.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Space to Ground: Preboarding for Spaceflight: April 04, 2025.
NASA: Space to Ground: Changing Space: April 11, 2025.
NASA: NASA Astronaut Anne McClain Talks with Fox13 News, Seattle – Monday, March 31, 2025.
NASA: NASA Astronaut Don Pettit Talks with Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “Star Talk” – Thursday, April 3, 2025.

NASA: How Do Astronauts Practice Self-Care in Space?

ESA’s LEO Cargo Return.
European Spaceflight: ESA LEO Cargo Return Phase 2 to Proceed Without Geo-Return Constraints.

Commerciële ruimtestations – VAST / Axiom Space.
Space News: Vast signs agreement to test Haven-1 at NASA facility.
Payload: Vast Unveils Haven-1 Model, Partnerships in Colorado.
SpaceWatch.GlobalTV (filmpje): NCA Innovation Day 2025 | Inside VAST’s Plan for the Future of Space Stations.
Space News: Vast signs three more payload partners for Haven-1

Axiom Space:  Axiom Space Clears Major Milestone as it Prepares to Connect Axiom Station to International Space Station.

CSS – Meer nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.
Inside Outer Space: China Station Crew: In-orbit Mechanical, Robotic, Medical Testing Underway.

SpaceCom: China and Pakistan agree to fly 1st foreign astronaut to Chinese space station.

Filmpjes:
CNSA Watcher: Shenzhou 19 Crew on Tiangong Space Station for Over 150 Days, Returning Soon.
CNSA Watcher: Shenzhou 19 Crew's Rapid Pressure Suit Training for Space Mission.
CCTV+: China's Shenzhou-19 Crew Performs In-Orbit Mechanical, Robotic, Medical Tests.
CNSA Watcher: Shenzhou 19 Crew's Return Approaching - Updates from Space.

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

Artemis 2 – Mensen rond de Maan.
NASA: Artemis II Core Stage Integration – Complete!
NASA: NASA Trains for Orion Water Recovery Ahead of Artemis II Launch.

NASA: Artemis II Insignia honors all.
Collect Space: NASA's Artemis II astronauts reveal moon mission patch to honor 'AII'.

Wat er die vlucht allemaal zou moeten gebeuren:
NASA: NASA’s First Flight With Crew Important Step on Long-term Return to the Moon, Missions to Mars.
Space News: Artemis 2 preparations continue as doubts swirl around program’s future.
Space News: A ‘little pillow fort’: Making plans to protect the Artemis 2 crew.

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA’s Artemis II Mission Patch Just Launched.
NASA: Successful Underway Recovery Test-12 for Artemis II Splashdown Recovery.
Philip Sloss: What's next for Artemis II stacking now that the SLS Boosters and Core Stage are mated?
Philip Sloss: NASA Artemis II, III, IV Quarterly Update #5, 2025 First Quarter in Review.

Artemis 3 – Opnieuw mensen op de Maan / HLS.
Space Policy Online: Artemis 2 on track, but NASA awaits Starship milestones for Artemis 3.

Artemis 4 – Gateway.
NASA: NASA Welcomes Gateway Lunar Space Station’s HALO Module to US.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Coming soon to the US: Gateway Lunar Space Station Module.

Artemis 5 – Lunar Terrain Vehicle.
SpaceCom: Lunar Outpost unveils sleek new 'Eagle' moon rover.

Artemis Accords – Bangladesh.
NASA: NASA Welcomes Bangladesh as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory.
SpaceCom: Bangladesh becomes 54th nation to join NASA's Artemis Accords for 'peaceful exploration of deep space'.

Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.
The Mars Society: R.Zubrin Op-Ed: The Flaws in Musk’s Mars Mission.
Space News: The continued momentum of Artemis.

Space News: Biotech is the launchpad for human survival in space.
SpaceCom: Moon dust may help astronauts power sustainable lunar cities. Here's how.
The Guardian: Gloucestershire company wins prize for inventing way to produce clean water on moon.
Universe Today: Subsurface Habitats on the Moon and Mars Could Be Grown Using Mushrooms and Inflatable Robots.

ESA: Moon tools to the test at LUNA.

GPS World: GNSS on the moon: Lunar PNT era begins.

The Space Review: Space policy: The Moon and Mars simultaneously.

Filmpjes:
Lockheed Martin: Powering the Moon: Vertical Solar Array Technology.

Ook Zuid-Korea oefent voor de Maan.
SpaceCom: South Korea is converting an abandoned coal mine into a moon exploration testing ground.

ILRS – China naar de Maan.
SpaceCom: China to 3D-print bricks on the moon using lunar dirt in 2028 to pave way for future base.
RoomEU: Racing to the Moon.

Starship – Wachten op IFT 9.
Ars Technica: SpaceX just took a big step toward reusing Starship’s Super Heavy booster.
SpaceCom: SpaceX fires up used Super Heavy booster ahead of 9th Starship test flight.
NSF: Booster 14 Completes Milestone Static Fire Ahead of Flight 9.

Space News: Air Force selects Pacific landing sites to test space cargo deliveries – Rocket Cargo Vanguard.
SpaceCom: Conservationists raise alarm over Air Force plan to land SpaceX Starships on bird sanctuary atoll – Rocket Cargo Vanguard.

Filmpjes:
NSF: Severe Weather Doesn't Slow Down Starbase | SpaceX Boca Chica.
Lab Padre Space: The End of High Bay - SpaceX Weekly #160.
NSF: Booster 14’s Static Fire Coming? | Starbase Update.
Marcus House: Starship Is About to Do Something It’s Never Done Before - A Huge First!
NSF: Booster 14 Fires Again! First Static Fire of a Reused Super Heavy | Starbase Update.
NSF: After Static Fire, Booster 14 Rolls Back for More Launch Preps | SpaceX Boca Chica.

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