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

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

Airbus bouwt landingplatform voor ExoMars Rosalind Franklin.
ESA: ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover will have a European landing platform.
Airbus: Airbus to design and build ESA’s ExoMars rover lander platform.

European Spaceflight: Airbus Awarded £150M Contract for ExoMars Lander Platform.

CLPS 2.0
Payload: Lunar Startup CEOs Push For ‘CLPS 2.0’.

Space News: CLPS companies seek expanded opportunities for commercial lunar landers.
Space News: Lunar lander operators cite growing demand beyond NASA.

Space & Aeronautcs Subcommittee Hearing: Leveraging Commercial Innovation for Lunar Exploration: A Review of NASA’s CLPS Initiative.
Je vindt er o.a. een link naar de livestream van de “Hearing”.
Space News: Redwire and ispace U.S. to collaborate on lunar missions.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon:
NASA: NASA Solar Mission Resumes Normal Data Flow – SDO.

Venus:
SpaceCom: Scientists may have just found the driving force behind Venus' volcanos.

Aarde:
ESA: ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite hailed as excellent.
The Times of India: ISRO satellite images show damages caused by earthquake i Myanmar, see before and after pics.
SciTechDaily: Antarctica on Thin Ice: Satellite Data Reveals 2025’s Stunning Sea Ice Collapse.
ESA (filmpje): How hidden lakes threaten Antarctic Ice Sheet stability.
NOAA: GOES-19 Becomes GOES East.
Science News: The ozone layer shields life on Earth. We’ll soon lose a key way to monitor its health – SCISAT.

Maan:
CCTV+ (filmpje): China Unveils Lunar Samples in Beijing.
CCTV (filmpje): Lunar Samples Collected by China to Be Displayed at Osaka Expo.
CCTV+ (filmpje): Upcoming Chang'e Missions to Look for Water, Test Lunar-Soil Brick at Lunar South Pole – Chang’e 7.
SpaceCom: NASA proves its electric moon dust shield works on the lunar surface – Blue Ghost.
SatNews: Sidus Space’s extended and amended preliminary $120M agreement with Lonestar for six lunar data storage spacecraft.
Payload: Voyager’s Dust-Repellent Coating Tested On the Moon – Blue Ghost.
Payload: Lunar Cubesat Constellation to Search for Ancient Cosmic Signal.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4495-4497: Yawn, Perched, and Rollin’.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4498-4499: Flexing Our Arm Once Again.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4500-4501: Bedrock With a Side of Sand.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4502-4504: Sneaking Past Devil’s Gate.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4505-4506: Up, up and onto the Devil’s Gate.
Ars Technica: NASA’s Curiosity rover has found the longest chain carbon molecules yet on Mars.
NASA (filmpje): Perseverance Rover Captures Dust Devils Whirling Across Mars (Mars Report).
SpaceCom: NASA's Perseverance rover watches as 2 Mars dust devils merge into 1.
NASA (filmpje): Meet the Mars Samples: Sapphire Canyon (Sample 25).
Space News: JAXA institute studying Mars lander concept.

Jupiter:
SpaceCom: NASA's Juno probe at Jupiter hits 'safe mode' glitch, but bounces back just fine.
SpaceCom: Powerful solar winds squish Jupiter's magnetic field 'like a giant squash ball'.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

NASA’s Deep Space Network krijgt nieuwe antenne in Australië.
NASA: NASA’s Deep Space Network Starts New Dish, Marks 60 Years in Australia.
NASA: Sixty Years in Canberra: NASA’s Deep Space Network.

SpaceCom: NASA's Deep Space Network is getting a new dish to help distant spacecraft phone home.

Fusies op komst in de Europese satellietindustrie?
Reuters: European satellite firms in preliminary EU talks over merger plan -source.
SatNews: Forrester’s Digest: European satellite giants in merger talks.

Het ESA Space Environment Report 2025 – De status van ruimteafval.
ESA: ESA Space Environment Report 2025.
Het rapport vind je hier (PDF).
The Space Review: Preparing for the EU Space Act and its potential influence on the future of space traffic management – STM.

Filmpje:
ESA: Space Debris: Is it a Crisis?

Verschillende Russische satellieten “on the move”.
SatTrackCam Leiden: The Russian eavesdropping satellite LUCH (OLYMP-K) 2 has moved significantly.

SpaceCom: Secretive Russian military satellites release mystery object into orbit – Kosmos 2581 e.v. na de Angara lancering.

Amerika vs China.
The Hill: War in space — the China challenge.

ECNS: Chinese satellites to enhance global early warning systems.
Defense One: How China is expanding its anti-satellite arsenal.

SpaceCom: China now has a 'kill mesh' in orbit, Space Force vice chief says.

Space News: China expands counterspace capabilities, new report finds.
Payload: New Report Catalogs Military Capabilities in Orbit.

Space News: U.S. Space Force chief: China’s capabilities in orbit a ‘destabilizing force’.
Space Policy Online: As China space threat grows, US Space Force budget slows.

PWSA / pLEO– Nieuws.
SDA: SDA Issues Solicitation to Recompete 10 Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Gamma Variant Space Vehicles.
SatNews: SDA issues solicitation to recompete 10 Tranche 2 Transport Layer-Gamma Variant space vehicles.

SDA: SDA Seeks Proposals for Tranche 3 Tracking Layer (T3TRK) of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).
Breaking Defense: SDA opens contest for 54 ‘Tranche 3’ missile tracking satellites.

Space News: Space Force missile-tracking “Foo Fighter” satellites clear design milestone.

SatNews: Intelsat secures USSF contract to provide Maritime satellite connectivity.
Via Satellite: Intelsat Wins US Space Force PLEO Task Order for Maritime Connectivity.

Space Force – Nieuws.
Ars Technica: Space Force wants six kinds of space weapons—including anti-satellite lasers.
Space News: America’s space strategy in a changing Middle East.
Space News: U.S. military prepares to award new commercial satcom deals.
Air & Space Forces: Space Force Focused on the Ground for Anti-Satellite Weapons .
Breaking Defense: EXCLUSIVE: NRO, Space Force in ‘final stages’ of commercial ISR arrangement.
Space News: Space Force to revamp training for a new era of space conflict.
Air & Space Forces: How to Win a War in Space: SPACECOM’s 5 Keys.
Space News: U.S. Space Command chief calls for new capabilities for combat while emphasizing deterrence.

US Space Force: USSF launches Orbital Watch, strengthens US commercial space industry.
Breaking Defense: New Space Force ‘Orbital Watch’ initiative to share threat info with commercial operators.
Space News: Space Force announces ‘Orbital Watch’ program to share intelligence with commercial sector.

US Space Force: USSF releases new capstone doctrine.
Het “Space Force Doctrine Document 1” vind je hier (PDF).
Breaking Defense: From support to ‘warfighting’: Space Force releases first ‘capstone’ operations doctrine.

Space News: Space alliances hold strong despite broader geopolitical tensions.
SpaceCom: Keeping space safe is the 'ultimate team sport', and the US Space Force has a new playbook.

Trump –  Golden Dome – Missile Defense Shield.
Space News: Golden Dome: who and what should it defend?

Space News: Space Force chief: ‘Golden Dome’ is a missile shield built in pieces, not a single system.
Air & Space Forces: Golden Dome Is New. But Plenty of Next-Gen Missile Warning Is in the Works Already.
Payload: The Golden Dome Might Fly Sooner Than You Think.

Isaacman als NASA Administrator – Hearings gestart / En andere benoemingen.
Space Policy Online: Isaacman nomination hearing set for April 9.
Space News: Senate schedules confirmation hearing for Isaacman’s nomination to lead NASA.
Space Policy Online: Cruz: Isaacman commits to Moon, then Mars.
Space Policy Online: Jared Isaacman – Entrepreneur, pilot, astronaut, science advocate.
Politico: NASA chief nominee, contradicting Musk, opts for the moon first over Mars.
Space News: Isaacman says NASA should pursue human moon and Mars programs simultaneously.
SpaceCom: Trump's pick for NASA chief tells Senate he's aiming for the Red Planet. 'We will prioritize sending American astronauts to Mars'.
Ars Technica: NASA nominee asks why lunar return has taken so long, and why it costs so much.
Space Policy Online: Isaacman insists NASA can pursue Moon and Mars goals simultaneously.

Space News: White House nominates Autry to be NASA’s chief financial officer.

Filmpjes:
Philip Sloss: Does the NASA Admin nominee think that SLS, Orion, and the rest of Artemis are broken?
Video From Space: Jared Isaacman's NASA chief confirmation hearing - Opening statement.
Video From Space: Jared Issacman refuses to answer whether Elon Musk was in his NASA chief interview with Trump.
NASA: Jared Isaacman Senate Nomination Hearing for NASA Administrator.

Trump, Musk en Isaacman.
Via Satellite: Continuity and Change in Trump’s Playbook for Space National Security Issues.
Space News: Nelson concerned about NASA layoffs and other changes.
Space Policy Online: NASA’s Petro endorses space science, but budget future a question mark.
Teslarati: Elon Musk will continue as DOGE adviser: VP Vance.
NASA Watch: DOGE Wants NOAA Data To Be Erased.
NASA Watch: Congress Asks NASA About Elon Musk (and Jared Isaacman).
Space News: NASA developing options for agency restructuring in “unsettling” environment.
Payload: What Will US Tariffs Mean For the Space Industry?
SpaceCom: NASA's in a 'weird period' right now, acting chief Janet Petro says.
NASA Watch: Congress Wants Answers: Unqualified DOGE Personnel Access To NASA IT.
SpaceCom: How Trump's tariffs could shake up the global space industry.
SpaceCom: Trump administration's NOAA layoffs affected the space weather service that tracks solar storms.
SpaceCom: Elon Musk's DOGE team given 'alarming degree' of access to NASA systems, House Democrats say.
NASA Watch: Someone Just Ended Their Dream Job At NASA.

Het nieuwe NASA budget(voorstel) – Het einde voor talrijke wetenschappelijke missies.
Ars Technica: Trump White House budget proposal eviscerates science funding at NASA.
Space News: White House proposal would slash NASA science budget and cancel major missions.
Space News: NOAA budget proposal would affect weather satellite, other space programs.
Space Policy Online: Isaacman’s “Golden Age of Science & Discovery” on shaky ground.
SpaceCom: Trump administration could slash NASA science budget by 50%, reports suggest.
Politico: Musk calls Trump’s looming NASA cuts ‘troubling’.
NASA Watch: A Perfect Storm: Brutal NASA Science Cuts.

Meer nieuws uit de militaire ruimte: Eutelsat / NATO.
Payload: Eutelsat Soars 550% in Three Days on EU Defense Plans.

Via Satellite: NATO Encouraged to Take Fast Action in Space Management Objectives.
Space News: Surge in NATO spending to benefit space sector.
Via Satellite: NATO Works to Expand and Direct Multinational Space Capabilitie.

Gaia – Nieuws.
The Space Review: The best space telescope you never heard of just shut down.

Filmpje:
STScI: The Shape of Orion in Three Dimensions.

Euclid – Nieuws.
ESA: Euclid opens data treasure trove, offers glimpse of deep fields.
NASA: ESA Previews Euclid Mission’s Deep View of ‘Dark Universe’.
NSF: ESA releases first set of Euclid images and data.
SpaceCom: Into the deep (field) with ESA's Euclid 'dark universe' telescope: Space photo of the day.
SpaceCom: Euclid 'dark universe detective' spacecraft discovers 2,674 new dwarf galaxies.

Filmpjes:
ESA: Euclid's first deep dive into the Universe.
ESA: Euclid is back – 26 million galaxies and counting.
ESA: This space telescope is mapping the Universe! 
ESA: Euclid’s wide and deep surveys over the next 6 years.

Hubble Space Telescope – Nieuws.
NASA: Hubble Examines Stars Ensconced in a Cocoon of Gas.
NASA: Hubble Spies a Spectacular Starburst Galaxy.
NASA: Hubble Jams With A Cosmic Guitar.
NASA: Hubble Unveils a Glittering View of Sh2-284.
Universe Today: Hubble Finds a Potential Triple Kuiper Belt Object.
NASA: Hubble Sees a Spiral and a Star.
NASA: Hubble Captures a Neighbor’s Colorful Clouds.
SpaceCom: Gorgeous Hubble telescope image was 20 years in the making: Space photo of the day.
NASA: Hubble Spots a Chance Alignment.
NASA: 20-Year Hubble Study of Uranus Yields New Atmospheric Insights.
NASA: Hubble Spots a Chance Alignment.
ESA: 20 years of Uranus observations.
ESA: Neptune Auroras (Hubble and Webb Image).
NASA: Hubble Spots Stellar Sculptors in Nearby Galaxy.
NASA: Hubble Studies a Nearby Galaxy’s Star Formation.
SpaceCom: Nearby star photobombs portrait of a distant galaxy in new Hubble Telescope image.
SpaceCom: A day on Uranus is actually longer than we thought, Hubble Telescope reveals.
SpaceCom: Scientists spice up old Hubble Telescope image to shine light on spectacular star cluster.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Hubble By The Numbers.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: Veil Nebula.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: NGC 5042.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: UGC 5460.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: Tarantula Nebula.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: LEDA 132905.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: SN 2022aajn.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: NGC 337.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: The Large Magellanic Cloud.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: LEDA 803211.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: HOPS 150 and HOPS 153.
HubbleWebbESA: Video tour of Hubble’s panoramic view of the Andromeda Galaxy.
STScI: Journey through space to NGC 346 — Hubble Space Telescope #shorts.
HubbleWebbESA: Zoom video: NGC 346.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan video: NGC 346.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: NGC 4941.

James Webb Space Telescope – Nieuws.
NASA: NASA’s Webb Peers Deeper into Mysterious Flame Nebula.
Universe Today: Webb Looks Right into the Flame Nebula.
Universe Today: Galaxies in the Early Universe Seen Rotating in the Same Direction.
Universe Today: JWST Cycle 4 Spotlight, Part 1: Exoplanets and Habitability.
Universe Today: JWST Cycle 4 Spotlight, Part 2: The Distant Universe.
SpaceCom: James Webb Space Telescope investigates the origins of 'failed stars' in the Flame Nebula.
NASA: NASA’s Webb Images Young, Giant Exoplanets, Detects Carbon Dioxide.
SpaceCom: How the James Webb Space Telescope is helping size up tiny dwarf planets.
NASA: NASA’s Webb Telescope Unmasks True Nature of the Cosmic Tornado.
NASA: NASA’s Webb Captures Neptune’s Auroras For First Time.
NASA: NASA’s Webb Sees Galaxy Mysteriously Clearing Fog of Early Universe.
SpaceCom: 1st images of elusive auroras on Neptune revealed by James Webb Space Telescope.
ESA: Webb spies a spiral through a cosmic lens.
NASA: NASA Webb Explores Effect of Strong Magnetic Fields on Star Formation.
ESA: Webb snaps photographs of Asteroid 2024 YR4.
SpaceCom: Extreme magnetic fields near our galaxy's black hole are preventing stars from being born, JWST discovers.
ESA: Neptune Auroras (Hubble and Webb Image).
SpaceCom: JWST finds spiral galaxy about 5 times more massive than Milky Way — scientists call it 'Big Wheel'.
NASA: NASA Webb’s Autopsy of Planet Swallowed by Star Yields Surprise.
SpaceCom: Record-breaking 'dead' galaxy discovered by JWST lived fast and died young in the early universe.

Filmpjes:
STScI: Flame Nebula (Hubble and Webb Telescope Comparison).
STScI: Flame Nebula (Hubble and Webb Comparison) #shorts.
STScI: Stellar Jets Herbig-Haro 49 and 50.
STScI: Herbig-Haro 49/50 Science Visualization — James Webb Space Telescope #shorts.
STScI: Herbig-Haro 49/50 Stellar Jets.
STScI: Herbig-Haro 49/50 — Spitzer to Webb Space Telescope Dissolve #shorts.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan of Actively forming star system Lynds 483.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan Video: NGC 2283.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan Video: HH 30.
STScI: The James Webb Space Telescope Reveals the Early Universe.
STScI: The James Webb Space Telescope Reveals the Early Universe.

Chandra Telescope – Nieuws.
NASA: Finding Clues in Ruins of Ancient Dead Star With NASA’s Chandra.
Chandra: The 'Pillars of Creation' Across Light and Time.

NuSTAR – Nieuws.
NASA (filmpje): Using ‘X-Ray Eyes’ to Find Hidden Black Holes – NASA’s NuSTAR Mission.

Roman Space Telescope – Nieuws.
NASA: Team Preps to Study Dark Energy via Exploding Stars With NASA’s Roman.

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