Amazon mag dan (eindelijk) zijn eerste satellieten voor Project Kuiper gelanceerd hebben, dé aandacht ging uiteindelijk allemaal naar het NASA-budgetvoorstel voor FY2026. De impact voor NASA’s Artemis-programma is niet gering. Dat en nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week.

Bij de foto: HALO is de Habitation and Logistics Outpost. De module arriveerde begin april bij Northrop Grumman in Gilbert (Arizona) na een reisje dat begon in Turijn (Italië). HALO wordt één van de eerste modules van de Gateway, het (mini-)ruimtestation in een baan om de Maan. Maar in het recentste budgetvoorstel van de Trump-admministratie zou de Gateway geschrapt worden. Foto: NASA/Josh Valcarel.

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws. 

Belgische experimenten voor ruimtemissie Raphaël Liégeois gekozen.
BELSPO: Drie Belgische experimenten gekozen voor Raphaël Liégeois’ ruimtemissie

EOS Wetenschap: Slijmzwammen, maïs en nanodiamanten: deze drie experimenten gaat astronaut Raphaël Liégeois uitvoeren in de ruimte

OSCAR (via Facebook): We are excited to announce that diamond based quantum sensors will visit the International Space Station once again.
Focus op Hasselt: Diamantgebaseerde kwantumsensor UHasselt mee met Belgisch astronaut Raphaël Liégeois naar ruimtestation ISS.
UHasselt: OSCAR-BLINQ quantum sensor set for the International Space Station in 2026
BIRA: Astronaut Raphaël Liégeois zal een Belgische diamantgebaseerde kwantumsensor naar het ISS brengen

Paul Van Hoeydonck overleden.
VRTNWS: Antwerps kunstenaar Paul Van Hoeydonck (99), die het eerste kunstwerk maakte voor op de maan, is overleden
VRTNWS: Paul Van Hoeydonck overleden, de kunstenaar met een beeldje op de maan
Collect Space: Belgian artist of 'Fallen Astronaut' figurine on the moon, dies at 99

Er loopt deze maand een tentoonstelling “Paul Van Hoeydonck - Art on the Moon” in Zoersel. Meer info hier.

Aerospacelab mag satelliet bouwen voor Japan. Pulsar IOV voor Xona Space System is lanceerklaar.
Aerospacelab: Aerospacelab Secures Groundbreaking Contract with JAXA through Mitsui Bussan Aerospace – SAMRAI.

Aerospacelab (via linkedin): Pulsar IOV voor Xona Space System is lanceerklaar.

OIP en ESA’s Harmony.
OIP via Linkedin: Keeping an eye on surface dynamics.

Spire-deal met Belgische Kpler gaat dan toch door.
Space News: Spire Global closes stalled $241 million maritime sale.
Via Satellite: Spire Pays Off its Debt With Maritime Business Sale.
Via Satellite: Myriota Will Add 16 More Satellites to IoT Constellation With Spire.

De lanceringen van de afgelopen week.

27.04.2025 – Chinese Lange Mars 3B/E lanceert Tianlian-2-05.
Space News: Long March 3B launches Tianlian-2 (05) satellite to boost space data relay network.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: China Launches New Data Relay Satellite.
SciNews: Long March-3B launches TianLian-2 05.

28.04.2025 – SpaceX lanceert voor de 250ste keer Starlink-satellieten – Group 12-23 (CCSFS).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral.
Space.com: SpaceX launches 250th Starlink satellite mission, lands rocket at sea.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 23 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 250 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 28 April 2025.

28.04.2025 – Chinese Lange Mars 5B lanceert SatNet LEO Group 03.
Space News: China launches third batch of Guowang megaconstellation satellites.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: China Launches Internet Satellite Group.
SciNews: Long March-5B launches SatNet LEO Group 03.

28.04.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 11-9 (VSFB).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches 27 Starlink launch from California.
SpaceCom: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 1st of 2 planned Starlink launches in 2 days, lands booster at sea.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 27 @Starlink satellites to orbit from California.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 251 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 28 April 2025.

29.04.2025 – Atlas V lanceert eerste operationele satellieten voor Project Kuiper – KA-01.
SpaceCom: Amazon's Kuiper 1 internet satellites get new April 28 launch date on Atlas V rocket after delay.
Bloomberg:  Amazon’s Starlink Rival Struggles to Ramp Up Satellite Production.
Ars Technica: A rocket launch Monday night may finally jump-start Amazon’s answer to Starlink.

Space News: Atlas launches first operational Project Kuiper satellites.
NSF: ULA launches first operational Amazon Kuiper mission on second attempt.
Spaceflight Now: ULA launches first production Amazon Kuiper satellites on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral.
Space Policy Online: First operational Project Kuiper satellites reach orbit.
Ars Technica: We finally know a little more about Amazon’s super-secret satellites.

Space News: Amazon’s Project Kuiper partners with L3Harris to develop military communication solutions

Spacepage: Atlas V raket brengt 27 'Project Kuiper' internetsatellieten van Amazon in de ruimte.
De Morgen: Satellietgevecht in de ruimte tussen Kuiper en Starlink: hoe Amazon met Elon Musk wil concurreren

Filmpjes:
ULA:  LIVE - Rocket Launch: Atlas V Kuiper 1.
ULA: Launching Amazon's Project Kuiper: ULA's Rocket Transports Satellites to LEO.
SciNews: Atlas V launches Kuiper 1 (KA-01).

29.04.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 12-10 (KSC).
SpaceCom: Brand-new Falcon 9 rocket sends 23 Starlink satellites to orbit on SpaceX's 2nd launch of the day.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on 50th Falcon 9 rocket of 2025.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 23 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 252 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 29 April 2025.

29.04.2025 – Europese Vega C lanceert ESA’s BIOMASS.
ESA: Fuelling Biomass.
ESA: Biomass fully loaded.
ESA: Biomass on its launch adapter.
ESA: Forest mission sealed within rocket fairing for liftoff.
ESA: Biomass on the launch pad.
ESA: Biomass in the launch tower.
ESA: Vega-C mobile gantry open.

Airbus: Biomass, a satellite to look inside the world’s forests like never before.
ESA’s website over BIOMASS vind je hier.
ESA: BIOMASS – ESA’s forest mission (PDF).

ESA: Biomass poised for liftoff to unveil forest secrets.
ESA: Biomass launched to count forest carbon.
Airbus: Airbus built forest monitoring satellite Biomass successfully launched.
NSF: ESA’s Biomass mission launches aboard Vega-C.
European Spaceflight: Successful Vega C Launch Delivers ESA Biomass Satellite to Orbit.
Space News: Vega launches Biomass satellite.

VRTNWS: 'Biomassa-satelliet' gelanceerd om bossen beter in kaart te brengen: "Door wolken en door bladerdek kijken"

ESA: ESA unveils longest-ever dataset on forest biomass.

Animaties:
ESA: Biomass on Vega-C.
ESA: Biomass separates from Vega-C.
ESA: Biomass opens up.

Filmpjes:
ESA: Biomass: from Europe to French Guiana.
ESA: Biomass on Vega-C launch pad gantry retraction.
Arianespace: Flight VV26 | Biomass | Vega C | Arianespace.
Een iets kortere versie vind je hier. 
SciNews: Vega-C launches Biomass.
ESA: Biomass launch highlights.
ESA: Biomass launch on Vega-C: press conference.

29.04.2025 – ALPHA FLTA006 – Message In A Booster.
SatNews: Firefly Aerospace’s Firefly Alpha to launch Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 Message in a Booster mission on Friday.
SatNews: Firefly Aerospace’s launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 Message in a Booster mission is ‘to be determined’.

Space News: Alpha launch of Lockheed tech demo satellite fails.
Spaceflight Now: Firefly Aerospace’s 6th Alpha rocket encounters stage separation anomaly.
NSF: Firefly Alpha launches FLTA006 Message In A Booster mission but fails to reach orbit.
Ars Technica: Firefly’s rocket suffers one of the strangest launch failures we’ve ever seen.
SpaceCom: Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket fails during launch, falls into the sea near Antarctica.

SpaceCom: FAA grounds Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket until failure investigation is complete.

Filmpjes:
Firefly Aerospace: Alpha Rocket Ready For Launch – FLTA006.
Firefly Aerospace: Inside Look into Rocket Launch Operations.
Firefly Aerospace: Scrub - Alpha FLTA006 "Message In A Booster" (live broadcast).
Firefly Aerospace: Alpha FLTA006 "Message In A Booster".
SciNews: Firefly Alpha launches LM 400 TD.
Scott Manley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kimTg_G-Z4.

02.05.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 6-75 (CCSFS).
SpaceCom: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 28 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 253 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 2 May 2025.

Te verwachten lanceringen.

29.05.2025 – Axiom 4 / Ignis.
SpaceCom: SpaceX's next private astronaut mission to ISS, Ax-4, to launch May 29 for Axiom Space.

Raketnieuws.

Over Vulcan e.a.
Aviation Week: Podcast: ULA CEO Tory Bruno On Navigating The Space Race.

Meer onderzoek naar hypersonische vluchten.
Space News: Ursa Major wins $28.5 million Air Force contract to flight-test Draper engine for hypersonic use

US DoD: Navy Proves Sea-Based Hypersonic Launch Approach

Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.

ISS – Don Pettit over zijn verblijf in het ruimtestation – na zijn terugkeer met Soyuz MS-26.
Space News: Veteran NASA astronaut says ISS can operate past 2030.
Space Policy Online: Pettit wants more spaceflights, ISS beyond 2030.

Filmpje:
Collect Space: NASA astronaut Don Pettit and his zero-g coffee cup.

Tjechische experimenten gekozen voor een volgende Axiom-missie.
European Spaceflight: Czechia Selects Experiments for Private Astronaut Mission to the ISS.

ISS – De blogentries.
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Kicks off Busy Research Week Before Thursday’s Spacewalk
NASA ISS Blog: Synthetic DNA, Gravity Sensing Cells Top Research Ahead of Spacewalk
NASA ISS Blog: Astronauts Ready for Thursday Spacewalk as Biology, Earth Science Continues
NASA ISS Blog: Station Maneuvers to Avoid Orbital Debris
NASA ISS Blog: NASA Astronauts McClain and Ayers Exit Station Soon for Spacewalk
NASA ISS Blog: NASA Astronauts Begin Spacewalk to Prep Station for Future Solar Array
NASA ISS Blog: NASA Astronauts McClain and Ayers Reenter Station and Complete Spacewalk
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Cleans Up After Spacewalk, Studies Biology, Earth Science, and More

01.05.2025 – ISS – US EVA 93.
SpaceCom: NASA astronauts prep ISS for new solar arrays on 5th-ever all-female spacewalk.
NSF: Expedition 73 underway on ISS, crew perform spacewalk.

Filmpjes:
NASA: U.S. Spacewalk 93.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
TASS: ISS orbit raised to avert collision with space junk.
SpaceCom: International Space Station fires thrusters to avoid Chinese rocket debris.

ESA: ACES in space.
NASA: NASA Kicks Off Biological Research Aboard Space Station.
NASA: NASA Harvests Lettuce for Space Station Study.

ISS National Lab: ELVIS Has Entered Orbit: Pioneering Imaging System to Enhance Space Biology and Life Detection Beyond Earth.
ISS National Lab: NSF-Funded Research Heads to the International Space Station on NASA’s SpaceX CRS-32 Mission.

SpaceCom: ISS astronaut shares recipe for a 'ranger' burger.
The Times of India: How astronauts live in the International Space Station and what space smells like.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Space to Ground: Power Moves: May 02, 2025.
NASA: NASA Astronaut Anne McClain Talks with KOMO TV, Seattle.
Scott Manley: Keeping Astronauts Alive - Everything You Need To Know About Life Support In Space.
NSF: The STRANDED Astronauts You WEREN’T Told About.

Commerciële ruimtestations.

Filmpje:
NASA: Marshall Conducts Inflatable Habitat Burst Pressure Test.
Scott Manley: Lockheed's Inflatable Space Station Explodes After Months Of Testing.

CSS – Bemanning Shenzhou 19 terug op  aarde.
ECNS: Return of Shenzhou XIX crew delayed due to weather.
ECNS: China's Shenzhou-19 spaceship touches down on Earth.

Space News: China’s Shenzhou-19 astronauts return to Earth after six-month mission.

SpaceCom: China's Shenzhou 20 astronauts take control of Tiangong space station.

Filmpjes:
CGTN:  Shenzhou-19 crew set to land after six-month space mission.
CCTV: China's Shenzhou-19 Astronauts Complete Handover, Returning to Earth on Tuesday.
CCTV: Shenzhou-19 Spaceship Separates from Space Station Combination.
CCTV: LIVE: China's Shenzhou-19 Crew Returns to Earth.
CCTV: Return Capsule Carrying Shenzhou-19 Crew Lands in North China.
CGTN: Shenzhou-19 commander Cai Xuzhe exits capsule.
CCTV: Shenzhou-19 Astronaut Cai Xuzhe Comes out of Return Capsule.
CGTN: Shenzhou-19 crew member Song Lingdong exits capsule.
CCTV: Shenzhou-19 Astronaut Song Lingdong Comes out of Return Capsule.
CGTN: Shenzhou-19 crew member Wang Haoze exits capsule.
CCTV: Shenzhou-19 Astronaut Wang Haoze Comes Out Of Return Capsule.
CCTV: Shenzhou-19 Space Mission Brings Back Largest Volume of Experimental Samples in Years.
SciNews: Shenzhou-19 undocking.
SciNews: Shenzhou-19 landing.
SciNews: Shenzhou-19 astronauts egress.
CCTV: Space Medical Test Samples Handed over to Scientists After Shenzhou-19 Return.

CSS – Meer nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: Space Experiments Can Offer New Approaches to Tackling Human Health Issues: Expert.

Naar de Maan én Mars.

Grote lijnen NASA-budget FY2026 bekend – $6 miljard minder – Naar de Maan én naar Mars.
NASA: President Trump’s FY26 Budget Revitalizes Human Space Exploration.
Space Policy Online: Trump proposes $6 billion cut to NASA.
Space News: White House budget proposal would phase out SLS and Orion, scale back ISS operations.
Payload Space: NASA’s FY26 Plan Would Cut Gateway, Phase Out SLS, Orion.
Spaceflight Now: Proposed 24 percent cut to NASA budget eliminates key Artemis architecture, climate research.

SpaceCom: Trump administration proposes slashing NASA budget by 24%.
SpaceCom: Experts alarmed as White House proposes 'largest single-year cut to NASA in American history'.
SpaceCom: Reshaping our return to the moon: Trump's 2026 budget gives Artemis a major facelift.

Aerospace America: U.S. universities brace for deep cuts to NASA science.

Space News: NASA delays astrophysics mission call for proposals amid budget uncertainties.

NASA Watch: NASA FY 2026 Budget Amputation Highlights.
NASA Watch: Janet Petro Embraces The FY 2026 Budget Challenge.
NASA Watch: Human Landing System Post-Budget Tag-Up [Audio].

TASS: NASA says will welcome Russia as partner in exploring solar system after ISS retires.

Artemis 2 – Mensen rond de Maan.
Ars Technica: NASA just swapped a 10-year-old Artemis II engine with one nearly twice its age.
NASA: Rocket Upper Stage Integrated as Preparations for Artemis II Continue.

Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin Completes Orion Development for Artemis II Mission to the Moon.
Space News: Lockheed Martin delivers completed Orion to NASA for Artemis 2.
SpaceCom: NASA just got the Orion spacecraft that will fly astronauts around the moon on Artemis 2 in 2026.

NASA: NASA Set to Fly South Korean CubeSat on Artemis II Test Flight.

Filmpje:
Lockheed Martin: Orion Spacecraft Ready for Artemis II.

Artemis 5 – Lunar Terrain Vehicle.
Payload: Start Your Engines: The Lunar Rover Race Has Begun.

Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.
Europe In Space: Will the first European on the Moon be Italian?

Cosmos: How do you build meteorite-resistant habitats on the Moon?

Inside Outer Space: Governing the Moon – A History.
Het vermelde boek kan je hier gratis downloaden.

ILRS – China naar de Maan. 
ECNS: China's Tiandu satellite pulls off laser ranging in Earth-moon space under daylight.

Filmpje:
CCTV: China's Tiandu-1 Satellite Conducts Laser Ranging in Earth-Moon Space Under Daylight.

China naar Mars.
The Space Review: The real space race: China will send a crew to orbit Mars by 2050.

Starship – Wachten op IFT 9.
CNBC: SpaceX loses bid to control beach access near launch facility in Texas.
SpaceCom: Will SpaceX's Starbase become a city? Voters will decide on May 3.

SpaceCom: SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft ahead of 9th test flight.

Filmpjes:
LabPadre: The Future of Starbase is Ever Changing - SpaceX Weekly #164.
NSF: Wait that's Ship 36 | Starbase Update.
NSF: SCRUB: SpaceX Performs Static Fire of Ship 35 in Preparation for Starship Flight 9.
NSF: SpaceX Performed A Static Fire of Ship 35 in Preparation for Starship Flight 9.
NSF: SCRUB: SpaceX Performs A Second Static Fire of Ship 35.
NSF: "Big Flash! And Then A Continuing Bit Of Flames!" | SpaceX Boca Chica

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

Een probleem met Psyche.
NASA: NASA’s Psyche Mission Looking Into Propulsion System.
Space News: NASA investigating problem with Psyche electric thrusters.
Ars Technica: NASA’s Psyche spacecraft hits a speed bump on the way to a metal asteroid.

NASA geeft Lunar Trailblazer nog niet op.
Space News: NASA to continue Lunar Trailblazer recovery efforts through mid-June.
SpaceCom: NASA still trying to revive silent Lunar Trailblazer moon orbiter.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Aarde:
NOAA (filmpje): NOAA Satellites Track Large New Jersey Wildfire.

Maan:
NASA: NASA’s Lunar Drill Technology Passes Tests on the Moon – CLPS – PRIME 1 – IM 2.
SpaceCom: DARPA wants a spacecraft to search for water on the moon.
Blue Origin (filmpje): Lunar Instrumentation for Subsurface Thermal Exploration with Rapidity (LISTER).
Blue Origin (filmpje): Lunar PlanetVac (LPV).
The Hindu: New study on Chandrayaan-3’s landing site reveals potential presence of primitive lunar mantle materials.
Russian Space Web: Russian lunar missions face new delays – Luna.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4522-4524: Up on the Roof.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4525-4526: The Day After Groundhog Day (Between Ghost Mountain and Texoli, Headed South).

En om af te ronden:
Werkgroep Maan & Planeten: Podcast: Recente ontwikkelingen in het zonnestelsel – april 2025.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

Afrika krijgt een ruimtevaartagentschap.
African Space Agency: Inauguration of the African Space Agency: A Milestone for Africa’s Space Development.
SpaceCom: African Space Agency celebrates official inauguration, joining global push for space innovation.
ESA: ESA welcomes inauguration of the African Space Agency.

Heisa rond frequentie (non-)gebruik – Starlink – Echostar. FCC wil spectrum-regeltjes aanpassen.
Payload: SpaceX’s Spectrum Surveillance Ups Ante in FCC Fight.

Space News: FCC opens new battlefront in satellite power struggle.

Pas teruggekeerde astronauten krijgen tijdelijk vervoer – en andere voorgestelde wetten.
Payload: House Panel Advances Three Space Bills.

Problemen met Russische Kosmos 2553.
France24: Russian satellite linked to space weapon programme appears to malfunction in orbit.
Payload: Tumbling Russian Sat Highlights Counterspace Threat.
The Guardian: Russian satellite at centre of nuclear weapons allegations is spinning out of control, analysts say.
Reuters: Russian satellite linked to nuclear weapon program appears out of control, U.S. analysts say.

Satellieten op bezoek bij elkaar / Kosmos 2583 “dropt” onbekend ding.
NewsWeek: US Buzzes China's Military Satellites in Unfolding Space Rivalry – USA324 – TJS16 – TJS17.

Sustainability Times: “US on High Alert”: Pentagon Confirms Mysterious Signal Traced to Russian Space Anomaly Now Feared as Major Threat.
NDTV World: Russia Releases Mysterious Objects In Earth's Orbit, Internet Abuzz With Spy Mission Claims;

Zie ook het eerste deel van deze bijdrage van Bart Hendrickx:
The Space Review: Project Nivelir: Russia’s inspection satellites (part 1).

Een oude Russische Venuslander komt terug in de Aardse atmosfeer.

Eerst wat voorgeschiedenis:
The Space Review: Kosmos 482: questions around a failed Venera lander from 1972 still orbiting Earth (but not for long).
Jonathan McDowell: Kosmos-482 capsule (1972-023E, Object 6073).
Russian Space Web: Venera-72 stranded in Earth orbit for decades.

De situatie:
SatTrackCam Leiden: Kosmos 482 Descent Craft reentry forecasts [UPDATED].

Enkele artikels:
Inside Outer Space: Old, Stranded Soviet Venus Lander to Return to Earth (Updated).
Inside Outer Space: Old Soviet Venus Descent Craft Nearing Earth Reentry: What Does New Imagery Suggest?

Nieuwe reentry-capsules op komst / Beelden van Phoenix 1 in de ruimte.
Space News: Radian Aerospace unveils plans for reentry vehicle – Radian Resuable Reentry Vehicle – R3V.
Payload: Radian Plans Re-entry Vehicle For Hypersonic Tests.

En er is US DoD programma: Novel Responsive Space Delivery Project.
Space News: Astra targets cargo delivery with Rocket 4 in Pentagon-backed plan.
Space Daily: Outpost awarded contract to develop reentry shield tech for space-based cargo delivery.

SpaceCom: See photos snapped in space by Europe's 1st private reentry capsule.

Space Force – Nieuws.
Air & Space Forces: Anti-Jamming GPS Upgrades Coming This Year.
Via Satellite: US Space Force Taps 12 Space & Satellite Companies for Latest STP Contract – STEP.

Trump –  Golden Dome – Missile Defense Shield.
Space News: Armed services committees propose $150 billion funding boost for defense.
Space News: Data architecture is paramount for Golden Dome success — and the Department of Defense is not ready.
Space Policy Online: HASC approves recociliation package with $25 billion for Golden Dome.
Air & Space Forces: Congress Eyes Nearly $25B to Jump Start Golden Dome.
Space News: Waltz defends ‘Golden Dome’ missile shield amid partisan divide.

Trump, Musk en Isaacman.
Space Explored: Republicans call for more NASA science funding.

Space News: Head of FAA’s commercial space office takes buyout.

The Space Review: Isaacman revisited.
Inside Outer Space: Nominee for NASA Jared Isaacman: What Next?.
Space News: Senate Commerce Committee advances Isaacman nomination to lead NASA.
Spaceflight Now: U.S. Senate Commerce Committee advances Isaacman’s nomination for NASA administrator to full Senate.
Payload: Isaacman Pays The Moon Price, Heads For Senate Floor.

Government Executive: NASA preparing for steep workforce cuts but hopeful it can avoid more layoffs.

De meeste hoogtepunten zijn uiteraard al in gang gezet onder de vorige president.
NASA: NASA Soars to New Heights in First 100 Days of Trump Administration.

Hubble Space Telescope – Nieuws.
NASA:  NASA’s Hubble Tracks a Roaming Magnetar of Unknown Origin.
ESA: Hubble offers a new view of Sombrero galaxy.
NASA: Hubble Provides New View of Galactic Favorite.
NASA: Hubble Spots a Squid in the Whale.
NASA: Hubble Spies Cosmic Pillar in Eagle Nebula.
SpaceCom: Ghostly galaxy without dark matter baffles astronomers.
SpaceCom: Hubble Telescope snaps stunning portraits of Mars, a celestial moth and more in spectacular 35th anniversary photos.
ESA: Hubble celebrates 35th year in orbit.
SpaceCom: This Week In Space podcast: Episode 158 — Hubble's 35th Birthday.
SpaceCom: Can Hubble still hang? How the space telescope compares to its successors after 35 years of cosmic adventures.
SpaceCom: Could astronauts visit the Hubble Space Telescope again?
NASA: Hubble Visits Glittering Cluster, Capturing Its Ultraviolet Light.
NASA: Hubble Images a Peculiar Spiral.

Space Policy Online: Trump praises Hubble, promises America will lead the way in space exploration.

Filmpjes:
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: Kohoutek 4-55 .
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: Messier 77.
STScI: Mars Rotation - Hubble Space Telescope - 35th Anniversary.
STScI: Rosette Nebula Visualization – Hubble Space Telescope - 35th Anniversary.
STScI: Planetary Nebula NGC 2899 Visualization – Hubble Space Telescope - 35th Anniversary.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan of the Eagle Nebula.
HubbleWebbESA: Zoom into the planetary nebula NGC 2899.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan: Messier 72.
HubbleWebbESA: Space Sparks episode.
HubbleWebbESA: Hubble celebrates 35th anniversary.
HubbleWebbESA: Hubble celebrates 35th anniversary.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan video: Arp 184.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan video: Infrared and optical image (Hubble and Webb).

James Webb Space Telescope – Nieuws.
NASA: NASA Webb’s Autopsy of Planet Swallowed by Star Yields Surprise.
NASA: With NASA’s Webb, Dying Star’s Energetic Display Comes Into Full Focus.
ESA: Webb brings dying star's energetic display into full focus.
Ars Technica: Tuesday Telescope: Is the James Webb Space Telescope worth $10 billion?
ESA: A visual feast of galaxies, from infrared to X-ray.
SpaceCom: New JWST observations of 'trans-Neptunian objects' could help reveal our solar system's past.
SpaceCom: James Webb Space Telescope finds coldest exoplanet ever seen, and it orbits a dead star.

Filmpjes:
HubbleWebbESA: Pan video: NGC 1514 (MIRI image).
JWST: Webb Reveals the Early Universe.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan video: Infrared and optical image (Hubble and Webb).
HubbleWebbESA: Transition video: Infrared, optical, and X-ray views of a galaxy group.
HubbleWebbESA: Pan video: Infrared, optical, and X-ray image (Hubble, Webb, Chandra, and XMM Newton).

Chandra X-Ray Observatory – Nieuws.
Chandra: NASA's Chandra Releases New 3D Models of Cosmic Objects.
NASA: NASA’s Chandra Diagnoses Cause of Fracture in Galactic “Bone”.

Gaia – Nieuws.
ESA: Gaia spots odd family of stars desperate to leave home.

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

New Horizons – Nieuws.
PhysOrg: New Horizons observations lead to first Lyman-alpha map from the galaxy.

SPHEREx – Nieuws.
NASA: NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Begins Capturing Entire Sky.

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – Nieuws.
NASA: NASA’s Roman Mission Shares Detailed Plans to Scour Skies.
CosmosMag: NASA’s new Roman space telescope mission plans revealed.

Filmpjes:
STSCI: Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: Mapping the Universe.
STSCI:Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: Tracking Change Over Time.
STSCI: Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: Exploring the Dynamic Heart of the Milky Way.
STSCI: Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope: Capturing Our Cosmic Home.

Veel lees- en kijkplezier,

Koen