Deze week zindert de tweede New Glenn nog wat na, met de bekendmaking van een nog grotere versie. Bij SpaceX kende ze alvast een valse start met de versie 3 van Starship. Het eerste booster-exemplaar barstte uit elkaar bij een druktest. En uitkijken doen we deze week naar de lancering van een Shenzhou alsook een Soyuz-capsule. Dat en nog veel meer ook deze week in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart.

Bij de foto: New Glenn kende niet alleen een geslaagde tweede lancering, het was vooral de spectaculaire geslaagde terugkeer van de eerste trap. Deze week ging Blue Origin door met de aankondiging van een nog straffere versie van deze raket. Foto: Blue Origin.

De lanceringen van de afgelopen week.

17.11.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Sentinel 6B.
01.10 – ESA: Sea-level monitoring satellite unboxed.

NASA: 6 Things to Know From NASA About New US, European Sea Satellite.
De NASA Sentinel-6B press kit vind je hier (PDF).

NASA: NASA, European Partners Set to Launch Sentinel-6B Earth Satellite.
NASA’s Sentinel 6 blog vind je hier.
ESA: Sentinel-6B launched to extend record of sea-level rise.

SpaceCom: SpaceX launches used rocket for 500th time, sends Sentinel-6B ocean-mapping satellite to orbit.
Space News: Falcon 9 launches Sentinel-6B satellite to monitor global sea level.
NSF: Sentinel-6B ocean monitoring satellite launches aboard Falcon 9.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches joint NASA-European sea level monitor.

Spacepage: Sentinel-6B satelliet gelanceerd om gegevens over stijging van de zeespiegel bij te houden.

GroundStation: New Ocean-Monitoring Satellite Completes Launch and Early Operations Phase – Sentinel 6B.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Sentinel-6B: Extending the Legacy (NASA Mission Trailer).
NASA: Sentinel-6B: Extending the Legacy (Mission Overview).
NASA: Sentinel-6B Prelaunch Media Teleconference.
NASA: Sentinel-6B Launch.
ESA: Sentinel-6B is launched
SciNews: Sentinel-6B launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing.
SciNews: Sentinel-6B deployment.

18.11.2025 – Studentenraket lanceert vanuit Andøya naar de ruimte.
Andoyaspace: NASA and Andøya Space successfully launched the student-oriented rocket GHOST from Andøya.
Beelden van de lanceercampagne vind je hier.

18.01.2025 – RocketLab lanceert suborbitale Electron – Prometheus Run – HASTE.
RocketLab: Rocket Lab Successfully Launches HASTE Mission for Defense Innovation Unit, Missile Defense Agency.
SpaceCom: Rocket Lab launches hypersonic test flight for US military.

19.11.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 6-94 (CCSFS).
SpaceCom: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaks into Florida's night sky carrying Starlink satellites to orbit.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX resumes early evening launches after FAA restrictions lifted.

Filmpjes:
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 326 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 19 November 2025.

19.11.2025 – Chinese Lange Mars 2C/YZ lanceert drie Shijian-30 satellieten.
China in Space: New Space Monitoring Trio Reaches Orbit Following Jiuquan Launch [Long March 2C].

Filmpje:
SciNews: Long March-2C launches Shijian-30 A-C.

20.11.2025 – RocketLab lanceert Electron – Follow My Speed.
Officieel werd niets bekend gemaakt over deze vlucht, maar vermoedelijk gaat het om een BlackSky Gen-3 satelliet.
RocketLab: Two Launches in Two Days from Two Hemispheres: Rocket Lab Beats Annual Launch Record with Back-To-Back Electron Missions.

SpaceCom: Rocket Lab launches mystery satellite for 'confidential commercial customer' .
Space News: Electron launches confidential commercial satellite.

Filmpjes:
RocketLab: 'Follow My Speed' Launch.
SciNews: Electron launches “Follow My Speed”.

21.11.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 6-78 (KSC).
Spaceflight Now: Falcon 9 Starlink mission marks 100th launch of the year from Florida’s Space Coast.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches the 100th mission of the year from Florida's Space Coast.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 29 Starlink  satellites to orbit from Florida.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 327 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 21 November 2025.

21.11.2025 – Chinese Lange Mars 3B/E lanceert TJSW-21.
China in Space: Seventh TJSW Spacecraft of 2025 Launched via Xichang Mission [Long March 3B/E].

Filmpjes:
HiChina: China launches three new satellites into space.
SciNews: Long March-3B launches TJSW-21.

22.11.2025 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 6-79 (CCSFS).
Spaceflight Now: Falcon 9 rocket continues Starlink deployments with launch from Cape Canaveral.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 328 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 22 November 2025.

Te verwachten lanceringen.

25.11.2025 – De onbemande Shenzhou 22 voor de Tiangong bemanning wordt de 25ste november gelanceerd.
ECNS: Preparations begin for new space mission.
Space News: China to launch Shenzhou-22 spacecraft Nov. 25 to provide lifeboat for astronauts.
SpaceCom: Chinese astronauts to get replacement spacecraft after debris strike leaves them without a ride home.
Inside Outer Space: China Quickens Launch Pace of Shenzhou-22 Mission: Replacement Vehicle for Space Debris Damaged Spaceship.
China in Space: Replacement Shenzhou-22 Spacecraft to Launch in a Week.

Spacepage: Chinese astronauten krijgen vervangend ruimtevaartuig.
NSF: China prepares to launch uncrewed Shenzhou as maiden launches slip for commercial launch providers.

SpaceCom: Space junk strike on China's astronaut capsule highlights need for a space rescue service, experts say.

26.11.2025 – Soyuz MS-28 wordt klaargemaakt voor lancering – ISS.
TASS:  Soyuz MS-28 commander reports on pre-launch preparations for expedition.
GCTC: Final inspection of the spacecraft: the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft underwent a test fit at Baikonur.

In afwachting past het ISS zijn baan aan.
TASS: International Space Station climbs to hire orbit, gets set for crew rotation — Roscosmos.

Raketnieuws.

Shutdown beëindigd. FAA heft de beperkingen op lanceerlicenties weer op.
Space News: FAA ends commercial launch curfew.
SpaceCom: FAA lifts ban on daytime rocket launches after government shutdown ends.

Nog eens NG2 – De toekomst van New Glenn.
SpaceCom: Rocket returned, lightly used: Why Blue Origin's landed New Glenn booster is so clean.

Space News: Blue Origin announces New Glenn upgrade plans.
Ars Technica: Blue Origin revealed some massively cool plans for its New Glenn rocket.
SpaceCom: Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will build a 'super heavy' version of its powerful New Glenn rocket
Payload: Blue Announces New Glenn Engine Upgrades, Super Heavy Variant.

Space News: Blue Origin advances Blue Ring spacecraft toward 2026 national security mission.

Filmpjes:
Blue Origin: New Glenn-2: Booster Arrival.
NSF Breaking Space: New Glenn Is Growing To Starship-Size? | Blue Origin Reveals Huge Update!

Nieuws van het Franse HyPrSpace.
European Spaceflight: French Rocket Builder HyPrSpace Secures €21 Million in New Funding.
Payload: HyPrSpace €21M Series A Paves a Pathway to Launch.

Nieuws van het Duitse Isar Aerospace en hun Spectrum-raket.
Space News: SEOPS buys Spectrum launch from Isar Aerospace.
European Spaceflight: US-Based Launch Aggregator Purchases Dedicated Isar Aerospace Flight.

ISAR test cryogene motor voor de LVM3 Upper Stage.
Space Daily: Successful cryogenic engine start enables enhanced mission flexibility for ISRO.

Space Pioneer en Tianlong 3.
China in Space: Tianlong-3 Quietly Arrives at Jiuquan Ahead of Several Reusable Rocket Debuts.

Galactic Energy – Over de mislukte Ceres 1 lancering – Testen motor voor Pallas 1.
China in Space: Galactic Energy Fires Reusable Rocket Engine, Discloses Cause of Ceres-1 Failure.

Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.

Het EAC – European Astronaut Centre – breidt uit.
ESA: The European Astronaut Centre is expanding.
In het Nederlands lees je het hier.
European Spaceflight: ESA to Build €20 Million Human and Robotic Exploration Hub in Germany.

EuroSuit – Een Europees ruimtepak.
Het IVA-suit werd ontwikkeld m.b.v. Decathlon en wordt door CNES uitgetest tijdens de vlucht van Sophie Adenot begin volgend jaar.
Decathlon: EuroSuit: First intra-vehicular Space Suit Prototype developed by CNES, Spartan Space, Medes and Decathlon.
European Spaceflight: European Spacesuit to be Tested Aboard ISS in 2026.
Europe in Space: A Spacesuit With No Ship.

Zie ook dit bericht uit oktboer 2024:
European Spaceflight: CNES to Flight Test Early Prototype of a European Spacesuit.

Meer info over Sophie Adenot’s Epsilon Mission vind je hier bij CNES (Engels) of bij CNES (Frans).

Filmpje:
Le Jounral de L’Espace: Décathlon a INVENTÉ une COMBINAISON SPATIALE ! (ft Spartan Space).

Bij ESA Education vind je ook meer info over ruimtepakken.

ISS – De blogentries / On the ISS this week.
ISS Blog: Monday’s Research Studies Ways to Protect Eyes and Lungs in Space.
ISS Blog: Heart Health, Stem Cells, and Physics Keep Crew Busy on Tuesday.
ISS Blog: Station Orbiting Higher as Exercise Research and Maintenance Continue.
ISS Blog: Crew Works on Stem Cells, CubeSats; Prepares for Soyuz and Commercial Crew Launches.
ISS Blog: Week Wraps with Fluid Physics, Stem Cell Research as New Crew Preps Begin.

SpaceCom: NASA astronaut shows how to 'weigh' yourself in space | On the ISS this week Nov. 17-21, 2025.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
RocketSTEM: How does the International Space Station stay in low Earth orbit?
RocketSTEM: Water recycling is key for ISS and Mars missions.

NASA: 25 Years of Scientific Discovery Aboard the International Space Station.

Science News: Moss spores survived in space for 9 months.
New Scientist: Moss spores survive and germinate after 283-day 'space walk'.
PhysOrg: 'Worms in space' experiment aims to investigate the biological effects of spaceflight.

Commerciële ruimtestations – CLD – Starlab.
Space News – Space Minds: Reimagining space stations for the commercial age – STARLAB.
Space News: Janus Henderson invests in Starlab Space.
Space Daily: Starlab secures investment from Janus Henderson for commercial space station project.

Meer nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation – CSS.
Space Daily: Quantum sensors on the China Space Station to probe dark matter and exotic physics.

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

Consortium o.l.v. Thales Alenia Space Italy bouwt het Lunar Descent Element voor ESA’s Argonaut.
ESA: ESA and Thales Alenia Space present the industrial consortium for Argonaut Lunar Descent Element.
De Nederlandstalige versie vind je hier.

ESA: Argonaut lunar lander family grows.
ESA (filmpje): ESA’s Argonaut press conference.

Aerospace America: Argonaut ‘fully European’ freighters will learn lessons from previous crashes.

Artemis 2 – Dan toch op schema?
NASA: NASA Progresses Toward Artemis II Moon Mission.
NASA (filmpje): MOON MINUTE: Artemis II Moon Rocket Fully Integrated.

Artemis 3 – Amerika opnieuw op de Maan – Uitstel.
SpaceCom: SpaceX Starship timeline delays astronaut moon landing for NASA's Artemis 3 mission to 2028: Report.
NASA (filmpje): Artemis III Tank On the Move at #NASA Michoud.

Lunar Gateway.
ESA: Up goes Lunar Link.

Artemis Accords.
NASA: NASA Celebrates Five Years of Artemis Accords, Welcomes 3 New Nations.

Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.
Space News (sponsor content): Orion: Safeguarding Humanity’s Return to the Moon and the Journey Beyond.

NSF: L3Harris testing brand new RS-25 engines for future Artemis launches.
NASA Stennis (filmpje): NASA Tests RS-25 Engine Nov. 12, 2025.
SciNews (filmpje): SLS RS-25 Engine Test, 12 November 2025.

NASA (filmpje): Planting an Artemis I Moon Tree.

Space Daily: Lunar dust model highlights risks for spacecraft and future moon base projects.

SpaceCom: How spacefaring nations could avoid conflict on the moon.
SpaceCom: With more moon missions on the horizon, avoiding crowding and collisions will be a growing challenge.
Space News: Opinion: Avoiding a harmful lunar ‘gold rush’.

ILRS – China naar de Maan.
Inside Outer Space: Brick by Brick: China Investigates Moon Construction Techniques.

Starship nieuws – Eerste V3 Starship begeeft het bij druktest.
NSF: Preparing pads for SpaceX’s future Starship cadence.
SpaceX had via een twitter bericht de eerste V3 Super Heavy aangekondigd.
Een korte reactie volgde na de mislukte test.
Ars Technica: Newest Starship booster is significantly damaged during testing early Friday.
Teslarati: SpaceX Starship Version 3 booster crumples in early testing.
NSF: Booster 18 suffers anomaly during proof testing.
SpaceCom: SpaceX's 1st 'Version 3' Super Heavy Starship booster buckles under pressure during initial tests.
Space News: First next-generation Starship booster damaged in testing.

Filmpjes:
LabPadre Space: SpaceX's Gigabay Begins to Take Form - Spaceflight Weekly #193.
NSF: "They're really tearing down that launch mount" | SpaceX Starbase.
NSF: Ship 39 Fully Stacked! | Booster 18 Testing Imminent | Starbase Update.
NSF: SpaceX rolls The FIRST Starship Block 3 Booster 18 to Masseys.
NSF: "Timber! of steel and concrete" | SpaceX Starbase.
NSF: "Booster 18 finds Tough Times at Starbase" | SpaceX Starbase.
Marcus House: Starship Super Heavy Just Blew Itself Apart! What Happened Here!?
Scott Manley: SpaceX's Latest Booster Explosion Explained.

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

Meer nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Ruimteweer:
SciTechDaily: A Massive Geomagnetic Superstorm Crushed Earth’s Plasma Shield.
ESA: Solar fireworks caught on camera.
SpaceCom: Earth just got hit by a stealth solar storm no one saw coming.
ESA: Lessons from the November 2025 solar storm.

Mercurius:
ESA: Marking one year until BepiColombo reaches Mercury.

Twee filmpjes:
ESA: The epic adventures of BepiColombo | Part 1: to the launch pad!
ESA: The epic adventures of BepiColombo | Part 2: It’s a long way to Mercury.

Aarde:
ESA: ESA investigates high-stakes Amazon tipping point.
ESA (filmpje): Carbon Amazon Rainforest Activity.
NASA: NASA Researchers Track Slowly Splitting ‘Dent’ in Earth’s Magnetic Field – South Atlantic Anomaly.
NASA: What is BioSentinel?
TerraWatch: The Earth Observation Adoption Curve: From Hype to Invisibility.
Space Captial (filmpje): ICEYE: The "Impossible" Tech That Changed Earth Observation.

Maan:
ECNS: Chinese scientists discover lunar rust, revealing new oxidation process on the moon.
China in Space: Chang'e 7 to Start Searching for Lunar Water Ice in Mid-2026.
Times of India: Chandrayaan-4 mission likely to be launched in 2028, says ISRO chief – Sample Return.
Universe Today: The Man in the Moon Gets a New Scar.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4709-4715: Drilling High and Low in the Boxwork Unit.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4716-4722: Drilling Success at Nevado Sajama.
Inside Outer Space: Mars: Stayed Habitable Longer Than Believed?
Universe Today: Ancient Underground Water Suggests Mars May Have Been Habitable Longer than Previously Thought.

Saturnus:
NASA: NASA Cassini Study Finds Organics ‘Fresh’ From Ocean of Enceladus.

3I/Atlas:
SpaceCom: Mars spacecraft images pinpoint comet 3I/ATLAS's path with 10x higher accuracy. This could help us protect Earth someday.
NASA: NASA to Share Comet 3I/ATLAS Images From Spacecraft, Telescopes.
NASA (filmpje): NASA Shares Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Images.
NASA: NASA’s Mars Spacecraft Capture Images of Comet 3I/ATLAS.
Times of India: ISRO tracks interstellar coet 3I/ATLAS as it leaves inner Solar system.
SpaceCom: Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shines in new image captured after close pass by the sun.
Ars Technica: NASA really wants you to know that 3I/ATLAS is an interstellar comet.
SpaceCom: NASA reveals new images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from across the solar system: 'It looks and behaves like a comet'.
ESA: SOHO observes comet 3I/ATLAS.

Planetoïde 2024 YR4:
Universe Today: Asteroid 2024 YR4 Was Earth's First Real-Life Defense Test.

Planetoïde 2022 RD2:
Mashable: An asteroid near Earth could become a temporary moon, then a crash risk.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

CM25 – De ESA Ministerconferentie van eind november in Bremen.
ESA (filmpje): ESA Director General looks ahead to CM25.
Space News: European officials stress space autonomy despite lingering dependencies.
Space News: Industry expects Germany to increase ESA contributions.
SpaceCom: Will Europe's flagship space science missions survive NASA's budget cuts?

Payload: Tariff Turbulence Boosts Canadian Investment in ESA.

Het bericht werd hier al eerder verspreid, maar het werd enkele dagen voor CM25 nog eens in de belangstelling gebracht.
VRTNWS: Belgische ruimtevaartsector vreest halvering budget.

Als opfrissing:
ESA (filmpje): The European Space Agency explained.

Alle ESA-berichten over CM25 vind je hier.
Volg het live: ESA: Follow CM25 online.

De EU Space Act.
Space News: U.S. government and companies criticize draft EU Space Act.

Jared Isaacman wordt dan (wellicht) toch de nieuwe NASA Administrator.
NASA Watch: Isaacman Confirmation Hearing 2.0.
Space News: Senate Commerce Committee schedules hearing on Isaacman renomination.
SpaceCom: Senate to hold hearing for billionaire Jared Isaacman's re-nomination as NASA chief on Dec. 3.

President Trump en de Big Beautifull Bill.
Space Policy Online: What’s Happening in Space Policy November 16-22, 2025.
The Planetary Society: Revisiting NASA funding as the government reopens.

NASA Watch: Congress Asks NASA IG To Audit GSFC Actions.

“The Wolf Amendment” – Over NASA’s relatie met China.
Payload: A Debate on the Wolf Amendment.
Inside Outer Space: U.S.-China Space Relations: Should the Wolf Amendment be Repealed?

Het hele debat kan je hier herbekijken.

Space Force – Nieuws.
Payload: Space Force Releases Vector 2025.
Air & Space Forces: Saltzman’s ‘Vector’ Charts Space Force’s Progress and Next Steps.
Air & Space Forces: New Cybersecurity Rules for Pentagon’s Commercial Satellite Vendors.
Payload: Redwire Wins $44M DARPA Contract for VLEO Demo.
Space News: Redwire lands $44 million DARPA award to build air-breathing satellite.
Breaking Defense: Space Force to solicit prototype proposals for midcourse space-based missile interceptors.
Air & Space Forces: Space Command Creates ‘Task Force Voyager’ to Coordinate Alabama HQ Move.

Golden Dome – Missile Defense Shield.
Space News: How Golden Dome could make nuclear weapons irrelevant.
Breaking Defense: Golden Dome faces challenges of size, scope and scale from every angle.
Space News: Kymeta and iRocket working on multi-orbit Golden Dome interceptor connectivity.
Breaking Defense: Golden Dome implementation plan under review, Congress may get look this week.

Breaking Defense: US Iron Dome interceptor production site opens as Israel places major new order.

TASS: West lacks will to work on treaty to prevent arms in outer space — senior Russian diplomat.

European Space Shield – De Duitse plannen.
Payload: Germany Outlines its Defensive Space Plans.
Breaking Defense: Germany’s first space security strategy aims at independent defensive, offensive capabilities.

Veel lees- en kijkplezier,

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