De lancering van een New Glenn mislukte maar de eerste trap kwam heelhuids naar beneden. Komt de eerste Artemis-maanlanding in 2028 in gedrang door problemen met de maanpakken ? De Hubble Space Telescope viert zijn 35ste verjaardag en een nieuwe ruimtetelescoop is klaar voor lancering. Dat en nog veel, veel meer in deze aflevering van het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart.

Bij de foto: Deze ochtend vertrok een Progress-capsule richting ruimtestation. Dat wil ook zeggen dat enkele dagen eerder een andere veel eerder gelanceerde capsule bij het ISS vertrokken is en ondertussen ook opbrandde in de atmosfeer. Foto NASA.

De lanceringen van de afgelopen week.

19.04.2026 – Lancering New Glenn mislukt maar slaagt er wel in om eerste trap een tweede keer te gebruiken.
Bij de vorige lancering van een New Glenn slaagde men er in de eerste trap na gebruik te laten landen. Bij deze derde New Glenn vlucht werd die eerste trap opnieuw gebruikt, zij het met nieuwe motoren. Die eerste trap deed haar werk en kwam ook weer heelhuids terug. De tweede trap bracht de nuttige lading in een voorlopige baan om de Aarde maar slaagde er niet in om de baan verder te verhogen. De satelliet wordt als verloren beschouwd. De BlueBird 7 was verzekerd voor een 30 miljoen dollar.

Space News: Third New Glenn launch suffers upper stage malfunction.
NSF: New Glenn launches on third mission, successfully reuses booster for the first time.
Spaceflight Now: Blue Origin launches third New Glenn rocket, but payload ends up in wrong orbit.
SpaceCom: Giant BlueBird 7 mobile phone satellite will be deorbited after faulty Blue Origin launch
Ars Technica: Blue Origin’s rocket reuse achievement marred by upper stage failure.
BBC: Blue Origin rocket grounded after satellite 'mishap'.
The Register: FAA grounds Blue Origin's New Glenn as it probes missed satellite delivery 'mishap'.
SpaceCom: Blue Origin's huge New Glenn rocket grounded after launch mishap.

NSS: The New Glenn 3 Anomaly in Historical Perspective.

Filmpjes:
Blue Origin: Beelden van de rollout.
NSF: Beelden van de Static Fire.
Blue Origin: Replay: New Glenn Mission NG-3 Webcast.
SciNews: New Glenn launch and landing, 19 April 2026.
NSF Breaking Space: Primary Mission Failure: What Went Wrong on New Glenn Flight 3? | Full Analysis.
Spaceflight Now: Satellite burns up after Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket launch fails to reach correct orbit.
NSF: Blue Origin returns New Glenn to Port Canaveral.

19.04.2026 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 17-22 (VSFB).
Het was blijkbaar ook meteen de 600ste geslaagde landing van een Falcon 9 booster.
SpaceCom: 600 rocket landings! SpaceX notches another milestone during Sunday Starlink launch.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 25 Starlink satellites to orbit from California.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 380 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 19 April 2026.

21.04.2026 – SpaceX lanceert GPS III SV10.
Oorspronkelijk had deze laatste GPS III satelliet gelanceerd moeten worden met een Vulcan. Maar door de problemen met de vastebrandstofraketten werd de satelliet doorgeschoven naar een Falcon 9.
En blijkbaar was het meteen de laatste keer dat het droneship “Just Read The Instructions” gebruikt werd voor een Falcon 9 booster landing. Vanaf nu zou JRTI enkel nog voor Starship ingezet worden. Wat dat betekent, dat zullen we nog moeten afwachten.

Lockheed Martin: Lockheed Martin Launches GPS III Satellite, Paving the Way for Next-Generation GPS IIIF Spacecraft.
Meer info over GPS III vind je in deze USSF Fact Sheet.

Space News: Falcon 9 launches final GPS 3 satellite into orbit for U.S. Space Force.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches advanced GPS satellite for US Space Force after rocket swap.
Spaceflight Now: Live coverage: SpaceX to launch final GPS III satellite for the U.S. Space Force.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch the GPS III-8 mission from pad 40 in Florida.
SciNews: GPS III-8 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing.
SciNews: GPS III SV10 deployment.

22.04.2026 – RocketLab/Electron lanceert “Bubbles” (suborbitaal) – HASTE.
RocketLab: HASTE.

23.04.2026 – RocketLab/Electron lanceert “Kakushin Rising” – 8 satellietjes voor Japan.
RocketLab: “Kakushin Rising”.
RocketLab: Rocket Lab Completes Second Dedicated Launch for Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
SpaceCom: Rocket Lab launches Japanese 'origami' satellite, 7 other spacecraft to orbit.
Space News: Electron launches Japanese cubesats.

JAXA: Over de succesvolle lancering v/d 8 cubesats.

Filmpjes:
RocketLab: 'Kakushin Rising' Launch.
SciNews: Electron launches “Kakushin Rising”.

23.04.2026 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 17-14 (VSFB).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 381 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 23 April 2026.

24.04.2026 – Russische Angara 1.2 lanceert militaire satellieten.
Russian Space Web: Angara-1.2 flies its seventh mission.

24.04.2026 – Chinese Lange Mars 2D lanceert 4 testsatellieten voor SatNet-constellatie.
China in Space:Xichang Mission Delivers Four More Constellation Test Satellites [Long March 2D Y109].

Filmpjes:
CCTV: China Launches Test Satellite for Satellite Internet Technology.
SciNews: Long March-2D launches “Satellite Internet Technology Test Satellites”.

25.04.2029 – Chinese Lange Mars 6 lanceert aardobservatiesatelliet voor Pakistan.
China in Space: New Pakistani Remote Sensing Satellite Launched From Taiyuan [Long March 6 Y15].

Filmpjes:
CGTN (short): China launches Pakistan's PRSC-EO3 satellite.
SciNews: Long March-6 launches PRSC-EO3.

26.04.2026 – Rusland lanceert Progress-bevoorradingsschip naar het ISS.
NASA: NASA to Cover Progress 95 Spacecraft Launch, Docking.
NASA: Progress 95 Cargo Craft Launches to Resupply Station Crew.

TASS: Soyuz 2.1a rocket with Progress MS-34 spacecraft assembled at Baikonur spaceport.
TASS: Progress MS-34 spacecraft successfully launched into orbit — broadcast.
SpaceCom: Russia launches 3 tons of cargo to the International Space Station from Kazakhstan.
NSF: Progress MS-34 to launch from Baikonur for ISS cargo delivery.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Progress 95 Cargo Ship Launch.
SciNews: Progress MS-34 launch.
Roscosmos TV: Lancering Progress MS-34.

Te verwachten lanceringen.

NET 28.04.2026 – Lancering herbruikbare Lange Mars 10B.
China in Space: Reusable Long March 10B Debut Flight Expected No Earlier Than April 28th.

Lancering Smile op 19 mei.
ESA: Smile set to launch on 19 May.

Return-to-flight voor Japanse HIII op 10 juni.
Japan Wire: JAXA mulls launching H3 test rocket in June after last year's failure.
JAXA: Launch Schedule of the 6th H3 Launch Vehicle (Type 30 Test Vehicle).

Raketnieuws.

Gaat Vulcan (voorlopig) zonder SRB’s gelanceerd worden?
Space News: Space Force weighs Vulcan flights without solid boosters.

Northrop Grumman boekt een kost van 71 miljoen dollar i.v.m. Vulcan SRB-probleem.
Space News: Northrop Grumman takes $71 million charge on Vulcan booster issue.

Relativity Space – Terran R update.
Relativity Space (filmpje): Terran R March 2026 Program Update.

US Space Force zoekt meer lanceringen met grote raketten.
Space News: Space Force faces surge in demand for heavy-lift launches.

Astrobotic test geavanceerde motor – Chakram – RDRE.
RDRE staat voor Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine. 
Astrobotic: Astrobotic Breaks Records for Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Hot Fire.

Space News: Astrobotic tests advanced rocket engine.
Payload: Astrobotic Hotfires Engine That Could Power Moon Missions.

Filmpje:
Astrobotic. Astrobotic Breaks Records for Hot Firing Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE).

Israelische firma Moonshot wil kleine vrachten de ruimte in schieten.
The Times of Israel: Israeli startup unveils quest for electromagnetic launcher to shoot cargo into space.

ESA en zijn Crew Launch Abort Demonstrator.
European Spaceflight: ESA Publishes New Details on Crew Launch Abort Demonstrator.

ESA zoekt transport naar de Maan.
European Spaceflight: ESA Seeks Commercial Provider to Transport Payload to the Moon.

ESA en het LEO Cargo Return Iniative – NYX – PHOENIX.
18.03 – European Spaceflight: ESA to Incentivise the Use of European Launchers for LEO Cargo Return Initiative.

07.04 – European Spaceflight: The Exploration Company Completes Nyx Test Model Pressure Tests.
22.04 – Payload: ATMOS Space Cargo Raises €25.7M Series A.

ESA’s Space Rider – Testmodel op ware grootte.
ESA: Space Rider drop model ready to glide.
ESA: First full-size Space Rider test model assembled.

Filmpje:
ESA: Space Rider drop model assembly.

Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.

Progress MS-32 verlaat het ruimtestation en brandt op in de atmosfeer.
Vooraleer de Progress werd losgekoppeld was er nog een laatste baanverhoging voor het ISS.
Russian Space Web: Progress MS-32 conducts its fourth ISS orbit correction / Progress MS-32 ends its mission.

Filmpje:
Roscosmos TV: Vertrek Progress MS-32.
SciNews: Progress MS-32 undocking.

NASA stelt bemanning Crew 13 voor.
NASA: NASA Shares SpaceX Crew-13 Assignments for Space Station Mission.
TASS: Crew-13 mission with cosmonaut Teteryatnikov expected from mid-September.
Collect Space: NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 pays homage to Apollo 13 on mission patch.

ESA begint aan isolatiestudie van 100 dagen – SOLIS100.
ESA: SOLIS100 isolation study begins in Germany.
VRTNWS: Europees Ruimteagentschap ESA sluit 6 mensen 100 dagen op voor de wetenschap.

ISS – De blogentries.
ISS Blog: Space Health Research Fills Day Before Cargo Craft Departs.
ISS Blog: Roscosmos Progress 93 Cargo Spacecraft Departs Station.
ISS Blog: Crew Studies Biotech on Tuesday to Advance Health and Space Economy.
ISS Blog: DNA Research on Station Promoting Cancer Therapies, Radiation Repair.
ISS Blog: Biotech Research on Station Informing Advanced Cancer and Heart Treatments.
ISS Blog: Cargo Mission Launching Saturday as Crew Wraps Week with Research.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
SpaceCom: Astronauts face grip strength challenge in space and on Earth, scientists find.

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA Astronauts Discuss Life In Space With WFSB-TV – Wednesday, April 22, 2026.
NASA: NASA Astronauts Discuss Life In Space With U.S. Naval War College – Friday, April 24, 2026.
ESA: Everyday operations in orbit: toilet maintenance.

Commerciële ruimtestations – VAST – CLD. 
VAST: Vast and Cedars-Sinai Partner on Microgravity Science and Crew Health.
Collect Space: Vast reveals flight suit, tests timepiece for commercial space station.
Ars Technica: Visitors to this private space station won’t be wearing shorts and T-shirts.

The Space Review: Commercial space station developers make their business case to NASA.

Twee Pakistani gekozen voor bezoek aan Tiangong – CSS.
China in Space: Final Two Pakistani Astronaut Candidates Chosen Ahead of Shenzhou-24 Mission.

Filmpje:
CGTN: Two Pakistani astronauts selected as China prepares first foreign crew mission.
China View TV: Two Pakistani astronauts arrive in China for space mission training.

Nog eens Qingzhou.
SciNews (filmpje): Qingzhou prototype completes first tests.

Nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation – CSS.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: Chinese Astronauts Send Blessings from Space to Mark Space Day.
CGTN: Taikonauts relax aboard Tiangong space station.

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

Artemis Accords.
Payload: Latvia To Join Artemis Accords Today.
NASA: NASA Welcomes Latvia as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory. 
Space News: Latvia joins the Artemis Accords.
NASA: NASA Welcomes Jordan as 63rd Artemis Accords Signatory.
Space News: Jordan signs the Artemis Accords.
Space Policy Online: Latvia and Jordan Join Artemis Accords.

Artemis II – Eerste controles van performantie raket en capsule.
NASA: NASA on Track for Future Missions with Initial Artemis II Assessments.
NASA: Artemis II Mission Milestones: An Image and Video Recap.

SpaceCom: 'Guess I'll be waiting a minute to surf again': Artemis 2 moon astronaut Christina Koch shares her recovery journey.

China in Space: Following America's Artemis-2 Moon Mission Through China.
SpaceCom: Artemis 2 and Tiangong space station astronauts set record for farthest distance between humans.
Ars Technica: Artemis II broke Fred Haise’s distance record, but he is happy to pass it on.

US DoW: Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Supports Artemis II Mission.

Artemis III – Core Stage arriveert bij de VAB.
NASA: NASA Rolls Out Artemis III Moon Rocket Core Stage.
SpaceCom: NASA rolls out Artemis 3 SLS rocket's huge core stage to gear up for 2027 launch.

Filmpjes:
Collect Space: NASA Rolls Out Artemis III SLS Core Stage.
NASA Shorts: Artemis III core stage, out.
NASA Shorts: rawler-transporter 2 Returns to Crawler Yard.

Artemis – Worden de maanpakken de vertragende factor voor eerste maanlanding?
NASA OIG: Spacesuit Development Delays Could Impact Artemis Timeline and ISS Operations.
Een samenvatting vind je ook in dit NASA OIG filmpje.
Het betrokken rapport: NASA OIG: NASA’s Acquisition of Next-Generation Spacesuit Services (PDF).

Space News: Artemis spacesuit development risks further delays.
Space Policy Online: NASA IG Raises More Questions About Readiness for Human Lunar Landings.
Payload: NASA’s 2028 Moon Landing Has A Spacesuit Problem, New Report Says.
Space Daily: The Spacesuit Gap: Why Artemis III’s 2028 Landing Date Is Already Slipping.
Ars Technica: What’s the deal with spacesuits for the Moon? Will they be ready in time?
NSF: NASA and Axiom react to OIG Report on delays in Next-Generation Spacesuit Program.
SpaceCom: NASA still confident that Artemis astronauts will land on the moon in 2028 despite spacesuit delays..

Artemis – Lunar Gateway.
Ars Technica: Well, this is embarrassing: The Lunar Gateway’s primary modules are corroded.

Naar de Maan en Mars.
Universe Today: "Immature" Lunar Soil Could Be Suitable for Roadways on the Moon.
Payload: Opportunities Beyond the Moon Opened by CLPS.

ILRS - China naar de Maan.
ECNS: Chinese engineers plan to study building greenhouse on lunar surface.

Starship nieuws – Vlucht 12 in mei (?), de eerste v3-lancering.
NSF: Starship Progress at the Cape with Hoping to Launch this year.
SpaceX postte een uitgebreid filmpje (een 25 minuten) over de opkomst zijnde lancering via dit twitter-bericht.

Filmpjes:
NSF: Starship Update: Ship 39 Static Fire SUCCESS + Booster 19 33-Engine Test! | Starship Update.
Marcus House: SpaceX Just Revealed What Really Happened…

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

Meer nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Ruimteweer:
SpaceCom: Sun unleashes 2 colossal X-flares within 7 hours of each other, knocking out radio signals on Earth.

Mercurius:
PhysOrg: Sulfur-rich Mercury magmas behave differently than Earth's do.

Aarde:
NASA (filmpje): Touring the Globe with PACE - Plankton, Aerosol, ocean Ecosystem Satellite.
ESA: Braving the Arctic for upcoming polar-focused satellites – CIMR / CRISTAL / ROSE-L.
ESA (filmpje): Flight and satellite tracks in Arctic campaign.
ESA (filmpje): Aeolus comes home to forge a lasting lidar legacy.

Maan:
CCTV (filmpje): Chinese Scientists Discover Two New Lunar Minerals.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4867-4872: Sand Fill In Antofagasta Crater and Finding Our Next Drill Target.
NASA: NASA’s Curiosity Finds Organic Molecules Never Seen Before on Mars.
PhysOrg: Mars rover detects never-before-seen organic compounds in new experiment.
SpaceCom: NASA's Curiosity rover finds building blocks of life on Mars. Scientists aren't sure how they got there.
Universe Today: MSL Curiosity Found New Organic Chemicals On Mars, Proof That The Planet Can Preserve Ancient Biosignatures.
VRTNWS: NASA-rover Curiosity vindt moleculen op Mars die lijken op voorlopers van DNA.
SpaceCom: Ancient volcanic ash seen blowing across Mars in new spacecraft images – Mars Express.

Planetoïde Ryugu:
SpaceCom: Famous asteroid Ryugu may have been bombarded by a swarm of tiny space rocks 1,000 years ago.

Voyager:
SpaceCom: NASA shuts down Voyager 1 instrument to keep probe exploring interstellar space.
The Register: NASA working on ‘Big Bang’ upgrade to keep the Voyagers alive for longer.

3I/Atlas:
Universe Today: New Research Reveals That Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed in a System Far Colder Than Our Own.
Universe Today: Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Left a Trail of Methane in its Wake.
Europlanet (filmpje): Europlanet Juice webinar 9: 3I / ATLAS observations by Juice.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

De beursgang van SpaceX.
Voorlopig wellicht in juni van dit jaar.
23.03 – Teslarati: SpaceX’s IPO might arrive sooner than you think.
31.03 – Teslarati: Elon Musk debunks latest rumors about SpaceX IPO.

01.04 – Ars Technica: SpaceX finally files for IPO, targets $1.75 trillion valuation.
01.04 – Space News: SpaceX quietly files for big bang IPO.
02.04 – De Standaard: SpaceX van Musk moet de duurste beursgang ooit worden.
03.04 – Teslarati: Elon Musk calls out $2 trillion SpaceX IPO valuation as ‘BS’.
03.04 – Ars Technica: Elon Musk insists banks working on SpaceX IPO must buy Grok subscriptions.

21.04 – Teslarati: Why SpaceX just made a $60 billion bet on AI coding ahead of historic IPO.
22.04 – De Tijd: SpaceX legt de hand op AI-codeerplatform Cursor voor 60 miljard dollar.

Aanvullend:
10.04 – De Standaard: Tot negen keer zoveel waard: ruimtevaartaandelen schieten als een raket omhoog.

Eutelsat stuurt comsat uit 2004 naar kerkhofbaan.
Satellite Today: Eutelsat Retires GEO Satellite 139 West A to Graveyard Orbit.

Astronauts for America.
Astronats for America: Een open brief (met filmpje).
NASA Watch: Over 100 Former NASA Astronauts Launch “Astronauts For America” to Uphold the Constitution.

Drastische budgetbeperkingen voor NASA’s FY2027 budget. Space Force krijgt een pak meer.
20.04 – NASA Watch: Annual NASA Budget Cut Process Starts Up Again.
22.04 – Payload: Lawmakers Promise to Reject Proposed NASA Cuts—Again.
22.04 – Aeroapsace America: House Science Committee members vow to reject NASA budget cuts.
22.04 – Space Policy Online: House Science Committee Opposes Cuts in NASA’s FY2027 Budget Request.
The Planettary Society: The FY 2027 NASA budget request.
24.04 – SpaceCom: Ted Cruz pushes back on NASA budget cuts: 'I don't want to wake up one day and look up at the moon and realize the Chinese have beat us there'.

21.04 – US Space Force: Budget request directs record $338.8 billion to Air Force and Space Force to meet “challenges of today and tomorrow”.
21.04 – Space News: Pentagon details funding strategy behind Trump’s proposed $1.45 trillion defense budget.
22.04 – Space News: Commerce Department budget proposal would halt work on TraCSS.

PWSA – Nieuws.
20.04 - SatNews: SDA’s Sandhoo: Tranche 1 Launches Resume in May or June.
22.04 - Breaking Defense: Space Force shifts from SDA transport layer to new Space Data Network ‘backbone’.

De US Space Force en de Maan.
20.04 – Space News: Space Force sets up ‘cislunar coordination’ office to focus beyond Earth orbit.
21.04 – ExecutivGov: Space Force to Launch Cislunar Acquisition Office for Lunar Mission Support.

Space Force – Meer nieuws.
19.04 – Space Daily: The Pentagon’s Quiet Bet on GPS-Free Spacecraft Navigation.
20.04 – US Space Force: USSF terminates contract for the Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System – OCX.
20.04 – Breaking Defense: Space Force kills OCX GPS ground control system, citing ‘insurmountable’ challenges.
20.04 – Space News: Pentagon officially ends OCX program, citing risk and delays.
21.04 – Ars Technica: Pentagon pulls the plug on one of the military’s most troubled space programs.
24.04 – Payload: Trump Taps Space Execs For Military Space Roles.
24.04 – Breaking Defense: Satellites at the center: Inside the Pentagon’s next-gen space architecture.

Golden Dome – Missile Defense Shield.
21.04 – Payload: Payload Field Guide: Golden Dome.
21.04 – Aerospace America: Pentagon fiscal ’27 budget aims to ‘operationalize’ Golden Dome.
23.04 – Politco: Golden Dome dreams face harsh budget reality.
23.04 - Space News: SpaceX wins $57 million U.S. military contract for satellite crosslink demo.
24.04 - Air and Space Forces: Space Force Reveals $3.2B in Space-Based Interceptor Awards for Golden Dome.
24.04 - Breaking Defense: Space Force tasks a dozen companies for Golden Dome space-based interceptors.
24.04 - Space News: Space Force awards up to $3.2 billion for Golden Dome interceptor prototypes.
25.04 - Ars Technica: This is who’s developing Golden Dome’s orbital interceptors—if they’re ever built

HST wordt 36.
ESA: Hubble turns 36 with a dazzling Trifid Nebula portrait.
NASA: NASA’s Hubble Dazzles With Young Stars in Trifid Nebula.

Filmpjes:
HubbleWebbESA: Space Spark Episode 26: Image highlights from Hubble's 36th year.
HubbleWebbESA: Space Spark Episode 27: Science highlights from Hubble's 36th year.
HubbleWebbESA: Changes in the Trifid Nebula (1997 and 2026 observations).
HubbleWebbESA: Explore the Trifid Nebula.

HST – Hubble Space Telescope – Nieuws.
18.03 – ESA: Hubble unexpectedly catches comet breaking up.
19.03 – Universe Today: Sometimes You Get Lucky, Just Like the Hubble Did When It Caught This Comet Disintegrating.
19.03 – SpaceCom: Hubble Space Telescope accidentally witnesses comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) breaking apart.
23.03 – NASA: NASA’s Hubble Revisits Crab Nebula to Track 25 Years of Expansion.
24.03 – Universe Today: Watching 25 Years of Expansion in the Crab Nebula With the Hubble.
23.03 – NASA: NASA’s Hubble, Webb Telescopes Survey Pinwheel Galaxy.
25.03 – ESA: Webb & Hubble capture new views of Saturn.
25.03 – Universe Today: NASA's Webb and Hubble Telescopes Look at Saturn in a Different Light.
26.03 – SpaceCom: Incredible new NASA images reveal Saturn in a new light — and it's all thanks to a telescope team-up from Webb and Hubble.
26.03 – NASA: NASA’s Hubble Detects First-Ever Spin Reversal of Tiny Comet.
13.04 – NASA: Hubble Spies an Active Spiral.

Filmpjes:
19.03 – HubbleWebbESA: Animation: Fragmenting comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS).
23.03 – STScI: Crab Nebula Expansion Over 25 Years - Hubble Space Telescope.
23.03 – STScI: Tour the Crab Nebula.
26.03 – STScI: Comet 41P Reversal Animation — Hubble Space Telescope.
27.03 – HubbleWebbESA: Pan Video: The Crab Nebula (new Hubble image from 1999/2000 data).
27.03 – HubbleWebbESA: Pan Video: The Crab Nebula (2024 Hubble image).

JWST – James Webb Space Telescope – Nieuws.
23.03 – SpaceCom: Are mysterious 'Little Red Dots' discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope actually baby galaxies under construction?
23.03 – NASA: NASA’s Hubble, Webb Telescopes Survey Pinwheel Galaxy.
25.03 – Universe Today: The JWST Finds More Overmassive Black Holes. This Time In Dwarf Galaxies.
25.03 – ESA: Webb & Hubble capture new views of Saturn.
25.03 – Universe Today: NASA's Webb and Hubble Telescopes Look at Saturn in a Different Light.
25.03 – NASA: Webb Captures Saturn in Infrared.
26.03 – SpaceCom: Incredible new NASA images reveal Saturn in a new light — and it's all thanks to a telescope team-up from Webb and Hubble.
02.04 – SpaceCom: Stunning new James Webb Space Telescope images reveal 'hidden' stars being born.
05.04 – Space Daily: The complete engineering story of the James Webb Space Telescope’s sunshield: five layers of kapton thinner than a human hair holding back the heat of the Sun.
06.04 – Universe Today: JWST Spies Once-hidden Treasures in the W51 Starbirth Crèche.
10.04 – Space Daily: How the James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared detectors actually work, why they almost didn’t, and what their engineering lineage tells us about the limits of observation.
14.04 – NASA:  NASA’s Webb Redefines Dividing Line Between Planets, Stars.
22.04 – SpaceCom: Mysterious rings around Uranus point to hidden moons orbiting the ice giant.
26.04 – Universe Today: Webb Finds Water-Ice Clouds on Nearby Super-Jupiter.

Nog een reeks filmpjes:
19.03 – STScI: The Solar System cookbook: What is Webb revealing about how solar systems like ours come to be?
13.04 – Hubble Space Webb: Space Sparks episode 23: A pair of planet-forming discs.
22.04 – JWST: What Webb Learns from Light.

CXO – Chandra X-Ray Observatory – Nieuws.
24.03 – PhysOrg: Chandra resolves why black holes hit the brakes on growth.
23.04 – NASA: NASA’s Chandra Finds Young Stars Dim Quickly.

IXPE – Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer – Nieuws.
24.03 – NASA: NASA X-Ray Mission Gets Fresh Look at 2,000-Year-Old Supernova. 

XRISM – Nieuws.
24.03 – ESA: XRISM solves famous star’s 50-year mystery.
25.03 – NASA:  NASA-JAXA’s XRISM Telescope Clocks Hot Wind of Galaxy M82.

SWIFT – Nieuws.
02.04 – Space News: Swift spacecraft reorientation buys time for reboost mission.

Euclid – Nieuws.
21.04 – ESA: Euclid Space Warps: help spot galaxies bending spacetime.

TESS – Nieuws.
01.04 – Universe Today: Scouring TESS Data With AI Reveals A Hundred New Exoplanets.
23.04 – SpaceCom: NASA's TESS spacecraft discovers a weird system of exoplanets unlike anything seen before.

SPHEREx – Nieuws.
15.04 – NASA: ‘Interstellar Glaciers’: NASA’s SPHEREx Maps Vast Galactic Ice Regions.
17.04 – NASA: NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory Maps Interstellar Ice in Milky Way.
20.04 – Universe Today: NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Just Mapped the Cosmic Ices That Will Someday Build Planets. 

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – Nieuws.
19.03 – NASA: NASA’s Roman Observatory Passes Final Major Prelaunch Tests.
26.03 – NASA: NASA to Unveil Complete Roman Telescope, Host Media Briefing.

22.04 – NASA: NASA Targets Early September for Roman Space Telescope Launch.
23.04 – NASA: NASA Kennedy Prepares Facility for Roman Space Telescope Arrival.

21.04 – SpaceCom: NASA reveals its Roman Space Telescope today: How to watch live, and what's next for the next-generation observatory.
21.04 – Space Policy Online: Roman Space Telescope Launching in September.
22.04 – SpaceCom: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA's next great observatory, is finally complete.
22.04 – Space News: NASA sets early September launch date for Roman Space Telescope.

Filmpjes:
19.03 – NASA: NASA's Roman Space Telescope Hardware Highlights: Summer/Fall 2025.
21.04 – NASA : NASA News Conference: Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is Complete (April 21, 2026).
21.04 – NASA: NASA's Roman Telescope Is Ready for Launch.

Europese Plato te lanceren in 2027.
ESA: Plato aces space-like tests.

Filmpjes:
ESA: Plato’s launch on Ariane 6.
ESA: Plato’s journey to L2.

NASA’s Pandora.
NASA: Small Steps, Giant Leaps podcast: Episode 171: How NASA's Pandora Mission Unboxes Distant Worlds.
Meer info over Pandora vind je hier.

HWO – Habitable Worlds Observatory.
Universe Today: The Habitable Worlds Observatory Will Need Astrometry To Find Life.

HOEE – Hybrid Observatory for Earth-like Exoplanets.
24.03 – NASA: NASA Research Proposes Technology to Seek Earth-Like Exoplanets.

Een artikelreeksje – Meet the unsung heroes of space missions.
Starion: Part 1: Ground segment.
Starion: Part 2: Supporting scientific payloads.
Starion: Part 3: Pointing instruments in the right direction.
Starion: Part 4: Exploring the archives.

Veel lees- en kijkplezier,

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