Het leek weer een week als vanouds. Zes lanceringen waarvan vier met een Falcon 9. Maar er waren deze week veel minder leuke dingen. Zoals Starliner, de Boeing-capsule waarvan men nog steeds niet weet wanneer de capsule terug gaat komen en of dat met of zonder de bemanning zal zijn. In verhouding ook veel aandacht voor de aankomst op het KSC van de Core Stage van de SLS-raket welke volgend jaar met Artemis 2 astronauten rond de Maan moet sturen. Dat was een positief bericht, maar er was veel minder positief nieuws over de Gateway, het Artemis-ruimtestation in een baan om de Maan. De eerste modules zijn te zwaar en het systeem dat de standregeling van de Gateway moet doen, zou zijn taak niet aankunnen als er een Starship aan zou koppelen. Dat en nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week.

Bij de foto: De SLS Core Stage voor Artemis 2 wordt binnen gerold in de VAB. De eerste bemande (test)vlucht van SLS/Orion is voorzien voor de herfst van volgend jaar. Foto: NASA/Jamie Peer en Michael Downs.

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws. 

Aerospacelab – Interview met de CEO’s.
Via Satellite: Aerospacelab Scales Its Vision of Manufacturing: Interview With CEO Benoît Deper.
Payload: An Interview with Tina Ghataore.
Aerospacelab: Over optische communicatie tussen de grond en Gregoire.

Nieuws vanwege Antwerp Space.
Antwerp Space: Critical Design Review van een TTC Transponder.

Redwire Belgium aan boord van CRS NG-21.
Redwire: Redwire Instrument Launching to the ISS to Give Insight into the Functioning of Various Diseases.

De lanceringen van de afgelopen week.  

28.07.2024 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 10-4 (CCSFS).
28.07.2024 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 9-4 (VSFB).
UPI: SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink missions.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink satellite missions.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: Lancering live – Starlink (CCSFS).
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 181 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 28 July 2024.
SpaceX: Lancering live – Starlink Group 9-4 (VSFB).
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 182 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 28 July 2024.

30.07.2024 – Atlas V lanceert USSF 51.
ULA: United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches 100th National Security Mission.
ULA: Atlas V launches USSF-51 (live updates).
US Space Force: U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command launches final National Security Space Atlas V mission aboard United Launch Alliance Rocket.

Spaceflight Now: ULA prepares for final Atlas 5 launch supporting a national security payload.
Space News: ULA prepares for final military launch of Atlas 5 rocket.

Spaceflight Now: ULA launches Atlas 5 rocket on the company’s 100th national security mission.
Space News: ULA’s Atlas 5 launches its final national security mission.

Ars Technica: With a landmark launch, the Pentagon is finally free of Russian rocket engines.

Filmpje:
ULA: Atlas V USSF-51 Mission Profile.
ULA: Atlas V USSF-51: Processing and Stacking.
ULA: July 30 LIVE Broadcast: Atlas V USSF-51.
ULA: Atlas V USSF-51 Launch Highlights.
SciNews: Atlas V launches USSF-51.

01.08.2024 – Chinese LM 3B/E lanceert WHG-02.
ECNS: China launches new high-orbit internet-services satellite (foto’s).

Space News: China launches second secretive high orbit internet satellite.

Filmpjes:
CCTV+:  China Launches New High-Orbit Internet-Services Satellite.
SciNews: Long March-3B launches WHG-02.

02.08.2024 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 10-6 (KSC).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: Lancering live.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 183 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 2 August 2024.

30.07.2024 – Electron lanceert Owl For One, Owl For Owl.
Rocket Lab: Rocket Lab Successfully Completes Latest Launch for Synspective.
De Rocket Lab persmap vind je hier (PDF).

SatNews: Rocket Lab stands down from Synspective’s SAR July 30 launch due to weather.
Space News: Rocket Lab launches fifth Synspective satellite.
Spaceflight Now: Rocket Lab launches 5th mission for Japanese Earth observation company, Synspective.

Ars Technica: Pete Beck vs. Chris Kemp: The rocket rivalry you’ve got to see to believe.

Filmpjes:
RocketLab: Rocket Lab - 'Owl For One, One For Owl' Launch.
SciNews: Electron launches the fifth StriX satellite.

Te verwachten lanceringen.

04.08.2024 – SpaceX lanceert met Cygnus (CRS NG-21) een onbemand bevoorradingsschip naar het ISS.
De bevoorradingsvlucht naar het ISS werd van zaterdag naar zondag uitgesteld omwille van de weersomstandigheden.
UPI: SpaceX delays resupply mission to International Space Station with bad weather.

Filmpje:
NASA: Science Launching on Northrop Grumman's 21st Cargo Resupply Mission to the Space Station.
NASA: NASA, Northrop Grumman 21st Commercial Resupply Services Mission Prelaunch Media Teleconference.

18.08.2024 – Crew 9 op weg naar het ISS.
Space News: NASA proceeding with August launch of Crew-9.
SpaceCom: SpaceX to resume astronaut launches on Aug. 18 with Crew-9 mission to ISS.

Nog enkele vorige lanceringen.

Space Pioneer zet door na verlies raket.
Space News: China’s Space Pioneer pushes towards launch despite static-fire debacle.

Raketnieuws.

NSSL contractwijzigingen voor ULA en SpaceX.
Zie ook de NUDR van vorige week.
Space News: United Launch Alliance and SpaceX get $1.8 billion boost in Space Force contracts.

Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.

ISS – Starliner ondergaat test van zijn RCS-thrusters.
NASA:  NASA, Boeing Complete Second Docked Starliner Hot Fire Test.
NASA: NASA, Boeing Continue Data Analysis for Crew Flight Test Evaluation.

SpaceCom: Boeing's Starliner tests thrusters at ISS as NASA reviews options for astronauts' return to Earth.
Inside Outer Space: Starliner “Hot Fire” Weekend Testing Completed.
Space Policy Online: Starliner passes in-orbit tests, but first operational launch slips.
SpaceCom: No, Boeing Starliner's NASA astronauts are not stranded in space. Here's why.

Of komen de astronauten dan toch terug met een Crew Dragon?
Ars Technica: NASA says it is “evaluating all options” for the safe return of Starliner crew

ISS – Boeing en Starliner – Financieel een strop.
Space Policy Online: Boeing takes another financial hit due to Starliner.
Ars Technica: Boeing’s Starliner has cost at least twice as much as SpaceX’s Crew Dragon.
Space News: Boeing takes additional $125 million loss on Starliner.
The Register: Boeing's Starliner proves better at torching cash than reaching orbit.

SatNews: UPDATE Boeing has a problem — too many astronauts and not enough ISS parking spaces.

ISS – Axiom 4 in oktober 2024.
Over de Poolse astronaut:
ESA: Sławosz Uznański training at the European Astronaut Centre.

Over de Indische astronaut:
The Times of India: US mission to space: Meet the crew that is set to fly with Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla.
Space News: Indian astronauts to start training for ISS mission.

ISS – NASA stelt bemanning Crew 10 voor.
NASA: NASA Shares its SpaceX Crew-10 Assignments for Space Station Missionwiki.

ISS – Dream Chaser – Laatste testen voor lancering.
Sierra Space: Sierra Space begins final testing and preparations for launch of the Dream Chaser® spaceplane at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
Space Voyaging: Sierra Space Begins Final Testing and Launch Preparations for Dream Chaser.

Filmpje:
Sierra Space: SNC Sizzle Reel – 2024.

SpaceX – Dragon splashdowns van Oostkust naar Westkust omwille van debris-problemen.
SpaceX: Dragon recovery to return to the US West Coast.
Space News: SpaceX to move Dragon splashdowns back to West Coast.
Ars Technica: SpaceX moving Dragon splashdowns to Pacific to solve falling debris problem.

ISS – De blogentries, Daily Summary Reports.
NASA ISS Blog: Crews Prep for Cargo Mission and Checks Out Starliner Systems.
NASA ISS Blog: NASA, Boeing Complete Second Docked Starliner Hot Fire Test.
NASA ISS Blog: Blood Tests, Eye Scans on Station Helping Doctors Improve Crew Health.
NASA ISS Blog: Spacesuit Check and Student Robotics Contest Today as Station Orbits Higher.
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Trains for Cygnus Capture, Keeps Up Space Research.
NASA ISS Blog: NASA’s Northrop Grumman’s NG-21 Launch Readiness Review Complete, Prelaunch News Conference Next.
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Awaits Cygnus’ Arrival and Works on Spacesuits and Eye Checks.

NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 24/07/2024.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 25/07/2024.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 26/07/2024.

Dit zouden meteen de laatste Daily Summary Reports zijn. NASA stopt er mee.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.µ
TASS: Space station’s orbit raised ahead of Soyuz MS-26 crewed spacecraft launch.

NASA: Managing Heat.
NASA: NASA to Highlight 13th Space Station Research, Development Conference.
Ars Technica: Human muscle cells come back from space, look aged.
ISS National Lab: Cancer Research in Space for Life on Earth: Five Projects Selected Through ISS National Lab Solicitation in Partnership With NASA.

The Space Review: For the ISS, to be or not to be?

Filmpjes:
NASA: Space to Ground: For the Gold: Aug. 02, 2024.
NASA: Expedition 71 Space Station Crew Talks With KTRK-TV Houston-Texas – Wednesday, July, 31, 2024.
NASA: NASA Astronaut Matt Dominick Talks with Fox Weather – Friday, August 2, 2024.

Commerciële ruimtestations.
Space: Sierra Space won't stop blowing up inflatable space station modules.

Space News: Vast offers microgravity lab space on Haven-1 station.

SpaceCom: After ISS: The private space station era is dawning.

CSS – Meer nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.

Filmpjes:
CCTV+: Footage Shows Shenzhou-18 Astronauts' Latest Work at Space Station.
CCTV+: Shenzhou-18 Astronauts Conduct Weightlessness Protection Experiments in Space.
CCTV+: Experiments of China's Shenzhou-18 Crew Going Smoothly.

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

SLS en de Mobile Launcher.

Twee video’s:
NASA: Walking Tour of the Mobile Launcher, Part 1.
NASA: Walking Tour of the Mobile Launcher, Part 2.

Artemis 2.
NASA: Artemis II Core Stage Arrives at Kennedy.

Filmpje:
NASA: NASA’s Rocket On Roll: Artemis II Core Stage Arrives at Vehicle Assembly Building.

Lunar Gateway zit met problemen.
GAO: Artemis Programs: NASA Should Document and Communicate Plans to Address Gateway's Mass Risk.
Ars Technica: NASA’s Lunar Gateway has a big visiting vehicles problem.
Space Policy Online: GAO questions Gateway’s mass, schedule.

NASA: Earth to Gateway: Electric Field Tests Enhance Lunar Communication.

NASA blijft bij keuze voor één maanauto.
Space News:  NASA retaining plans to select a single Artemis lunar rover.

Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.
NASA: NASA, JAXA Bounce Laser Beam Between Moon’s Surface and Lunar Orbit (LRO / SLIM).

SpaceCom: These inventive ideas could help Artemis astronauts make drinking water on the moon.
UniverseMag: What technology will help astronauts to drink on the Moon.

Space Economy Institute: “Casa Italia” on the Moon: The First “Alien” Habitat Module for NASA is Developed in Turin.

SpaceCom: Moon robots could build stone walls to protect lunar bases from rocket exhaust.
SPJ: Near-Term NASA Mars and Lunar In Situ Propellant Production: Complexity versus Simplicity – ISRU.
Universe Today: A Tower On The Moon Could Provide Astronauts With Light, Power, and Guidance.

Lockheed Martin: A Water-Based Lunar Architecture (het bijbehorende filmpje vind je verderop).

SpaceCom: Can the moon help preserve Earth's endangered species?
Universe Today: Scientists Want to Use the Moon to Safeguard Earth’s Biodiversity.

PhysOrg: One year on 'Mars': Inside NASA's ultra-realistic isolation study.

Payload: ESA Launches Accelerator to Kickstart the Lunar Economy.

Filmpjes:
Lockheed Martin: Our Water-Based Lunar Architecture.
Spacewatch Global: How to Build Our New Home Beyond Earth: Space Architect Barbara Imhof's Manual.

ILRS – China naar de Maan.
Space News: Chinese scientists outline major cislunar space infrastructure project.

Starship – Op weg naar IFT 5.
SpaceCom: SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft ahead of 5th test flight.
Ars Technica: Although it’s not final, SpaceX just got good news from the FAA on Starbase.
Spacepage: SpaceX maakt zich klaar voor vijfde testvlucht van Starship superraket.
Business AM: SpaceX in gesprek om raket Starship te landen en te bergen voor Australische kust.
Payload: SpaceX Inches Closer to Increasing Starship Launches.
Space Voyaging: SpaceX Hints an Important Test Ahead of Starship’s Next Flight.
NSF: Successful Static Fire Leads to Final Preparation Before Full Stack.

Filmpjes:
NSF: Starship 2.0: New Hardware Spotted | Starbase Update.
NSF: Ship 30 Rolled Back for Launch Preparations | SpaceX Boca Chica.
WAI: SpaceX Finally Ready For Starship Flight 5! What Now? + Block 2 Starship Taking Shape!
WAI: SpaceX Reveals New Starship Launch Pad To The World! Will It Work?
Engineering Today: SpaceX Starship’s Fifth Flight Delay, Landings Off The Coast Of Australia and Heat Shield Upgrades.
Marcus House: SpaceX’s Starship Future Revealed and Raptor V3 Engine Finally Unveiled!

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

NASA’s maanrover VIPER gecancelled.
The Hill: NASA’s VIPER cancellation is more than a disappointment, it’s a scandal.
Inside Outer Space: E-CLPS of VIPER? NASA Decision to Kill a Moon Rover.

CLPS.
Space News: NASA to soon resume awards of lunar lander missions.

Inside Outer Space: Private Moon Lander: Readying Firefly’s Blue Ghost for Sendoff.

Filmpje:
Firefly Aerospace: Blue Ghost Mission 1.

NASA geeft conclusies over Didymos en Dimorphos.
NASA: NASA’s DART Mission Sheds New Light on Target Binary Asteroid System.
ESA: Glimpses of Hera’s target asteroids inspire new science – HERA.
Cosmos Mag: DART spacecraft drops new data on redirected asteroids.
Universe Today: The Surface of Dimorphos is Surprisingly New.
PhysOrg: NASA smacked a spacecraft into an asteroid—and learned details about its 12-million-year history.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon:
SpaceCom: Sun blasts out most powerful flare of current solar cycle, sends massive coronal mass ejection into space.

Venus:
SpaceCom: Venus may be able to support life, new atmospheric evidence suggests.

Aarde:
CCTV (filmpje): China's Two New Satellites for Atmosphere, Ecosystem Observation Put into Operation.
NASA: NASA Data Shows July 22 Was Earth’s Hottest Day on Record.
SpaceCom: Park Fire rages across California in dramatic satellite video.
NASA: NASA, Universities to Study Earth’s Soil, Use New Technology in Orbit.
NOAA Satellites: NOAA Satellites Monitor Wildfires.
SpaceCom: This mesmerizing NASA animation shows how carbon dioxide moves through Earth's atmosphere.

Maan:
CCTV: China's Chang'e-5 Lunar Samples Showcased Abroad for First Time in Thailand.
Universe Today: China's Lunar Samples Contain Graphene Flakes.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4255-4256: Just Passing Through.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4257-4258: A Little Nudge on Kings Canyon.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4259-4260: Kings Canyon Go Again!
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4261-4262: Drill Sol 1…Take 2.
The Planetary Society: NASA discovers Mars rock with ancient potential for life.
The Planetary Society: A big find on Mars.
Space News: Companies describe studies to revise Mars Sample Return – MSR.

Jupiter:
ESA: Juice returns for a lunar-Earth flyby.
ESA: Juice perectly positioned after 31 second burn.

Planetoïden:
NASA (filmpje): NEOWISE: Legacy of NASA’s Asteroid-Hunting Telescope.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

Nieuwe tendens? Niet alle “pers” is overal nog welkom.
Ars Technica: After years of leniency, ULA cracks down on hobbyist photographers.
The Space Review: No more space for the press?

Ruimteafval – Status.
ESA: ESA Space Environment Report 2024.

Astroscale geeft beelden vrij van bezoek ADRAS-J aan een stuk ruimteafval.
Via Satellite: Astroscale ADRAS-J Mission Completes Controlled Debris Fly-Around .

Filmpjes:
Astroscale: ADRAS-J Historic Fly-Around of Space Debris by ADRAS-J on July 15 (Wide-Angle).
Astroscale: ADRAS-J Historic Fly-Around of Space Debris by ADRAS-J on July 15 (Telephoto).
Astroscale: ADRAS-J Historic Fly-Around of Space Debris by ADRAS-J on July 16 (Wide-Angle).
Astroscale: ADRAS-J Historic Fly-Around of Space Debris by ADRAS-J on July 16 (Telephoto).

Astroscale gaat met ELSA-M een OneWeb-satelliet uit zijn baan halen.
Space News: Astroscale unlocks remaining space agency funds to de-orbit OneWeb satellite – ELSA-M.
Via Satellite: Astroscale Secures New Funding for ELSA-M Mission.
SpaceCom: Astroscale's space debris removal demo mission funded for 2026 launch.

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