Boeing en Starliner. Hoe het ook afloopt, Boeing heeft niet meteen goed gescoord. En het kan nog erger. Want ze krijgen nu ook een slecht rapport voor de ontwikkeling van een nieuwe Upper Stage voor SLS, NASA’s nieuwe maanraket. Dat en nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week.

Bij de foto: Een nieuwe bevoorradingscapsule – Cygnus NG21 – werd met succes aan het ruimtestation gekoppeld. Nieuwe voorraden voor de ISS-bemanning waar de twee Starliner-astronauten nog steeds deel van uitmaken. Foto: NASA.

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws. 

Belgische samenwerking aan boord van Cygnus NG-21.
Redwire: Colloidal Solids instrument instrument on NG-21.
Lambda-X High-Tech:  Colloidal Solids instrument on NG-21.

In vorige NUDR was volgend artikel al vermeld:
Redwire: Redwire Instrument Launching to the ISS to Give Insight into the Functioning of Various Diseases.

Aerospacelab en hun VSP.
Je kan een “White Paper” downloaden over de Aerospacelab Versatile Satellite Platform Family via deze link.

De lanceringen van de afgelopen week.  

04.08.2024 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 11-1 (VSFB).
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites to orbit from California.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: Lancering live.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 184 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 4 August 2024.

04.08.2024 – Onbemand bevoorradingsschip Cygnus (CRS NG-21), gelanceerd door SpaceX, na enige problemen op weg naar het ISS.
06.08.2024 – Cygnus met succes m.b.v. Canadese robotarm aan het ISS vastgemaakt.
NASA CRS Blog: NASA, Northrop Grumman Delay Cargo Resupply Launch Opportunity.
NASA CRS Blog: NASA’s Northrop Grumman 21st Cargo Mission: Cygnus Launches at 11:02 a.m. EDT.
NASA CRS Blog: NASA’s Northrop Grumman Cygnus Completes Solar Arrays Deployment.
NASA CRS Blog: NASA’s Northrop Grumman Cygnus Continues to Space Station.
NASA CRS Blog: Cygnus Spacecraft Approaching Space Station Live on NASA TV.
NASA CRS Blog: NASA Astronauts Capture Cygnus With Robotic Arm; Installation Soon.
NASA CRS Blog: Live NASA Coverage of Cygnus Installation Underway.
NASA CRS Blog: Cygnus Spacecraft Installed to Space Station; Cargo Ops Underway.

NASA: NASA’s 21st Northrop Grumman Mission Launches Scientific Studies to Station.
NASA: Overview for NASA’s Northrop Grumman 21st Commercial Resupply Mission.
Northrop Grumman: NG-21 Resupply Mission Successfully Launches to the International Space Station.

NASA: Repair Kit for NASA’s NICER Mission Heading to Space Station.
The Register: NASA pops repair kit in the mail so astronauts can fix leaky ISS telescope.
Redwire Belgium: Redwire Instrument Launching to the ISS to Give Insight into the Functioning of Various Diseases.
Collect Space: Pennies to heaven: NASA launches two cents to space station.

Space News: Cygnus spacecraft suffers glitches after launch.
Spaceflight Now: NASA: Cygnus on track for Tuesday morning arrival at the International Space Station.
SpaceCom: Private Cygnus freighter arrives at the ISS with 4 tons of supplies.

CSA: Canadarm2 to perform its 50th cosmic catch of a cargo ship.
SpaceCom: Canadarm2 was not designed to catch spacecraft at the ISS. Now it's about to grab its 50th.

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA’s Northrop Grumman 21st Cargo Resupply Services Launch.
NASA: NASA’s Northrop Grumman 21st Cargo Resupply Services Rendezvous and Capture- Tuesday, August 6, 2024.
NASA: NASA’s Northrop Grumman 21st Cargo Resupply Services Installation - Tuesday, August 6, 2024.
SciNews: NG-21 Falcon 9 launches S.S. Francis R. Scobee Cygnus and Falcon 9 first stage landing.
SciNews: NG-21 S.S. Francis R. Scobee Cygnus capture.
SciNews: NG-21 S.S. Francis R. Scobee Cygnus berthing.

06.08.2024 – Chinese LM 6A lanceert eerste reeks satellieten Chinese versie van Starlink – Thousand Sails – G60.
ECNS: First batch of satellites for network launched.
Space News: China launches first satellites for Thousand Sails megaconstellation.
Ars Technica: China begins launching a megaconstellation, and it sounds a lot like Starlink.

NewsWeek: Elon Musk's SpaceX Has a Starlink Rival in China.

Filmpjes:
CGTN: China Successfully Launches New Satellite Group.
SciNews: Long March-6A launches SpaceSail Polar Orbit 01.
EuroNews: China says it has launched 18 satellites into space.
SciNews: The SpaceSail Constellation.

Chinese raket ontploft na afleveren van de eerste Thousand Sails satellieten.
Space News: Chinese megaconstellation launch creates field of space debris.
Ars Technica: China’s Long March 6A rocket is making a mess in low-Earth orbit.
Space News: Chinese rocket stage breaks up into cloud of more than 700 pieces of space debris.

Te verwachten lanceringen.

18.08.2024 –> 24.09.2024: Crew 9 uitgesteld omwille van Starliner.
Ars Techica: NASA likely to significantly delay the launch of Crew 9 due to Starliner issues.
Gizmodo: NASA Might Delay Upcoming Crew 9 Mission to Return Stranded Starliner Astronauts to Earth.

NASA CCP: NASA Adjusts Crew-9 Launch Date for Operational Flexibility.
NASA: NASA to Provide Crew Flight Test, Space Station Missions Update.

Spaceflight Now: NASA pushes Crew-9 launch to September amid uncertainty of Starliner’s return timeline.
SpaceCom: SpaceX's Crew-9 astronaut launch delayed to Sept. 24 due to Boeing Starliner issues.
Space Policy Online: Crew 9 launch slips to give NASA more time to analyze Starliner data.
Space News: NASA delays Crew-9 launch as it grapples with Starliner problems.

NASA Video: International Space Station Operations Update Media Teleconference.

Spaceflight Now: Live coverage: NASA to discuss ISS schedule shuffle amid SpaceX Crew-9 launch delay, Boeing Starliner questions.
NSF: ISS prepares for Starliner contingencies and resumption of EVAs.
Space News: NASA considering returning Starliner astronauts on Crew Dragon.
BBC: They went to space for eight days - and could be stuck until 2025.
SpaceCom: Will SpaceX carry Boeing Starliner crew home? Here’s how Dragon could do it.

Nog een filmpje:
Miles O’Brien: Miles O'Brien on Starliner August 10, 2024.

26.08.2024 – Polaris Dawn.
SpaceCom: SpaceX targeting Aug. 26 for historic Polaris Dawn astronaut mission

NPR: How does space change the human body? The answer will shapes future missions

Raketnieuws.

ESA begint met eerste testen Space Rider.
ESA: Drop it like it’s hot: Space Rider model falls gracefully.
European Spaceflight: ESA Completes First Drop Test for Reusable Space Rider Spacecraft.

Er is ook een Space Rider User Guide (PDF).

Filmpje:
ESA Extra: Space Rider drop tests.

Raketnieuws uit Europa.
European Spaceflight: (Duitsland) MT Aerospace Begins Testing Themis Landing Leg – Themis.
European Spaceflight: (Duitsland) POLARIS Spaceplanes Takes Delivery of MIRA II and III Airframes.
European Spaceflight: (Duitsland) POLARIS and DLR to Explore Integrating Spaceplanes in Commercial Airspace.
European Spaceflight: (Duitsland) DLR Reusable Flight Experiment (ReFEx) Launch Slips to 2025.
European Spaceflight: (Duitsland) RFA Complete Second First Stage Static Fire Test – RFA ONE.

European Spaceflight: (Frankrijk/ESA): Has the Inaugural Callisto Test Flight Slipped to 2026?
Space News: (Spanje) PLD Space to start building French Guiana launch facilities next month.

Filmpjes
Dawn Aerospace: Mk II Aurora Static Hotfire test, 26/06/2024.
Dawn Aerospace: Dawn Aerospace, Mk-II Aurora, Flight 53 to Mach 0.9, 50,000ft.
ESA Extra: Engine tests for new, variable demonstrator (Polen / TLPD).
ESA Extra: New variable engine undergoes dynamic testing (Polen / TLPD).

Dream Chaser.
Sierra Space: New Sierra Space Partners Accelerate Efforts to Bring Dream Chaser® Spaceplane to Japan.
Inside Outer Space: Dream Chaser: Coming to a Runway Near You?

Blue Origin – New Glenn RCS getest.
In een eerste Twitter-bericht krijg je een test van de vinnen te zien, het tweede bericht zie je de RCS-thrusters aan het werk.

Maar ook het bergen van de eerste trap wordt getest.
Zie deze foto via een Blue Origin Twitter-bericht.

Firefly Aerospace krijgt contract voor 20 lanceringen.
Space News: Firefly signs multi-launch agreement with L3Harris.
Spaceflight Now: Firefly Aerospace announces contract with L3Harris for up to 20 launches on Alpha rocket.

Virgin Galactic en de Delta-Class toestellen.
Space News: Virgin Galactic outlines economics of its future spaceplanes.

Enkele filmpje:
Virgin Galactic: Delta Spaceship Overview.
Virgin Galactic: Virgin Galactic Business Model Overview.

HALO-testvlucht vanuit Saudi-Arabië.
SatNews: Saudi Arabia to host HALO Space’s landmark test flight.

RocketLab maakt record-opbrengst en test Archimes, de motor voor Neutron.
Space News: Rocket Lab fires Archimedes engine for the first time.
Payload: Rocket Lab Smashes Revenue Record, Paving the Path to Break Even.

Raketnieuws uit Amerika.
Payload: iRocket Looks to Boost Presence Across the Pond.
Payload: NordSpace Invests $5M to Build Canada’s First Spaceport.

Filmpjes:
Relativity Space: Aeon R Thrust Chamber Assembly Testing | NASA Stennis.

Raketnieuws uit Azië.
Payload: China Looks to Boost Global Launch Market.
Filmpje: PointOrView: China Space Update: Inside the Action-Packed World of Rocket Testing and Launch Prep!

ECNS: China's first commercial space launch site gears up.
Filmpje: New China TV: GLOBALink | China's first commercial launch site now ready for rocket launches.

CCTV+ (filmpje): China Develops Reusable Rockets to Improve Launch Capabilities.

Inside Outer Space: China’s Moon Booster – New Rocket Engine Testing.
Filmpje: SciNews: Long March-10 versions and reusable first stage.

Space News: Interstellar raises $21 million for rocket and satellite development.
Payload; Japanese Rocket-Maker Nets 3.1B Yen ($21M) Series E.

SpaceX mag meer lanceringen doen vanuit Vandenberg SFB.
Noozhawk: With Conditions, Coastal Commission Approves Increasing SpaceX Launches at Vandenberg SFB.

Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.

Axiom 4.
ESA: Sławosz Uznański from Poland will fly to International Space Station on fourth Axiom Space mission.
Space News: Hungary and Poland to join India on Ax-4.
Via Satellite: Axiom Space Gets Ready for Ax-4 Mission to the ISS.
Spaceflight Now: Axiom Space’s fourth private astronaut crew named, begins training in Houston.
SpaceCom: Meet the crew for SpaceX's Ax-4 mission to the ISS.

Crew 10.
Russian Space News: Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov will fly to the ISS in February 2025.

ISS – De blogentries.
NASA ISS Blog: Station Awaits Cygnus Cargo Delivery During Science, Hardware Duties.
NASA ISS Blog: NASA Astronauts Capture Cygnus With Robotic Arm; Installation Soon.
NASA ISS Blog: Cygnus Spacecraft Installed to Space Station; Cargo Ops Underway.
NASA ISS Blog: Cygnus Arrives at Station, Astronauts Unpack New Science.
NASA ISS Blog: NASA Adjusts Crew-9 Launch Date for Operational Flexibility.
NASA ISS Blog: Cygnus Unpacking and Research Continue as Managers Discuss Starliner Updates.
NASA ISS Blog: Science Fills Day Aboard Station as Cygnus Unpacking Continues.
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Ends Week With Robotics, Cancer Study, and More Aboard Station.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
NASA: Station Science Top News: August 2, 2024.

Satellite Pro ME: Booz Allen Hamilton deploys first AI large language model in space.
NASA: Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 135: Biofilm - Dealing with the Scum off the Earth.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Space to Ground: Delivery: Aug. 09, 2024.
NASA: Expedition71 NASA Astronaut Matt Dominick Talks with KNSD-TV SanDiego – Thursday, August 8, 2024.

Commerciële ruimtestations.
Payload (filmpje): Space Station Foundations, with Colin Doughan (Gravitics).

CSS – Meer nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.
ECNS: Space station astronauts complete fire alarm test.

Filmpje:
CCTV+: Shenzhou-18 Crew Completes In-Orbit Test, Science Experiments.
Hi China: Shenzhou-18 crew carries out fire alarm test.
CCTV+: Shenzhou-18 Astronauts Celebrate Paris Olympics with Zero-Gravity Games.
CGTN:  China successfully germinates tree seeds sent into space on Shenzhou-16 mission.
CCTV+: Shenzhou-18 Astronauts Studying Human Biological Rhythm's Adaption in Space.

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

SLS – Boeing krijgt alweer een slecht rapport, deze keer voor de bouw van de Exploration Upper Stage.
OIG: NASA’s Management of Space Launch System Block 1B Development.
Het rapport vind je hier (PDF).

Ars Technica: A new report finds Boeing’s rockets are built with an unqualified work force.
Space Policy Online: NASA IG blasts Boeing on Block 1B.

Artemis 2 – De eerste bemande vlucht naar de Maan na Apollo.
NASA: Artemis Emergency Egress System Emphasizes Crew Safety.
Het bijbehorende filmpe “POV: Riding the Artemis Emergency Egress System” vind je hier.

NASA: NASA Teams Change Brakes to Keep Artemis Crew Safe.
NASA (filmpje): Moon Minute: Orion Mating + Mobile Launcher Testing.

Artemis 3 – Opnieuw mensen op de Maan.
ESA: Artemis III: A historic engine.

Artemis 4 - Gateway.
NASA: Houston, we have a podcast: Gateway: Together to the Moon.

Filmpje:
NASA: Through Astronaut Eyes: How Virtual Reality is Shaping Gateway Lunar Space Station.

Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.
In vorige NUDR werd het Lockheed Martin concept al vermeld. 
SpaceCom: Life on the moon: Lockheed Martin shares exploration vision for 2044.
Inside Outer Space: Artemis Base Camp at Moon’s South Pole – An Industrial-strength Look.

Starship – Op weg naar IFT 5.
NSF: Starship is Getting a New Environmental Assessment.

Florida Today: SpaceX to build three new rocket landing zones on Space Coast as Starship planning proceeds.

Filmpjes:
LabPadre Space: We're Getting Close!! Flight 5 Starship Roars to Life! - SpaceX Weekly #126.
Eager Space: Why Starship Loves Stainless Steel...
WAI: SpaceX's Finally Gives Out The BIG Starship News!
NSF: Tower Module 6 Stacked, S30 Raptor Swapped | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NSF: Ship 30 Completes Testing, B14.1 Ready for More Slaps | SpaceX Boca Chica.

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

CLPS.
Payload: The Latest Satellite Rideshare Heads To Cislunar Space.
Space News: Intuitive Machines and SEOPS partner on lunar rideshare services.

De Aarde/Maan flyby van JUICE
ESA (filmpje): Juice’s lunar-Earth flyby in depth.
ESA: Why has no one attempted a lunar-earth flyby before?

Dan toch een toekomst voor VIPER?
NASA: NASA Explores Industry, Partner Interest in Using VIPER Moon Rover.
Space News: NASA requests details on potential VIPER partnerships.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon:
SpaceCom: 3 sun mysteries we still haven't cracked.
SpaceCom: NASA's Parker Solar Probe finds fresh clues to decades-old mystery surrounding the sun.

Aarde:
Airbus: Airbus to build two radiometers for CNES for use on NASA/JAXA international climate satellite mission.
ESA: Detecting nitrogen dioxide from power plants with Sentinel-2.
Video From Space (filmpje): Hurricane Debby makes landfall in Florida in time-lapse from space.
NewsWeek: Satellite Images Show World's Tallest Building Under Construction.
Universe Today: The Moon’s Atmosphere Comes from Space Weathering.

Maan:
SpaceCom: NASA moon probe plays laser tag with Japanese lunar lander – LRO – SLIM.
SpaceCom: 'Wonder material' found in lunar samples hints at moon's origins – Chang’e 5.
UPI: Chang'e 6 samples: What the rocks from far side of moon might hold.
NASA: NASA Optical Navigation Tech Could Streamline Planetary Exploration.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Update: Sols 4263-4265: A Royal Birthday Celebration at Kings Canyon.
NASA Curiosity Status Update: Sols 4266-4267: Happy ‘Landiversary,’ Curiosity.
NASA: Here’s How Curiosity’s Sky Crane Changed the Way NASA Explores Mars.
NASA: NASA Trains Machine Learning Algorithm for Mars Sample Analysis.
KISSCalTech (filmpje): Journeys to Mars: Discoveries and Future Exploration.
ESA: Take a trip to Mars’s largest lake.
SpaceCom: Mars Express orbiter takes a deep dive into ancient Red Planet lake (images).
Science: Terraforming Mars could be easier than scientists thought.

Jupiter:
NASA: Europa Clipper Solar Array Alignment and Install.

Planetoiden:
NASA: NASA Mission Concludes After Years of Successful Asteroid Detections.
NASA (filmpje): Farewell to NEOWISE: NASA’s Asteroid-Hunting Telescope.
Spaceflight Now: NASA sends final command to its NEOWISE spacecraft, ending more than a decade of asteroid observations.

Didymos en Dimorphos:
NSF: Using data from DART’s impact, scientists investigate characteristics of Dimorphos and Didymos.

Rosetta:
ESA: Rosetta and beyond: tales of a mission that left a mark.

Nog dit:
NASA: Quantum Scale Sensors used to Measure Planetary Scale Magnetic Fields.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

GAIA en manen van planetoïden.
ESA: Gaia spots possible moons around hundreds of asteroids.

Ruimte Archeologie in het ISS.
SciTechDaily: Space Archaeology: Astronauts’ Secret Habits Caught on Camera.
CosmosMag: Space archaeology reveals even astronauts need more storage.

Ook dat nog – Piraten in de ruimte.
Volgend jaar in februari zou de eerste “Space Piracy Conference” doorgaan.
Payload: Space Piracy in the Spotlight.

Om af te ronden - De Olympische Spelen.
SpaceCom: How satellite technology made it into 2024 Olympic swimsuits

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