Starliner is terug. Veilig en wel. Onbemand. En dat blijft natuurlijk raar voor een bemande testvlucht. Of NASA té voorzichtig was, zal nu ongetwijfeld voer voor discussie blijven. En de eerste lancering van New Glenn zal doorgaan zonder zijn eerder aangekondigde nuttige lading. De NASA Marssonde ESCAPADE wordt eerst volgend jaar gelanceerd omdat – aldus NASA – de kans op dit moment sowieso heel erg klein wordt dat New Glenn nog tijdig kan vertrekken. Nog een goeie maand en we weten of NASA opnieuw té voorzichtig was of niet. Dat en nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week.

Bij de foto: Starliner lijkt heelhuids op Aarde te zijn aangekomen. Foto: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

De (onbemande) terugkeer van Starliner.

Bemanning wordt opgeschrikt door “rare geluiden”.
Voor alle duidelijkheid, de geluiden waren enkel te horen via de speakers.
Ars Technica: The Starliner spacecraft has started to emit strange noises.
SpaceCom: NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore reports 'strange noise' coming from Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.
NASA: Sounds from Starliner Speakers Traced to Audio Configuration.

Persconferentie – Vooruitblik op de terugkeer.
NASA: NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Pre-Departure News Conference.
NASA: NASA’s Boeing Starliner Mission Landing Criteria, Timeline.

Space Policy Online: Starliner ready to come home.
Space News: NASA prepares for Starliner return from ISS.

Space Economy Institute: Boeing: In the Shadow of SpaceX.

Filmpje:
NASA: NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Pre-Departure News Conference.

Ontkoppeling, reentry en landing.
NASA CCP: Uncrewed Starliner Undocks from Station for Return to Earth.
NASA CCP: NASA’s Coverage Underway, Starliner Prepares for Deorbit Burn.
NASA CCP: Starliner Completes Deorbit Burn, Readies for Entry Interface.
NASA CCP: NASA’s Coverage Continues, Starliner Begins Re-entry.
NASA CCP: Starliner Completes Entry Interface.
NASA CCP: Starliner Deploys Drogue, Main Parachutes.
NASA CCP: Starliner Spacecraft Airbags Inflate for Landing.
NASA CCP: Starliner Lands in New Mexico.

SpaceCom: Boeing's Starliner all packed up to return to Earth from ISS today.
Ars Technica: NASA wants Starliner to make a quick getaway from the space station.
NSF: Starliner Calypso has undocked and returned to Earth without CFT crew.
Spaceflight Now: As it happened: Boeing’s Starliner returned to Earth, marking the end of the Crew Flight Test mission.
Space Policy Online: Starliner’s Crew Flight Test comes to an end.
Collect Space: Boeing's Starliner lands safely from crew flight test, sans astronauts.
BBC: Boeing Starliner returns to Earth, but without astronauts.
Space News: Starliner returns to Earth uncrewed.

NASA: NASA, Boeing Welcome Starliner Spacecraft to Earth, Close Mission.

Spacepage: Starliner ruimtecapsule keert zonder astronauten terug naar de aarde.

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Undocking.
NASA: NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Re-entry and Landing.
NASA: NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Post-Landing News Conference.
SciNews: CFT Starliner undocking and departure.
SciNews: CFT Starliner landing.

Een terugblik op de vlucht.
SpaceCom: Boeing Starliner astronauts have years of medical studies helping them with longer stay in space.

IEEE Spectrum: ‘Stuck in Space’? Boeing Starliner’s Lessons for NASA What it means for U.S. space station plans, and destinations beyond.
Space News: Slow Burn: How Starliner’s crewed test flight went awry.
Ars Technica: After another Boeing letdown, NASA isn’t ready to buy more Starliner missions.

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws. 

Aerospacelab nu ook een fabriek in Amerika.
Space News: Aerospacelab opens doors to first US satellite manufacturing facility.
Aerospacelab: Aerospacelab Opens Satellite Manufacturing Facility in the U.S.

België en Sentinel-2C.
Over de lancering vind je verderop het nodige.
In dit Linkedin-bericht van BELSPO vind je meer over de Belgische bijdrage.

Antwerp Space en het prototype v/d VLBI Transmitter Instrument – Horizon 2020 – GENESIS.
Meer info in dit linkedin-bericht.
Over Genesis vind je meer bij ESA.

Celestia Antwerp en ESM 3 – Artemis 3.
Zie dit Celestia-bericht.
Airbus: Orion’s European Service Module 3, the backbone of return to the Moon.

BIRA en het einde van Cluster.
BIRA: Na 24 jaar in een baan om de aarde, einde van de Cluster-missie.

BIRA en Venus – Venus Express & SOIR.
BIRA: Spectaculaire toename van de deuterium-waterstofverhouding in de atmosfeer van Venus! Een ontdekking die onze kennis van de geschiedenis van water op deze planeet en haar bewoonbaarheid in het verleden in vraag stelt.

De lanceringen van de afgelopen week.

03.09.2024 – Chinese LM4B lanceert Yaogan-43 satellieten.
Space News: China launches new set of classified Yaogan-43 satellites.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: China Launches New Remote Sensing Satellite Group.
SciNews: Long March-4B launches Yaogan-43 02.

05.09.2024 – Vega lancering en Sentinel.
EC: We have a launch date for Copernicus Sentinel-2C..
European Spaceflight: Arianespace Announce Sept. 3 Launch Date for Final Vega Flight.
ESA: Sentinel 2C switched on and tested for fit.
ESA: Sentinel-2C fully loaded.
ESA: Sentinel-2C meets the Vega launch adapter.
ESA: Sentinel-2C sealed in the Vega rocket fairing.
ESA: Time to say farewell to Sentinel-2C.
ESA: Vega–Sentinel-2C upper-composite being hoisted into the launch tower.
ESA: Sentinel-2C in the Vega launch tower.
ESA: Sentinel-2C operators complete final rehearsals.
ESA: All green for Sentinel 2C lift off.
ESA: Launch update.

European Spaceflight: Arianespace CEO Declines to Comment on How Avio Replaced Vega Propellants Tanks.
European Spaceflight: FrankenVega Confirmed for Sentinel 2C Launch.
Ars Technica: The Vega rocket never found its commercial niche. After tonight, it’s gone.

ESA: Sentinel-2C joins the Copernicus family in orbit.
ESA: Farewell to Vega.
EC: Copernicus Programme levels up with Sentinel-2C in orbit.
Airbus: Airbus built Sentinel-2C satellite successfully launched.
ESA: Earth from Space: Sentinel-2 captures Sentinel-2.

Space News: Final original Vega launches Sentinel-2C.

European Spaceflight: First-Gen Vega Rocket Retired After Successful Sentinel-2C Launch.

Filmpje:
ESA Extra: Sentinel-2C pre-launch media briefing.
ESA: Sentinel-2C: ready for liftoff.
ESA: Flight VV24 – Sentinel-2C | Vega Launch I Arianespace.
ESA: Liftoff of Sentinel-2C on the last Vega rocket.
SciNews: The last Vega launch.
SciNews: Sentinel-2C deploymentESA: Vega for ESA: the story.

05.09.2024 – Falcon 9 lanceert Starlink-satellieten Group 8-11 (CCSFS).
UPI: SpaceX set to launch Starlink satellites in Florida in ongoing Internet expansion mission.
Spaceflight Now: Poor recovery weather causes SpaceX to scrub the launch of 21 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral.

Teslarati: SpaceX launches 7000th Starlink satellite with latest Falcon 9 launch.

Filmpje:
SpaceX: Watch 21 Starlink  satellites launch to orbit atop Falcon 9.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 191 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 5 September 2024.

05.09.2024 – Chinese LM 6 lanceert 10 satellieten voor Geely-constellatie.
CGTN: China launches 10 new Geely-03 satellites for future mobility.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: China Launches 10 Geely-03 Satellites.
SciNews: Long March-6 launches Geely-03.

06.09.2024 – Falcon 9 lanceert NROL-113 (VSFB) – Starshield.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket on national security mission for the NRO.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches next-gen US spy satellites on 2nd leg of spaceflight doubleheader.
Space News: SpaceX launches third batch of satellites for NRO’s proliferated constellation.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: Watch Falcon 9 launch the NatReconOfc ’s NROL-113 mission from pad 4E in California.
SciNews: Falcon 9 launches NROL-113 and Falcon 9 first stage landing.

Te verwachten lanceringen.

11.09.2024 – Soyuz MS-26.
TASS:Soyuz MS-26 manned spaceship to be launched on September 11 — crew commander.
Russian Space News: Two spacecrafts – Soyuz MS-26 and Progress MS-28 – are being tested at Baikonur at once.

NASA: NASA Astronaut Don Pettit’s Science of Opportunity on Space Station.
NASA: NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch; Trio to Join Expedition 71.

Filmpje:
NASA: NASA Astronaut Don Pettit Training Resource Reel.
NASA:Soyuz crew members train for upcoming mission to International Space Station.
NASA: Astronaut Moments: Don Pettit, Science of Opportunity.

10.10.2024 – Falcon Heavy lanceert Europa Clipper.
Space News: NASA moving ahead with Europa Clipper launch in October.
SpaceCom: NASA clears Europa Clipper mission for Oct. 10 launch despite Jupiter radiation worries.

NASA: NASA Invites Media to Discuss Europa Clipper Mission.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Spacecraft Makers: How We Keep Europa Clipper Super Clean.
NASA: Behind the Spacecraft: Europa Clipper (Teaser Trailer).

13.10.2024 – New Glenn zonder ESCAPADE – ESCAPADE een jaar uitgesteld.
Universe Mag: SpaceX competitor: Blue Origin reveals its marine spaceport.
SpaceCom: Blue Origin droneship arrives in Florida ahead of 1st New Glenn launch.
Ars Technica: The New Glenn rocket’s second stage set to roll to the launch pad on Monday.
Space Voyaging: New Glenn Upper Stage Final Test Scheduled in a Week.

Via Satellite: Blue Origin Targets Mid-October for New Glenn’s First Launch.
Space News: Blue Origin racing to meet tight launch window for first New Glenn mission.

Maar de lancering werd dus uitgesteld:
NASA: NASA Stands Down from October Launch for ESCAPADE to Mars.
Space News: NASA removes ESCAPADE from inaugural New Glenn launch.

En niet te missen: 
Everyday Astronaut: First Ever Tour Of Blue Origin's Massive New Glenn Launch Pad w/ Jeff Bezos!

Raketnieuws.

Dream Chaser stap dichter bij lancering.
Sierra Space: Sierra Space Shooting Star® Cargo Module Completes Acoustic Testing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
Space News: Sierra Space completes acoustics tests of Dream Chaser cargo module.
NASA aPPEL Knowledge Services: Work Continues at KSC on New Spaceplane.

Relativity Space en Terran R.
Ars Technica: Relativity Space has gone from printing money and rockets to doing what, exactly?

Het Franse Maia Space begint in 2025 met testen Upper Stage.
European Spaceflight: MaiaSpace Prepares to Start Hot Fire Testing in 2025.

The Spaceport Company test vanop zee i.s.m. Evolution Space. 
SatNews: The Spaceport Company establishes offshore hypersonic test range in record time.
Space News: Evolution Space tests rocket on Spaceport Company sea-based platform.

Radian Aerospace en SSTO.
CNN: This company wants to reinvent the space rocket — as a space plane.

Een artikel uit april:
Space Voyaging: Radian One, A New Spaceplane Is Taking Shape.

Het Australische Equatorial Space test hybride raketmotor.
SatNews: Equatorial Space concludes hybrid motor testing.

Virgin Galactic – Rechtzaak – Branson verkocht aandelen terwijl hij zweeg over de problemen.
Bloomberg Law: Branson Dumped $1 Billion in Stock on Space Hype, Suit Says.

Dit verscheen nog eind augustus:
Space Economy Institute: Space Tourism: The Promises of Virgin Galactic.

Indische reality TV show wil winnaar met New Shepard naar de ruimte sturen.
NDTV World: Reality TV Show To Send Indian To Space With Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin.

Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.

India naar het ISS.

Filmpje:
ISRO: Gaganyatri to the International Space Station - the outcomes.

Een Tjech met Axiom naar het ISS.
European Spaceflight: Czech Government Signs Agreement with Axiom for Astronaut Mission.

ISS – De blogentries. Station Science Top News.
NASA ISS Blog: Sounds from Starliner Speakers Traced to Audio Configuration.
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Works Human Research and U.S. Spacecraft Ops on Tuesday.
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Studies Space Effects on Humans, Prepares Spaceships for Departure.
NASA ISS Blog: Starliner Nears Departure, Crew Focuses on Space Research.
NASA ISS Blog: Starliner Lands in New Mexico.

NASA: Station Science Top News: August 29, 2024.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
TASS: Russian cosmonauts to return to Earth on September 23 — Roscosmos.
TASS: Russian cosmonaut speaks about experiment to grow microalgae on ISS.
TASS: International space station’s orbit raised ahead of Soyuz changeover — Roscosmos.

NASA: Space Station AMS-02 Instrument Works on the Mystery of Dark Matter.
ESA: First metal part 3D printed in space.

SpaceCom: Astronaut watches a meteor explode over Earth in a bright green fireball in stunning video from ISS.

NASA: CubeSats are pictured after being deployed into Earth orbit.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Space to Ground: The Road Ahead: Sept. 06, 2024.
NASA: NASA Astronaut Matt Dominick talks with Scientific American - Thursday, September 5, 2024.
NASA: NASA ScienceCasts: Station Science 101 - Monitoring Microbes for Astronaut Health.

CSS – Meer nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.
SpaceCom: Chinese astronauts study ancient microbes aboard Tiangong space station.
The Planetary Society: The Tianlin Space Telescope.

Filmpje:
CCTV+: China’s Shenzhou-18 Crew Continues to Advance Scientific Experiments, Daily Operations in Space

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

Artemis 1 en diens hitteschild.
Ars Technica: After Starliner, NASA has another big human spaceflight decision to make.

Artemis 2 – De eerste bemande vlucht naar de Maan na Apollo.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Rescuers at the Ready: NASA Team Completes Artemis Emergency Egress System Demonstration.
CSA: Vlog 11: Preparing for Artemis II.
NASA: Moon Minute: Orion Testing, Underway Recovery Testing, + Egress Basket Testing.

Artemis 3 – Opnieuw mensen op de Maan.
SpaceCom: Artemis 3 astronauts will walk on the moon with 4G-equipped spacesuits.
Universe Today: Artemis III Landing Sites Identified Using Mapping and Algorithm Techniques.

Artemis 4 - Gateway.
NASA: Gateway’s Propulsion System Testing Throttles Up.
NASA: Artemis IV: Gateway Gadget Fuels Deep Space Dining.
NASA: Houston, we have a podcast. Gateway: At Your Service.

Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.
SpaceCom: Should we regulate the moon? Scientists call for international plan to share lunar water and resources.
Innova Space: Living on the Moon – Focus on human health.

India naar de Maan.

Filmpje:
ISRO: Milestones leading to the landing an Indian on the moon.

ILRS – China naar de Maan.
ECNS: China signs International Lunar Research Station cooperation agreement with Senegal.
Space News: Senegal among new members of China’s ILRS moon base project.
Space In Africa: Senegal Joins China’s ILRS Moon Project.

SpaceCom: China to test lunar-soil bricks in space to pave the way for its planned moon base.

Filmpje:
New China TV: GLOBALink | China's planned lunar research station ushers in new era of global space collaboration.

Starship – Op weg naar IFT 5.

Filmpjes:
LabPadre: Final Preparations Underway For The First Catch Of Superheavy! - SpaceX Weekly #130.
NSF: All This For The Catch | Starbase Update.
NSF: Starhopper Relocates At Starbase.
WAI Plus: SpaceX Starbase Flyover! Chopsticks Ready for Catch?
Marcus House: SpaceX’s Exciting Super Heavy Catch Test – Fire Time Is Approaching!

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

BepiColombo vliegt langs Mercurius maar heeft meer tijd nodig om in een baan te komen.
ESA: Fourth Mercury flyby begins BepiColombo’s new trajectory.
ESA: BepiColombo's best images yet highlight fourth Mercury flyby.
ESA: Mercury: Lord of the (peak) Rings.

European Spaceflight: Thruster Issues Delay BepiColombo’s Mercury Arrival by 11 Months.
Space News: ESA delays BepiColombo orbital insertion because of thruster problem.
PhysOrg: Spacecraft flies closer to Mercury than planned after thruster glitch.

Spacepage: BepiColombo ruimtesonde gaat voor de vierde maal langs Mercurius vliegen.

Filmpjes:
ESA: BepiColombo to measure Mercury’s magnetic environment during fourth flyby.
SciNews: BepiColombo’s fourth flyby of Mercury.

Tianwen 3 – De Chinese versie van Mars Sample Return.
Space News: China to launch Mars sample return mission in 2028, will follow planetary protection guidelines – MSR.
Inside Outer Space: China Mars Sample Return: Blueprint for the Red Planet.
Universe Today: China Will Launch its Mars Sample Return Mission in 2028.
Ars Technico: With NASA’s plan faltering, China knows it can be first with Mars sample return.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon:
SpaceCom: 'A lot has changed': NOAA is rewriting the book on how to rank solar storms.
SpaceCom: Lucky alignment of 2 spacecraft reveals how solar wind gets a magnetic push.
NASA: Parker Solar Probe Lines Up for Final Venus Flyby.

Maan:
Jatan’s Space: Moon Monday #191: A stream of CLPS and Artemis lunar mission updates.
Firefly Aerospace (filmpje): Meet the Team Developing the Blue Ghost Lunar Lander.
Inside Outer Space: NASA VIPER Moon Rover: Lawmakers Respond to Cancellation.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4291-4293: Fairview Dome, the Sequel.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sol 4294: Return to McDonald Pass.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4295-4296: A Martian Moon and Planet Earth.
NASA: NASA’s Hubble, MAVEN Help Solve the Mystery of Mars’ Escaping Water.
ESA Extra (filmpje): Mars rover trials.

Jupiter:
ESA: Juice's flight through Earth's radiation belts.

Uranus:
CallTech: The Mysterious Interior of Uranus (PDF).

Didimos/Dimorphos:
ESA: Debris from DART impact could reach Earth.

Apophis:
SpaceCom: Shelved NASA spacecraft could spy on asteroid Apophis before 2029 Earth flyby – Janus.

Planetoiden:
SpaceCom: UAE on track to launch bold 7-asteroid mission in 2028 – EMA.
CallTech: Rapid Response to Near Earth Objects, Long Period Comets and Interstellar Objects (PDF).

Kuiper Gordel:
Cosmos: Unexpected objects in the Kuiper Belt revealed.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

Chinees ruimtevliegtuigje terug op Aarde.
ChinaOrg: China successfully lands reusable experimental spacecraft.
SpaceCom: China's mysterious space plane returns to Earth after 268 days in orbit .
Space News: China’s secretive reusable spaceplane lands after 267 days in orbit.

Een bericht uit begin augustus:
SpaceCom: China's secretive space plane caught on camera in orbit (photos).

Zonnezeil ACSS dan toch ontplooid.
Zie ook vorige week.
NASA SSM blog: NASA Evaluates Deployed Advanced Composite Solar Sail System.
SpaceCom: NASA spacecraft captures 1st photo of its giant solar sail while tumbling in space.
Uninverse Today: NASA’s Putting its Solar Sail Through its Paces.

SatTrackCam Leiden: The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System 3 (ACS 3) observed after sail deployment [UPDATED].
SatTrackCam Leiden: ACS 3 appears to be tumbling or gyrating.

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