Na een weekje onderbreking (omwille van het JVS/VVS Weekend) weer terug een Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart. Een dubbeldikke aflevering. Al zie je dat niet meteen aan de lanceringen. Want Falcon 9 heeft nog maar net zijn licentie terug gekregen. Maar er was uiteraard de tweede lancering van een Vulcan-raket. Al liep die tweede certificatievlucht niet geheel naar wens. En aangezien de licentie tijdig binnen, krijg je op zondag 13 oktober de vijfde testvlucht van Starhip. Met een booster die terugkeert naar het lanceerplatform. Dat en nog veel, veel meer in deze aflevering van het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart.

Bij de foto: De lancering van de tweede Vulcan. Foto: ULA.

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws. 

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De lanceringen van de afgelopen twee weken.

04.10.2024 – Vulcan en CERT 2 loopt niet geheel naar wens. Een SRB verliest zijn “nozzle”.
Spaceflight Now: ULA rolls its Vulcan rocket to the launch pad ahead of second test flight.
SpaceCom: ULA rolls Vulcan Centaur rocket to pad ahead of 2nd-ever launch (photos).
Space News: ULA set for second Vulcan launch.

ULA: United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Second Vulcan Certification Flight.
Meer info bij United Launch Alliance..

Spaceflight Now: Live coverage: ULA to launch second test flight of its Vulcan rocket from Cape Canaveral.
Spaceflight Now: ULA launches second Vulcan flight, encounters strap-on booster anomaly.
Space News: Vulcan competes second flight despite SRB anomaly.
NSF: ULA’s Vulcan launches second certification flight.
Breaking Defense: ULA’s Vulcan rocket makes second launch in quest to qualify for Space Force missions.
Ars Technica: ULA’s second Vulcan rocket lost part of its booster and kept going.

Spacepage: Tweede lancering van nieuwe Vulcan Centaur raket verloopt niet zonder problemen.

Filmpjes:
NSF: LIVE: United Launch Alliance Rolls out Vulcan Rocket for CERT-2 flight.
ULA: Tory Talk: The Mission to Certify Vulcan.
ULA: Oct. 4 LIVE Broadcast: Vulcan Cert-2.
ULA: ULA - Any payload, on time, to any orbit.
ULA: Liftoff! Vulcan's Second Trip to Orbit.
NSF: FULL REPLAY: ULA Vulcan Experiences Anomaly on CERT-2 Mission.

Scott Manley: How Did The Vulcan Rocket Survive This Booster Failure?

SciNews: Vulcan launch (CERT-2).
The Space Bucket: The FAA Will Not Be Investigating Vulcan’s Anomaly.

07.10.2024 – Falcon 9 lanceert Europese HERA.
Space News: ESA continues Hera launch preparations amid Falcon 9 grounding.
Spaceflight Now: ESA’s Hera mission progresses towards launch pending Falcon 9 readiness.
PhysOrg: FAA gives SpaceX the OK to launch just one Falcon 9 on asteroid mission for Europe.
Space Policy Online: ESA’s HERA ready to go when SpaceX’s Falcon 9 resumes flight.
Space News: FAA clears Falcon 9 launch of Hera mission.

Spacepage: Milani en Juventas: ESA's eerste deep space cubesats.

Space News: Falcon 9 launches ESA’s Hera asteroid mission.
NSF: ESA’s Hera mission has launched to asteroid binary as Falcon 9 returns to flight.
Space Policy Online: Against the odds, Hera lifts off on its planetary defense mission.

Filmpjes:
Spaceflight Now: ESA's Hera mission leadership provide a prelaunch status update.
ESA: SA's Hera mission launch (Official broadcast).
ESA: ESA's Hera mission liftoff.
SciNews: Hera launch.
SciNews: Hera deployment.
ESA: Why are we going back to this asteroid?
ESA: Een reeks animaties.

10.10.2024 – Chinese LM 38B/ lanceert WHG-03.
ECNS (foto’s): China sends high-orbit internet services satellite into space.
Space News: China launches third high orbit internet satellite.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: China Launches Third High-Orbit Internet Services Satellite.
CNSA Watcher: China launches Internet high-orbit satellite on 47th mission in 2024.
SciNews: Long March-3B launches WHG-03.

Te verwachten lanceringen.

13.10.2024 – Blue Origin en een nieuwe New Shepard in NS-27.
Blue Origin: Blue Origin Debuts Second Human-Rated New Shepard Rocket To Meet Demand.
Inside Outer Space: Blue Origin Unveils 2nd Human-rated Suborbital Tourism Vehicle – 2001 Black Monoliths Onboard.

Oorspronkelijk voorzien voor 7 oktober maar na een reeks van holds werd de countdown afgebroken en de lancering uitgesteld.
SpaceCom: Blue Origin scrubs debut launch of 2nd human-rated New Shepard rocket.

Filmpjes:
De livestream van de eerste poging is niet meer te vinden op het Blue Origin YT-kanaal.
SciNews: New Shepard aborted launch (NS-27).

03.12.2024 – Vega C en Sentinel 1C – Return To Flight.
ESA: Last rocket motor firing clears path for Vega-C launch.
ESA: Zefiro-40 test fire for Vega-C.
Space News: Vega C ready for return to flight after second motor test.
European Spaceflight: First Stage for Vega C Return to Flight Arrives at Launch Pad.

ESA: Sentinel-1C arrives in French Guiana.

Nog enkele vorige lanceringen.

28.09.2024 – Na lancering Crew 9 – Mislukte de-orbit burn voor 2de trap Falcon 9 – SpaceX pauzeert lanceringen
Voor de lancering, zie vorige NUDR.

Space News: SpaceX pauses Falcon 9 launches after upper stage deorbit anomaly
Ars Technica: Engineers investigate another malfunction on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX grounds its Falcon rocket fleet after upper stage misfire.

Retuers: US FAA grounds SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket after second-stage malfunction.
SpaceCom: FAA requires investigation of anomaly on SpaceX's Crew-9 astronaut launch.

Space Explored: SpaceX’s third 2024 Falcon 9 grounding strengthens the need for more competition.

Raketnieuws.

SpaceX mag van de FAA de Falcon 9 weer lanceren.
Space News: FAA allows Falcon 9 launches to resume.
SpaceCom: FAA clears SpaceX to resume Falcon 9 rocket launches.
Space Policy Online: FAA approves Falcon 9 Return To Flight.

Aerojet Rocketdayne en zijn productie-achterstand.
Defense One: Aerojet digging ‘out of this hole’ as it clears rocket backlog, president says.

PLD Space – Spanje – maakt zijn plannen bekend.
Space News: PLD Space unveils plans for larger launch vehicles and crewed spacecraft.
European Spaceflight: PLD Space Unveils Three New Rockets and a Crew Capsule.
Payload: PLD Space Reveals Heavy Lift Launch and Crewed Spacecraft Plans.

Filmpje:
PLD Space: Beyond_ by PLD Space - English dubbed version.

ESA sponsort het Poolse SpaceForest en diens Perun-raket.
European Spaceflight: €2.4M in ESA Funding to Boost SpaceForest Rocket Development.

Filmpje:
ESA Extra: SpaceForest rocket engine SF-1000 tests.

POLARIS-raketvliegtuig mag testen doen m.b.v. raketmotoren.
European Spaceflight: POLARIS Spaceplanes Receives Approval for Rocket-Powered Flights.

Dawn Aerospace – Beelden van nieuwe testvluchten.

Filmpjes:
Dawn Aerospace: Dawn Aerospace - Mk-II Aurora - Two Flights in one Day - 27 September 2024.
Dawn Aerospace: Dawn Aerospace Mk-II Aurora, Flight 53.

Atlantic Spaceport Consortium – Lancering sondeerraketten vanuit Portugal.
European Spaceflight: Spaceport Startup Demonstrates Launch Capability in Portugal.

Lanceert Gilmour Space zijn Eris raket nog dit jaar?
Space & Defense: Clock Ticks on a Gilmour Space Launch in 2024.

Russische test v/d nieuwe Sarmat ICBM eindigt met (wellicht) een explosie.
Ars & Technica: Satellite images suggest test of Russian “super weapon” failed spectacularly.

Ook China test ICBM.
Channel News Asia: China conducts rare publicised test launch of intercontinental ballistic missile.
Channel News Asia: Why did China test-fire an ICBM into the Pacific Ocean and what are the likely implications?
SatTackCam Leiden: A Chinese ICBM test launch at full range, into the central Pacific, on September 25.

Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.

Crew 9 – Koppeling met ISS.
NASA CCP: SpaceX Dragon with Crew-9 Aboard Docks to Station.
NASA CCP: Expedition 72 Welcomes Crew-9 Duo Aboard Station.
Air an Space Forces: First Guardian Launches into Space Aboard NASA Mission.

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA's SpaceX Crew 9 Rendezvous and Docking - Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.
NASA: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Flight Day 2 Highlights - Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.
SciNews: SpaceX Crew-9 docking.
SciNews: SpaceX Crew-9 hatch opening.
NASA: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Overview.
NASA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Llf_JlrYpA.
NASA: Meet Roscosmos Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, Crew-9 Mission Specialist.

Crew 8 – Het vertrek – Dankzij Milton ten vroegste op 13.10.
NASA: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Concludes Space Station Scientific Mission.
NASA Blog: Crew-8 Return No Earlier Than Oct. 10.
NASA Blog: Crew-8 Return No Earlier Than Oct. 13.

SpaceCom: Hurricane Milton forces NASA, SpaceX to delay Crew-8 astronauts' return to Earth.

Filmpje:
NASA: NASA's SpaceX Crew-8: Science, Innovation, and Discovery.

Nog eens het lek in het ISS – Niet meer zo erg.
Zie ook de vorige NUDR.
Space News: NASA cites progress in reducing ISS air leak.

Simulatie van Japanse HTV-X koppeling met ISS.
Filmje:
JAXA: JDOCX (JAXA Docking Demonstration on HTV-X).

ISS – De blogentries. Station Science Top News.
NASA ISS Blog: Expedition 72 Welcomes Crew-9 Duo Aboard Station.
NASA ISS Blog: Expedition 72 Welcomes New Crew, Crew-8 Departing Soon.
NASA ISS Blog: Dragon Suit, Seat Checks During Crew Departure Preps and Space Science .
NASA ISS Blog: Dragon Operations and Space Science Fill Station’s Midweek Schedule.
NASA ISS Blog: Ongoing Crew Return Preps and Biology, Earth Science Top Crew’s Day.
NASA ISS Blog: Dragon Operations Continue During Stem Cell Research on Station.
NASA ISS Blog: Biology, Physics Research Fill Schedule as Crew Awaits Departure.
NASA ISS Blog: Relaxation, Science, and Maintenance as Crew Departure Preps Continue.
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Studies Exercise, Veins, and Plants Before Quartet’s Farewell.
NASA ISS Blog: Station Keeps Up Biology Studies as Crew-8 Nears Departure.
NASA ISS Blog: NASA to Provide Live Coverage of Crew-8 Return, Splashdown.
NASA ISS Blog: Dragon Operations Underway During Advanced Biology Studies.

NASA: Station Science Top News: September 27, 2024.
NASA: Station Science Top News: Oct. 4, 2024.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
NASA: How NASA Astronauts Vote from Space Aboard International Space Station.

ISS National Lab: New Earth Observation Technology to Expand Insights on Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and More.
ISS National Lab: Next Mission to Space Station Will Launch a Variety of Biomedical and Physical Science Research.
ISS National Lab: The Beauty of Accelerated Aging: Using Tissue Chips to Explore Age-Related Muscle Loss in Microgravity.
ISS National Lab: NIH-Funded Tissue Chips Will Fly to ISS on SpaceX CRS-27 Mission to Improve Therapeutics.
NASA: Space combustion research is helping keep future astronauts safe.
NASA: Space Station Research Explorer – Aerosol Sampling Experiment.
NASA: Pioneering NASA Astronaut Health Tech Thwarts Heart Failure.

SpaceCom: Scrubbed spacewalks, Starliner stay-overs and more: NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson discusses her eventful 6 months in orbit.

Nature: Long-duration spaceflight adversely affects astronaut piloting performance.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Space to Ground: Crew-9: Oct. 04, 2024.
NASA: Space to Ground: Observing Extreme Storms: Oct. 11, 2024.
NASA: Astronaut Tracy Dyson Post-Flight News Conference.
NASA: NASA Astronaut Don Pettit Talks with KGW-TV, Portland - Thursday, October 10, 2024.
NASA: NASA's SpaceX Crew8 Farewell Remarks - Thursday, October 10, 2024.
NASA: NASA Astronaut Suni Williams Talks with WBZ-TV Boston – Friday, October 11, 2024.
NASA: How Do Astronauts Drink Coffee in Space?
NASA: Cameras On The International Space Station Capture New Views Of Hurricane Milton - Oct. 9, 2024.

Commerciële ruimtestations – VAST.
VAST Space: Vast Unveils Its Final Haven-1 Space Station Design.
Space Voyaging: Vast Unveils Final Design for Haven-1 Space Station.
Payload: Vast Unveils Designs for Haven-1 Station.

CSS – Meer nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.
Inside Outer Space: China Space Station Crew: Return to Earth Later This Month.
SpaceCom: China aims to breed zebrafish aboard Tiangong space station.

Filmpjes:
CNSA Watcher: Shenzhou-18 astronauts celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in space.
CCTV+: China's Space Station Crew Carries out Engineering, Cognitive Experiments.
CCTV+: Shenzhou-18 Astronauts Send National Day Greetings from Space.
CCTV+: Ye Guangfu Becomes First Chinese Astronaut Spending 340 Days in Space, Eying More Milestones Ahead.
CCTV+: CMG's Scroll Summarizes Development of China's Space Industry: Astronaut.
CCTV+: Shenzhou-18 Astronauts Capture Stunning Views of Earth from Space.
CCTV+: Shenzhou-18 Crew Share Progress on Self-Sustaining Fish Ecosystem in Space.
CNSA Watcher: Exploring Jiuquan and Wenchang Space Centers from Tiangong Space Station.
CCTV+: China's Shenzhou-18 Astronauts Share Bird's Eye Views of Launch Sites.

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

Artemis 1.
NASA: Artemis I Radiation Measurements Validate Orion Safety for Astronauts.

Artemis 2 – De eerste bemande vlucht naar de Maan na Apollo.
NASA Artemis Blog: NASA’s Mobile Launcher Rolls Ahead of Artemis II Preparation.
NASA Artemis Blog: NASA’s Mobile Launcher Back at Vehicle Assembly Building.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Crawling Along with the Crawler-Transporter 2.
NSF: FULL REPLAY: NASA Rolls Back Mobile Launcher-1, in Preparation for Artemis II Stacking.
NASA: Crawler-Transporter Reaches 2,500 Miles at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
Philip Sloss: Mobile Launcher for Artemis II back in the VAB, but SLS stacking schedule still up in the air.

Artemis 3 – Opnieuw mensen op de Maan.
ESA: Service Module, assemble!

Filmpje:
NASA: Ahoy matey! Artemis III hardware arrives at Kennedy Space Center from Europe aboard Canopée ship.

Artemis 4 - Gateway.
European Spaceflight: ESA to Build Exercise Machine for Gateway Space Station.
ESA: Gateway Stands Tall for Stress Test.
European Spaceflight: Thales Complete Key Testing Milestone for Lunar Space Station Module – HALO.

Artemis Accords.
NASA: NASA Welcomes Dominican Republic as 44th Artemis Accords Signatory.
Space News: Dominican Republic signs Artemis Accords.

Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.
Ars Technica: The politically incorrect guide to saving NASA’s floundering Artemis Program.

Universe Today: Unloading Cargo on the Moon – LANDO;
NASA: NASA Seeks Innovators for Lunar Waste Competition.
NASA: NASA Prepares for Lunar Terrain Vehicle Testing – LTV..
NASA: NASA Announces Selections for Lunar Comms, Network Studies.
AWST: NASA Advances Optical Comms For Human Deep Space Exploration.
NASA: NASA Seeks Innovative Artemis Lunar Logistics, Mobility Solutions.
European Spaceflight: Nammo UK Submits Bid for Argonaut Lunar Lander Main Engine.

Space News: Volta Space Technologies unveils plans for lunar power satellite network.
Payload: Volta Space Wants To Beam Power To The Moon.

Inside Outer Space: Moon, Cislunar Space Report: Worrisome Scenarios.
Het rapport – Reacting to major space events on the Moon and in cislunar space – vind je hier (pdf).

PhysOrg: New lunar distress system could safeguard future astronauts.

Universe Today: What Does a Trip to Mars Do to the Brain?

Universe Today: How Accessible is Titanium On The Moon?

Filmpjes:
Philip Sloss: NASA Artemis II, III, IV Quarterly Update #3, 2024 Third Quarter in Review.
NASA: NASA Seeks Innovators for $3 Million Lunar Waste Competition.
Payload: The Need for A Collaborative Lunar Architecture.

ILRS – China naar de Maan.
Filmpjes:
CNSA Watcher: Building Houses on the Moon: Researchers Simulate Lunar Base with Moon Jar Prototype.
SciNews: CNSA’s Lunar Spacesuit

Starship – IFT5 – Het wordt 13 oktober!
Bij het verschijnen van deze NUDR zou SpaceX de nodige toelatingen gekregen hebben om door te gaan met IFT5.

Space Policy Online: SpaceX confirms next Starship test will try to catch te booster.
Spacepage: Vijfde testvlucht van Starship gepland voor 13 oktober.
SpaceCom: SpaceX says its next Starship launch could fly as early as Oct. 13, pending FAA approval.
Ars Technica: SpaceX’s next Starship launch—and first catch—could happen this weekend.
NSF: Starship readying for Flight 5 amid future preparations.
Space News: NASA “really looking forward” to next Starship test flight.
Bloomberg Law: SpaceX Sued Over Wastewater Discharges at Texas Launch Site (1).

NPR: SpaceX wants to go to Mars. To get there, environmentalists say it’s trashing Texas.

BBC: What's next for Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship rocket?

Filmpjes:
LabPadre: Starship's Is Stacked And Ready To Go For Flight 5! - SpaceX Weekly #134.
NSF: Full Stack Pride - Booster 11 Parts Return | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NSF: New OLM Build Underway as Starship’s Full Stack Comes to Life! | Starbase Update.
NSF: Longest Raptor Test Firing.
NSF: Ship 30 destacked... For Now | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NSF: FULL REPLAY: SpaceX Re-Stacks Ship 30 on Booster 12 | Starbase.
NSF: Humans for Scale - Starship Flight 5 Preps Continue | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NSF: SpaceX Tests the Stack for the Fifth Flight of Starship - Booster 12 and Ship 30.
NSF: SpaceX Starship Launch Confusion! Will Flight 5 Happen This Weekend? | Starbase Update.
WAI: SpaceX Confirms Starship Flight 5 Launch Intent for THIS WEEK! It's On!!!
NSF: SpaceX Prepared for Upcoming Starship Flight 5 | SpaceX Boca Chica.
Eager Space: Starship Raptor Reliability - The Wonder of Engine-Out Redundancy.
NSF: Can SpaceX Catch a Starship Super Heavy? (Like Falcon 9?).
NSF: FTS Installed Before Launch & Potential Catch | SpaceX Boca Chica.

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

Capstone nog steeds actief.
Advanced Space: Advanced Space to Extend the CAPSTONE Mission with NASA.
Inside Outer Space: CAPSTONE Mooncraft: Mission Extended.

CLPS – Nieuws.
Jatan’s Space: Video: The next Moon landing missions by Intuitive Machines for NASA CLPS.

Orkaan Milton.
NASA KSC: NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Prepares for Hurricane Milton.
SpaceCom: Satellite images capture Hurricane Milton intensifying into Category 5 storm (videos).
GPS World: How GPS aids in Hurricane Helene recovery efforts.
Space News: Starlink activates emergency phone connectivity for Hurricane Milton.

Filmpje:
NASA: International Space Station Provides Views of Hurricane Milton.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon:
NASA Blog: Parker Solar Probe Completes 21st Close Approach to the Sun.
SpaceCom: Severe solar storm could supercharge auroras across US, impact power grids, NOAA warns.

Mercurius: 
ESA: Mercury’s magnetic landscape mapped in 30 minutes.
SpaceCom: BepiColombo spacecraft's flyby of Mercury begins unraveling the planet's magnetic mystery.

Venus:
Manorama: ISRO targets to launch Venus Orbiter Mission in March 2028.

Aarde:.
ESA: ESA releases new strategy for Earth observation.
NASA (filmpje): Why Is NASA Tracking Seaweed From Space?
NASA: NASA’s Instruments Capture Sharpest Image of Earth’s Radiation Belt.
NASA (filmpje): NASA’s JENI Instrument Captures Hot Plasma Explosions in Earth’s Magnetotail.
Payload: ESA’s To-Do List for an EO Boom.
Payload: US Second To China in Commercial Remote Sensing Ranking.
ESA: Sentinel-2 unveils the seasonal rhythm of intertidal seagrass.
Space Policy Online: NOAA kicks off TRACSS space situational awareness system.
SpaceCom: Ancient ruins are under threat. Here's how archaeologists are getting help from space (exclusive).
ESA: Sound of Earth’s magnetic flip 41 000 years ago.

Maan:
PhysOrg: Lunar gravity measurements hint at a partially molten mantle layer.*
Daily Galaxy: New Study Uncovers How COVID-19 Lockdowns Cooled the Moon’s Surface.
NASA: NASA’s LRO: Lunar Ice Deposits are Widespread.
Gizmodo: Two Asteroids, One Dinosaur Extinction: Second Crater Bolsters Double Impact Theory.
Payload: Boo! ispace Partners With AMC on SCAR-E Lunar Mission.
The Space Review: Sixty-five years since the first lunar farside images.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4318-4320: One Last Weekend in the Channel.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4321-4322: Sailing Out of Gediz Vallis.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4323-4324: Surfin’ Our Way out of the Channel.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4325-4326: (Not Quite) Dipping Our Toes in the Sand.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4327-4328: On the Road Again.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4329-4330: Continuing Downhill.
SpaceCom: Curiosity Mars rover's wheels are more battered than ever — but they still work.
NASA: NASA: New Insights into How Mars Became Uninhabitable.
Space News: NASA awards Rocket Lab study contract for Mars Sample Return – MSR.
SpaceCom: Can Rocket Lab come to NASA's rescue with new Mars sample-return plan? – MSR.
ESA – Mars Express: Cryptic Mars, a land shaped by ice.

Jupiter:
The journey of JUICE (filmpje): The successful recovery of the Juice RIME antenna deployment - ESA Expert Lecture 57.

Uranus:
SpaceCom: Some of Uranus' moons might be able to support life. Here's what a mission might reveal.

Pluto:
Space Daily: SwRI team detects carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on Pluto's moon Charon.

Planetoiden:
Cosmos Mag: Dwarf planet Ceres is an ancient water world.
Space News: NASA removes technical details from Janus RFI.
CNN: Meet SpaceHopper, a three-legged hopping asteroid explorer.

Kuiper Gordel:
Ars Technica: New Kuiper Belt objects lurk farther away than we ever thought.

Voyager:
Zenit: Meetinstrument Voyager 2 uitgezet om stroom te besparen.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

Shijian-19 – China’s eerste herbruikbare satelliet terug op de Aarde.
ECNS: China's first reusable satellite returns to Earth with payloads.
ECNS: Nation's first reusable satellite returns.
ECNS (foto): China successfully retrieves first reusable satellite.

Space News: Shijian-19 reusable satellite lands after 2 weeks in space.*
Gizmodo: China’s Reusable Satellite Returns to Earth After Experimenting With Crop Mutations in Space.

Filmpjes:
CCTV+: China Successfully Retrieves First Reusable, Returnable Test Satellite.
CGTN: China successfully retrieves first reusable test satellite Shijian-19.

X-37B (OTV-7) en aerobraking.
US Space Force: X-37B begins novel space maneuver.
Air and Space Forces: Space Force X-37 Aerobraking Might Inform Future Satellite Design.
Boeing: Boeing-built X-37B Begins Advanced Space Maneuvering.
Breaking Defense: Secretive space plane X-37B to test ‘first of a kind’ maneuvers for shifting orbits.
Space Policy Online: DOD’s X-37B to test aerobraking.
SpaceCom: Space Force's mysterious X-37B space plane to attempt new 'aerobraking' maneuvers in orbit.

SatTrackCam Leiden: X-37B Spaceplane OTV 7 to lower orbit by aerobraking.

Filmpje:
Boeing: Boeing-built X-37B Innovates and Breaks New Records.

Boeing Defense Space and Security slikt 2 miljard dollar verlies en ontslaat 17.000 mensen.
Breaking Defense: Boeing’s defense unit logs massive $2 billion in losses for third quarter.
Defense One: Boeing to cut 10% of workers as defense unit loses $2B in 3 months.

De Standaard: Vliegtuigbouwer Boeing schrapt 17.000 jobs.

Space News: Boeing plans more commercial crew charges – Starliner.

Boeing en Virgin Galactic bereiken overeenkomst in verband met rechtzaak.
CNBC: Boeing, Virgin Galactic settle lawsuit over work on Virgin ‘mothership’.

Ook dat nog – Op zoek naar NASA-personeel die niet voor Trump/Musk zijn.
Reuters: Exclusive: Conservative think tank targeting NASA employees' communications about Musk, Trump.

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