Spanning stijgt voor Artemis, (deels) succesvolle nieuwe Chinese raketten en oeroude kometen. En op het vlak van satellietnavigatie goed nieuws uit Europa en donderwolken in de VS. Dat en meer met Michel van Baal, Jeffrey Bout en Luc van den Abeelen in deze nieuwe Space Cowboys.

Links voor deze aflevering:

Artemis met eerste crew naar de maan
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/04/artemis-ii-breaks-record-lunar-flyby/ 

Baikonur bereidt eerste start Soyuz-5 voor
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/11/after-a-decade-russias-native-built-soyuz-5-rocket-finally-reaches-the-launch-site/ 

Nieuwe Chinese raketten lukken wel en niet
https://www.china-in-space.com/p/tri-core-kinetica-2-soars-into-orbit
https://www.china-in-space.com/p/space-pioneers-tianlong-3-fails-during 

Are Saturn's rings made of a lost, shattered moon? New evidence arises for the case
https://www.space.com/astronomy/saturn/are-saturns-rings-made-of-a-lost-shattered-moon-new-evidence-arises-for-the-case

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be nearly 12 billion years old — so ancient its star system may no longer exist
https://www.space.com/astronomy/comets/interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-may-be-nearly-12-billion-years-old-so-ancient-its-star-system-may-no-longer-exist

After 16 years and $8 billion, the military’s new GPS software still doesn’t worK
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/03/after-16-years-and-8-billion-the-militarys-new-gps-software-still-doesnt-work/

Celeste’s first satellites launched to explore LEO-based satellite navigation
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Satellite_navigation/Celeste/Celeste_s_first_satellites_launched_to_explore_LEO-based_satellite_navigation

Japan Wants to Build a Solar Ring Around the Moon That Will Provide Endless Clean Energy to Earth
https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/04/japan-build-moon-solar-ring-endless-energy/