James Webb kijkt naar verre sterrenstelsels en exoplaneet Gliese 12b, SpaceX test zijn chopsticks voor Starship en China brengt twee kilo maanstaan naar de aarde. Dat en meer bespreken Michel van Baal, Thijs Roes en Jeffrey Bout.

Links voor deze aflevering

- Europa achterstand / Ariane 6
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-smarts-as-spacex-bags-key-weather-satellite-launch-contract-ariane-6-delay/

Gliese 12b
https://www.space.com/gliese-12-b-tess-exoplanet-hunt-for-life

SpaceX updates over de aankomende test met de 'chopsticks'
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1806444569107865825

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Finds Most Distant Known Galaxy
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/early-highlights/nasas-james-webb-space-telescope-finds-most-distant-known-galaxy

Twee planetoïden passeren de aarde deze week
https://allesoversterrenkunde.nl/actueel/nieuws/_detail/gli/twee-planetoiden-passeren-de-aarde-deze-week/

China opens Chang'e 6 return capsule containing samples from moon's far side
https://www.space.com/chang-e-6-moon-far-side-return-capsule-opened

PLD Space Likely to Be the First to Use New Launch Complex in Kourou
https://europeanspaceflight.com/pld-space-likely-to-be-the-first-to-use-new-launch-complex-in-kourou/

Update Starliner:
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/nasa-orders-more-tests-on-starliner-but-says-crew-isnt-stranded-in-space/

Potential Ozone Depletion From Satellite Demise During Atmospheric Reentry in the Era of Mega-Constellations
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL109280

Some European launch officials still have their heads stuck in the sand
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/some-european-launch-officials-still-have-their-heads-stuck-in-the-sand/

ULA will launch its second Vulcan rocket without a real payload
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/ula-will-launch-its-second-vulcan-rocket-without-a-real-payload/