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Date: July 13, 2015 at 1:20:28 PM CDT
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Welcome to this week's issue of The Space Review:


A midsummer classic
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On Tuesday, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will fly past Pluto, offering our first closeup glimpse at this distant world. Jeff Foust provides an update on the mission, including its close call with catastrophe because of a computer glitch earlier this month.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2788/1

What about the next Pluto mission?
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As New Horizons zooms past Pluto this week, the natural question many ask is, what's next? Andrew LePage offers some concepts for future missions to Pluto and other destinations in the outer solar system.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2787/1

One last first time
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The last time we got a fleeting, closeup look at a distant world prior to New Horizons was the Voyager 2 flyby of Neptune in 1989. Dwayne Day recalls his experience witnessing that flyby from a planetarium in upstate New York.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2786/1

What's the long-term future of the ISS?
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Much of the current attention on the International Space Station has been on problems getting cargo to the station. Jeff Foust reports that, at a recent conference, some were more concerned about what will happen to the station in the long run.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2785/1


If you missed it, here's what we published in our previous issue:


GAMBIT in the house
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At long last, a 1960s-era GAMBIT reconnaissance satellite is on display at the National Air and Space Museum. Dwayne Day recaps the history of the program and describes the efforts it took to get the spacecraft displayed at the famous museum.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2784/1

Thirty meter troubles
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Construction of a telescope on a Hawaiian mountain has stopped because of protests from those who believe it would desecrate what some native Hawaiians consider a sacred place. Jeff Foust reports on the controversy and what some astronomers are doing to try and find a resolution acceptable to all.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2783/1

Is India turning a blind eye to space commerce?
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This month, India will carry out its biggest commercial launch to date, of five satellites weighing nearly 1,500 kilograms. Narayan Prasad argues that, despite this milestone, India needs to do more to promote commercial space ventures in the country.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2782/1

Review: Leaving Orbit
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To some, the end of the shuttle program represented an end of an era of American human spaceflight, or even an end to American human spaceflight itself. Jeff Foust reviews a book by a writer who attended the final shuttle launches in an attempt to understand the shuttle's end and its implications.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2781/1


We appreciate any feedback you may have about these articles as well as
any other questions, comments, or suggestions about The Space Review.
We're also actively soliciting articles to publish in future issues, so
if you have an article or article idea that you think would be of
interest, please email me.

Until next week,

Jeff Foust
Editor, The Space Review
jeff@thespacereview.com
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