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Welcome to this week's issue of The Space Review:


Dancing in the dark redux: Recent Russian rendezvous and proximity operations in space
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In the last few years, Russia has carried out a number of missions to test rendezvous and proximity operations, both in low Earth orbit and geosynchronous orbit. Brian Weeden describes what is known about these efforts, and the policy implications of such tests given similar missions by American spacecraft in the past.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2839/1

Orbiting first: a reasonable strategy for a sustainable Mars program
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Last week, The Planetary Society released a report that came out of a workshop earlier this year on more affordable strategies for human Mars exploration. Casey Dreier and Jason Callahan discuss how an architecture that sends humans first to orbit Mars can fit into current NASA budgets for human spaceflight.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2838/1

"The Martian" and real Martians
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The film adaptation of the bestselling novel "The Martian" opened to rave reviews and a big box office take this weekend, days after NASA also announced evidence of liquid water on the surface of present-day Mars. Jeff Foust examines what effect -- if any -- these events could have on NASA's plans for actual human missions to the Red Planet.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2837/1

India's space program looks outwards
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India launched last week its first dedicated astronomy spacecraft, called ASTROSAT. Ajey Lele says the launch is another sign that India's space agency is moving beyond its traditional role of socioeconomic development into science and exploration.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2836/1

Putting the pieces back together again
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A major gallery in the National Air and Space Museum looks more like a workshop right now, as part of renovations of that gallery. Dwayne Day explores how the gallery, and the museum, are changing.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2835/1


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


The helium-3 incantation
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Space advocates, including people as famous as Apollo 17's Harrison Schmitt, talk about helium-3 as a vital resource to be obtained from the Moon. Dwayne Day says such claims, unsupported by the facts of just how difficult helium-3 fusion is, are analogous to the incantations of a religion.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2834/1

The import of a satellite exporter's bank
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Over the last several years, US satellite manufacturers and launch providers have increasingly relied on the Export-Import Bank to help finance sales to international customers. Jeff Foust reports that, with the bank's authorization lapsed because of a congressional dispute, these companies are starting to lose deals.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2833/1

The next generation of activities for space's next generation
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Major space conferences have increasingly included sessions and other events devoted to your professionals and students. However, Hannah Kerner argues that these events have to go beyond simple panels and mentoring sessions to be meaningful for the space industry's next generation.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2832/1

Review: A Sky Wonderful with Stars
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While plans for a new telescope atop Hawaii's Mauna Kea are mired in controversy, using the mountain to study the universe is now new. Jeff Foust reviews a book that offers a history of modern astronomy there, exploring both the observatories on the mountain and what those observatories have explored.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2831/1


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We're also actively soliciting articles to publish in future issues, so
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Until next week,

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