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


Cygnus flies again
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On Sunday, an Atlas V rocket successfully launched a Cygnus cargo spacecraft, the first mission to the space station for that spacecraft since a launch failure more than a year ago. Jeff Foust reports on the launch, the preparations for it at Orbital ATK, and the cargo it's delivering to the station.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2880/1

The Big G
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Before NASA decided to develop the Space Shuttle, McDonnell Douglas proposed to NASA an enlarged variant of its Gemini spacecraft. Dwayne Day examines the "Big G" spacecraft concept studied in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2879/1

Prospects for US-China space cooperation
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NASA's ability to cooperate with China is hamstrung by law that limits bilateral cooperation or even discussions without Congressional permission. Vid Beldavs argues that this prohibition should be lifted in order for the US to tap the growing capabilities of China and other emerging space powers.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2878/1

Spurring commercial human spaceflight to the Moon
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A new law offers American companies more rights and fewer restrictions for their commercial space activities, even as it's being pressed by NASA to take on a bigger role in human spaceflight. Vidya Sagar Reddy examines if these factors can create a commercially-led human return to the Moon.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2877/1

Review: Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age
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A ongoing exhibition in London offers the prospect of seeing Soviet-era space hardware that is rarely, if ever, placed on public display. Jeff Foust takes a look at the exhibition and the message it offers about Soviet space ambitions.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2876/1


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


How the new SLS engine contract is a step in the wrong direction
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NASA announced last week a contract with Aerojet Rocketdyne to make an expendable version of the RS-25 engine for future Space Launch System missions. Gerald Black argues that, with the recent developments in reusability by others in the industry, developing expendable engines and rockets is unwise.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2875/1

Expanding the space industry
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While the space industry generates several hundred billion dollars in revenue a year, it's still small compared to many other industries. Jeff Foust describes how a recent conference attempted to make connections between space and some other industries to help the space industry grow.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2874/1

Financing space companies in an age of complexity
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Companies in the commercial space industry, among others, can find it difficult to raise the money they need to build their businesses. Eric Hedman offers a potential solution that takes advantage of provisions in existing law, with some changes, to provide companies with a new source of investment.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2873/1

Blue Origin sticks the landing
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Last week, Blue Origin made another successful test flight of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle, this time flying to an altitude of 100 kilometers and successfully landing the vehicle's propulsion module under rocket power. Jeff Foust reports on the implications of the successful test, and the reaction it got from the head of another company in the field.
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2872/1


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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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