Cover image courtesy NASA.

Featured Articles:

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REMEMBERING NEIL ARMSTRONG
By Clifford R. McMurray

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NEAs:
The Solar System’s Low-Hanging Fruit
By Marianne J. Dyson

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GOING DEEP:
Excalibur Almaz and Commercial Flights beyond Earth Orbit
By Clifford R. McMurray

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COSMIC DAWN:
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
By Erin Leidy

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THE SHUTTLES FIND NEW HOMES
By Regina Pickett Garson

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50 YEARS LATER:
How Mariner 2 Broke NASA’s Losing Streak
By Nicholas Gerbis

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COLLABORATING FOR OUR FUTURE IN SPACE:
International Space Development Conference 2013, La Jolla, California
By Dave Dressler, 2013 ISDC Conference Chair

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ORIGINS OF THE NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY
Interviews with the Founders of the National Space Institute
By Frederick I. Ordway, III

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THE STORY OF PLANETARY RESOURCES
Humanity’s Greatest Adventure in the 21st Century
By Eric Anderson

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THE MERGER:
Creation of the National Space Society
By Mark M. Hopkins

Departments:

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LETTER FROM HEADQUARTERS
A Summer of Achievements and Our Tribute to a Hero

By Paul Damphousse

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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver

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NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
NSS Remembers Neil A. Armstrong, First Man on the Moon, 1930-2012

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BOOKS
Colonizing Mars: The Human Mission to the Red Planet, by Robert Zubrin, Harrison Schmitt, Edgar Mitchell, et. al.
Reviewed by Bart Leahy
2312, by Kim Stanley Robinson
Reviewed by Marianne Dyson

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CHAPTER LISTINGS

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SIGNING OFF
Orion Spacecraft Water Impact Testing

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