Cover image: Overall view of the space station flight control room in the Johnson Space Center’s Mission Control Center as flight controllers support rendezvous and docking operations of the Soyuz TMA- 04M spacecraft. Image: NASA.
Featured Articles:
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LIFE IN MISSION CONTROL
By Paul Brower
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FIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE FUTURE
By Clifford R. McMurray
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MARKING MILESTONES ON THE WAY TO THE MOON
The Google Lunar XPrize
By Andrew Barton
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REVIEWING SPACE SOLAR POWER POLICY
By Paul Werbos
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SEA LEGISLATIVE BLITZ: A FIRST-TIMER’S EXPERIENCE
By Kimberly A. Terrell
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THE ROLE OF NSS AT THE UNITED NATIONS
By Dave Dunlop
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NSS BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION CANDIDATE STATEMENTS
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SYNERGY BETWEEN SPACE SETTLEMENT AND ROBOTIC PLANETARY EXPLORATION
By Dale L. Skran, Jr.
Departments:
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NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
NSS Town Hall Meeting
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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver
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NSS CORRESPONDENCE
NSS Issues Position on Protecting Earth From Cosmic Impacts
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LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
Vision!
By Mark Hopkins
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BOOKS
Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon, edited by James Benford and Gregory Benford
Reviewed by Dale L. Skran, Jr.
The Astronaut Wives Club, by Lily Koppel
Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray
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CHAPTER LISTINGS
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SIGNING OFF
The Shocking Behavior of a Speedy Star