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| VOL. 37 NO. 1
| JANUARY 1995
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| Cosmodrome and Cosmonauts.
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| MOST FAMOUS COSMODROME Theo Pirard writes about the many interesting space facilities he visited at Baikonur.
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| SPACE STATION COSMONAUTS Activities at Mir between July and October 1994 are described by Neville Kidger.
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| EUROMIR 94 IN PICTURES Rolf Schoevaart presents photo coverage of the launch of ESA astronaut Ulf Merbold to Mir.
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| HELEN SHARMAN AT OPEN DAY Peter Gregory describes the enthusiasm and interest that greeted Britain's first astronaut.
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| AFGHAN COSMONAUT IN GERMANY Dr Neil Da Costa interviews Abdul Ahad Mohmand about his mission to Mir. Features.
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| SPACEHAB 'BACK IN BUSINESS' FOR BUSY THIRD FUGHT The main objectives of the forthcoming shuttle mission STS-63 are previewed by Ben Evans.
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| EARTH OBSERVATION TECHNOLOGY Theo Pirard reports on international plans for putting instrumentation into orbit.
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| ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING FROM SPACE, Part 1 Basic Technology is explained in this space educational feature by Dr D.J. Belson.
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| INDIA'S ROCKET PROPELLANT DEVELOPMENTS The activity behind India's space launcher developments is outlined by Hormuz P. Mama. News & Events.
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| LAUNCH REPORT News of recent launches and forthcoming launch preparations.
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| EUROPEAN ASTRONAUT ON STS-66 MISSION ESA astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy and European scientists participate in shuttle mission.
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| ASTRONOMICAL NOTEBOOK Items of astronomical news include new results from Hubble images.
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| SATELLITE DIGEST - 272 This month's listing of recent spacecraft launchings. Space Miscellany.
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| BOOK NOTICES of books likely to be of interest to readers are described.
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| SOCIETY NEWS From the British Interplanetary Society.
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| 'SHUTTLE ACRONYMS' COMPETITION Videos are prizes for this month's competition.
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| Correspondence A selection of readers' letters.
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| VOL. 37 NO. 2
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| Space on the Screen.
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| DESTINY IN SPACE A new IMAX film opens at Britain's only IMAX cinema with Neville Kidger at the premiere.
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| PUTTING SCIENCE INTO FICTION John Gosling tells how Japanese animation has used space themes to inspire and entertain.
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| HAVE ROCKET WILL TRAVEL Darren Burnham's film roundup finds astronautics drama lacks appeal; but what of Apollo 13? Features.
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| TITOV PREPARES FOR MIR RENDEZVOUS MISSION The upcoming STS-63 mission is marked by its logo and a photo selection.
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| THREE ULTRAVIOLET 'EYES' Ben Evans describes an astronomical payload that is set for a Shuttle launch in February. News and Events.
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| SPACE WEEKEND FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Belgium's Euro Space Center hosts a major European space event described by Clive Simpson.
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| STUDENTS TEST ORIENTATION DEVICE Parabola flights take place for prize-winning experiment.
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| EUROMIR-94 MISSION Neville Kidger has details of Ulf Merbold's Mir visit for ESA studies of long-term flight.
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| MIR EXPERIMENTS: DETAILS REVEALED ESA's 29 experiments for the EuroMir-94 mission are listed.
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| STS-68 MISSION REPORT A report by Roelof Schuiling from the Kennedy Space Center.
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| LAUNCH REPORT News of recent launches and forthcoming launch preparations.
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| INTERNATIONAL Space Report Space news from around the world.
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| SATELLITE DIGEST - 273 This month's listing of recent spacecraft launchings. Space Miscellany.
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| 'SPACE MOVIES' COMPETITION Books are prizes for this month's competition.
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| BOOK NOTICES of two books that are likely to be of interest to readers are described.
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| Correspondence A selection of readers' letters. Space and Politics.
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| VOL. 37 NO. 3
| MARCH 1995
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| 'NEWT' SPACE Newton Gingrich and a Republican Congress portend space policy changes writes Roger Handberg.
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| PROCESS OVER PRODUCT Joan Johnson-Freese and George M. Moore see a disturbing trend in space science.
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| DOOMED TO FAIL: The Birth and Death of the Space Exploration Initiative How political events led to SEI's birth and death are reviewed by Dwayne A. Day.
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| SPACE STATION US-Russian cooperation is analysed from a social science perspective by Michael Fulda. Feature.
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| DRAMATIC SPACE WALK No. 1 NEARLY MET DISASTER Rudolf van Beest recalls Alexei Leonov's daring mission on its 30th anniversary. News and Events.
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| SPECIAL ARTWORK IN ORBIT Roger G. Guillemette has the background story on some special items in STS-66's payload.
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| MIR SPACE STATION UPDATE Docking test clears the way for the mid-May launch of the Spectr module writes Neville Kidger.
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| STS-66 MISSION REPORT A report by Roelof Schuiling from the Kennedy Space Center.
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| LAUNCH REPORT News of recent launches and forthcoming launch preparations.
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| SATELLITE DIGEST - 274 This month's listing of recent spacecraft launchings. Astronomy Arena.
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| TRAVELLING TO THE STARS John Grayson Jr gives his views on what must be mankind's eventual journey.
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| LOOKING INSIDE STARS A new and exciting way of studying the inner structure of stars has been developed.
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| ASTRONOMY TEACHERS UNITE European astronomy teachers hold their first workshop and plan a Europe-wide network.
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| ABOUT GALAXY FORMATION Many questions need answers to fill in the events from the Big Bang to the present Milky Way.
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| HUBBLE RESULTS Spectacular images from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal new insights into the universe.
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| ASTRONOMICAL NOTEBOOK Contributions that spacecraft are making to astronomy.
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| BOOK NOTICES A selection of astronomy books likely to be of interest to readers. Space Miscellany.
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| 'INTERSTELLAR PROBES' COMPETITION Videos are prizes for this month's competition.
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| VOL. 37 NO. 4
| APRIL 1995
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| APOLLO-13 LUNAR MISSION DRAMA Ed Hengeveld presents a pictorial commemoration and discusses What caused it all 7.
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| APOLLO 13: 'WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN' The objectives of the mission had it succeeded are outlined by Ben Evans. Space Technology.
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| TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND THE SPACE SECTOR A policy for bringing space into the wider industrial fabric is discussed by Daniel Routier.
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| OPTICAL INTER-ORBIT COMMUNICATIONS Basic technology for a future infrastructure is being investigated by Europe and Japan.
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| SOVIET MILITARY SPACE PROGRAMMES IN THE 1980s Soviet early warning and reconnaissance satellites are discussed by Dwayne A. Day.
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| ISRAEL INVESTS IN SPACE TECHNOLOGY Launch vehicle and payload developments are outlined by Theo Pirard.
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| SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL Mini and Microsatellite developments around the world are reviewed by Theo Pirard. Features.
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| BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION OF MARS Isaac G. Boxx gives his views on a quandary that provides more questions than answers.
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| EIGHTY-ONE DAYS IN SPACE Highlights of the seven space shuttle missions of 1994 are presented by Keith T Wilson.
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| SOVIET LUNAR DREAM THAT FADED Plans for a Soviet manned lunar mission that never took off are detailed by Bart Hendrickx. News and Events.
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| SHUTTLE-MIR SPECTACULAR Neville Kidger continues Mir Mission Report with an account of the rendezvous with Discovery.
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| LAUNCH REPORT News of recent launches and forthcoming launch preparations.
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| SATELLITE DIGEST - 275 This month's listing of recent spacecraft launchings. Space Miscellany.
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| Book Notices A selection of astronautics books likely to be of interest to readers.
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| 'MICROGRAVITY FACILITIES' COMPETITION Books are prizes for this month's competition.
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| Correspondence A selection of readers' letters. US Space Shuttle.
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| VOL. 37 NO. 5
| MAY 1995
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| SWITCHBOARD IN THE SKY Ben Evans previews the forthcoming shuttle mission STS-70 and its payloads.
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| STS-63 MISSION REPORT A report by Roelof Schuiling from the Kennedy Space Center.
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| ENDEAVOUR LAUNCHED ON LONGEST SHUTTLE MISSION The launch of STS-67 followed months of prelaunch activity described here by Roelof Schuiling. Features.
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| THERE'S NO SOY FUZZ IN "SOYUZ" Helpful advice on the correct pronunciation of Russian names is offered by James Oberg.
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| RUSSIAN SPACE SHUTTLE PROJECTS, 1957-1994, Part 1 Peter Pesavento presents the Russian shuttle story up to the demise of Project Spiral in 1978.
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| Space at JPL Dr William L. McLaughlin writes from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California on: RETURNING TO MARS: SPACE ARCHIVES; REUSABLE IDEAS.
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| MAX VALIER, 1895-1930 An anniversary commemoration of the work of this early rocket pioneer by Henry Matthews.
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| ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING FROM SPACE, Part 2 Remote sensing satellite data and applications are explained by Dr D. J. Belson. News and Events.
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| DC-X TESTS TO RESUME An update of recent developments in the USA on SSTO technology by Paul Blase.
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| LAUNCH REPORT News of recent launches and forthcoming launch preparations.
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| SATELLITE DIGEST - 276 This month's listing of recent spacecraft launchings. Space Miscellany.
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| 'COMMERCIAL LAUNCHERS' COMPETITION Books are prizes for this month's competition. HAND SHAKES IN SPACE.
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| VOL. 37 NO. 6
| JUNE 1995
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| FIRST SHUTTLE-MIR LINK-UP The docking of Atlantis with Mir on mission STS-71 is previewed by Neville Kidger.
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| AN HISTORIC HAND-SHAKE IN SPACE Ed Hengeveld looks back at the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project and the docking of 17 July 1975. Features.
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| RUSSIAN SPACE SHUTTLE PROJECTS, 1957-1994, Part 2 Peter Pesavento has details of the unsuccessful 'space fighter' project of the 1960s to 1980s.
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| WOOMERA, Part 1 The remarkable story of a rocket range in the Australian outback is told by Isaac G. Boxx.
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| ROLE OF SPACE IN PRESERVING AND PROPAGATING LIFE Michael N. Mautner writes about space depositories and microbial life in the cosmos.
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| MAN AND ASTROMAN The Blue Ball. a play with a space theme by Paul Godfrey. is reviewed by Darren L. Burnham. News and Events.
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| THAGARD JOINS COSMONAUTS Neville Kidger continues Mir Mission Report with the arrival of the first American on Mir.
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| INTERNATIONAL Space Report Selected items of space news.
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| LAUNCH REPORT News of recent launches and forthcoming launch preparations.
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| MARS AT OPPOSITION: VENUS CLOUD TOPS New observations by the Hubble Space Telescope are presented.
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| CLEAR WEATHER ON MARS Patrick Moore takes a look at Mars and sums up the latest results. Space Miscellany.
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| Correspondence A selection of readers' letters.
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| 'OBJECTS ON THE MOON' COMPETITION Videos are prizes for this month's competition.
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| VOL. 37 NO. 7
| JULY 1995
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| I MEET THE MAN WHO BROUGHT THE V-2 TO RUSSIA Veteran Soviet space engineer Boris Chertok is interviewed by Peter Smolders.
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| MIR DOCKING PLANS MEET WITH SUCCESS Launches and dockings that precede the arrival of Atlantis are described by Neville Kidger.
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| RUSSIAN SPACE SHUTTLE PROJECTS, 1957-1994, Part 3 Peter Pesavento presents details of the Buran programme that surrounded its ascent and decline. Kennedy Space Center.
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| VISIT TO FLORIDA As one of many visitors to KSC. David Woods writes about fulfilling a lifetime's ambition.
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| KSC's OPERATIONS AND CHECKOUT BUILDING Gerard van de Haar and Luc van den Abeelen visit the technical heart of the Shuttle programme. Features.
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| NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE - STEP 2! Daniel N. Mostrom has views on goals for space exploration and how to achieve them.
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| WOOMERA, Part 2 Isaac G. Boxx takes a look at the major activities at the Woomera range during its heyday. News and Events.
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| LAUNCH REPORT News of recent launches and forthcoming launch preparations.
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| SATELLITE DIGEST - 278 This month's listing of recent spacecraft launchings. Astronomy Arena.
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| SPACE PROBE DIARY An update on the status of Solar System investigations.
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| CHANGING WEATHER ON NEPTUNE New observations by Hubble Space Telescope are presented.
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| NEW VIEWS OF VESTA Patrick Moore highlights the importance of asteroids.
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| STS-67 MISSION REPORT: ASTRONOMY FROM THE SHUTTLE Roelof Schuiling reports on day-by-day astronomical research during this longest ever mission.
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| Space Miscellany.
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| Correspondence A selection of readers' letters.
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| 'CASSINI SPACECRAFT' COMPETITION Videos are prizes for this month's competition.
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| VOL. 37 NO. 8
| AUGUST 1995
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| SOVIET SPACE SECRETS James Oberg visits the Baikonur Museum and writes about secrets revealed and mysteries remaining.
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| LIFTING THE VEIL Dwayne A. Day sheds new light on US-Soviet space relations in the pre-Apollo era.
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| ASSURED ACCESS TO SPACE Roger G. Guillemette looks at Titan IV launchings of 'America's orbiting sentries'. Soviet/Russian Astronautics.
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| SOVIET ROCKETRY THAT CONQUERED SPACE, Part 1 Developments from the first ICBM to the launch of Sputnik are traced out by Timothy Varfolomeyev.
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| RUSSIAN SPACE SHUTTLE PROJECTS, 1957-1994, Part 4 Peter Pesavento reviews Russian aerospace plane developments since the demise of Buran News and Events.
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| A MIR MATTER OF CHANGE Things are happening at Mir as never before: Luc van den Abeelen highlights the changes.
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| MIRAS - A MISSION TO PLANET EARTH Theo Pirard provides details of an atmospheric monitoring payload to be attached to Mir.
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| HISTORIC MIR DOCKING Events on Mir and the historic docking by Atlantis are reported by Neville Kidger.
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| INTERNATIONAL Space Report A selection of items of space news.
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| SATELLITE DIGEST - 279 This month's listing of recent spacecraft launchings. Astronomy Arena.
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| THE MOON: OUR NEXT LOGICAL STEP ? Jordi L. Gutierrez rates the Moon as the most important Solar System body after the Earth.
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| INFRARED SPACE OBSERVATORY ESA's project for the infrared study of planets and galaxies is due for launch in September.
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| JETS FROM YOUNG STARS New Hubble results reveal the nature of jets of gas emitted during star formation.
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| NO ESCAPE TO TITAN ! Patrick Moore discusses Titan and a problem that looms in the distant future. Space Miscellany.
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| BIS NEWS From the British Interplanetary Society.
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| Correspondence A selection of readers letters.
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| SPACE COMPUTER SOFTWARE Items of computer software that are likely to be of interest to readers are described.
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| 'ROCKET ENGINE' COMPETITION Videos are prizes for this month's competition.
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| VOL. 37 NO. 9
| SEPTEMBER 1995
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| CHINA'S LONG MARCH FAMILY OF LAUNCH VEHICLES Technical details and status of seven launch vehicles are summarised by Hormuz P. Mama.
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| STAMPS WITH A STORY The first designs of the Vostok spacecraft owe much to the imagination writes Jeff Dugdale.
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| BUILDING ROCKETS Joel W. Powell visits McDonnell Douglas and sees how the famous Delta II launch vehicle is built.
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| PEERLESS VOYAGE The story behind the making of the Apollo 13 movie is told by Darren L. Burnham. News and Events.
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| SPACE TRANSPORTATION Theo Pirard at the Paris Air Show reports on global developments.
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| THREE EVAs FOR MIR DUO Neville Kidger continues Mir Mission Report and writes about a busy eight days for the two cosmonauts aboard Mir.
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| PSYCHOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY NASA reaps in results of the effects of long duration space flight. Neville Kidger has the details.
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| LAUNCH REPORT News of recent launches and forthcoming launch preparations.
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| WIND SPACECRAFT NASA's programme to study the Sun's influence on the Earth is described by Roger G. Guillemette.
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| HORIZON 2000.... HORIZON 2000+ ESA has space science launches for late 1995 and is planning more up to 2016.
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| ULYSSES FINDS DIFFERENCES IN SOLAR WIND AT HIGH, LOW LATITUDES Solar wind results from this joint ESA/NASA mission are compared.
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| NEGLECTED MERCURY ! Patrick Moore writes about a fascinating little world that has been visited by only one spacecraft. Space Miscellany.
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| Correspondence A selection of readers' letters.
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| BIS NEWS From the British Interplanetary Society.
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| 'AS IT HAPPENED - MOON LANDING' Richard Taylor reviews a recently released video about the Apollo programme.
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| 'APOLLO 13 MISSION' COMPETITION Six video prizes are offered in this month's competition.
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| VOL. 37 NO. 10
| OCTOBER 1995
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| COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES.
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| HONOURS FOR SATELLITE VISIONARY A British Interplanetary Society meeting is held with NASA and BIS awards to Arthur C. Clarke.
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| THE ASTRA CONSTELLATION A private company brings TV to Europe with plans for digital TV writes Theo Pirard.
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| EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING A major role for satellite communications in the Asia-Pacific region is outlined by David Parry.
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| MILITARY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS IN THE UK Dick Hams reviews the origins and development of the SKYNET satellite series. Feature.
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| OK HOUSTON, WHAT A MOVIE ! The Apollo 13 movie, recently released in the UK. is reviewed by Clive Simpson. News and Events.
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| SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS Theo Pirard at the Paris Air Show concludes his report on global developments.
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| FIRST ATLANTIS DOCKING MISSION: STS-71 MISSION REPORT A report by Roelof Schuiling from the Kennedy Space Center.
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| LAUNCH REPORT News of recent launches and forthcoming launch preparations.
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| COLUMBIA'S MICROGRAVITY MISSION: STS-73 PREVIEW Ben Evans has details of payloads and experiments planned for this 16-day shuttle mission.
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| SATELLITE DIGEST - 281 This month's listing of recent spacecraft launchings. Astronomy Arena.
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| Book Notices A selection of astronomy books likely to be of interest to readers.
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| COMET LANDING PLANNED FOR 2012 ESA's Rosetta comet mission becomes international with two comet landers.
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| UNRELIABLE COMETS Patrick Moore considers the significance of recent sightings of the comet Hale-Bopp.
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| VOL. 37 NO. 11
| NOVEMBER 1995
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| EUROMIR LIFT-OFF The launch on 3 September of ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter to Mir is seen by E. Rudolf van Beest.
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| MIR MISSION REPORT Events aboard the Mir space station are presented by Neville Kidger as EuroMir 95 gets underway.
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| MODULES AT MIR Lee Robert Caldwell summarises the steps taken to complete Mir's assembly of modules.
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| NEW MODULE FOR MIR Dennis Newkirk reports on a Russian module handed over to NASA for STS-74's Mir docking mission.
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| MIRAS OK AFTER EVA SUSPENSE How cosmonauts installed French-Belgium spectrometer. MIRAS. outside Mir is told by Theo Pirard. Features.
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| RADARSAT Canada. noted for the Shuttle's Canadarm. aims to be 'a number one' again writes Barry Shanko.
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| CANYON, RHYOLITE AND AQUACADE: US Signals Intelligence Satellites in the 1970's New information about these secret US satellites is revealed by Christopher Anson Pike.
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| MAJOR LAUNCH FAILURES In the Early Soviet Space Programme Launch failures of the Soviet era are summarised by Asif A. Siddiqi for eight early projects. News and Events.
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| UK NEWS Selected items of UK space news.
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| KEY SATELLITE IN ORBIT: STS-70 MISSION REPORT A report by Roelof Schuiling from the Kennedy Space Centre.
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| SATELLITE DIGEST - 282 This month's listing of recent spacecraft launchings. Astronomy Arena.
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| Space at JPL Dr William L. McLaughlin writes from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Califomia on: GALILEO APPROACHES JUPITER; SCIENCE FROM THE MOON.
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| WHAT ABOUT MERCURY ? What we know about the planet Mercury and what we need to know is discussed by George H. A. Cole.
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| TOTALITY - HERE AND THERE On Earth we can have a total solar eclipse. but what about on other planets asks Patrick Moore.
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| Book Notices A selection of astronomy books likely to be of interest to readers. Space Miscellany.
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| Correspondence A selection of readers' letters.
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| VOICES FROM THE SKY The BIS joins with NASA and Intelsat to honour Arthur C. Clarke. Clive Simpson reports.
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| SPACE SCHOOL BIS award recipient Chris Barclay writes about the Brunel School for Space Science.
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| 'SPACECRAFT' COMPETITION An exquisite model of the shuttle Columbia is the prize.
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| VOL. 37 NO. 12
| DECEMBER 1995
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| Spectacular EVA Space Missions.
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| EUROMIR 95 Neville Kidger follows ESA astronaut Thomas Reiters activities at Mir including an EVA.
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| NASA'S TWO-SATELLITE MISSION: STS-69 MISSION REPORT A report by Roelof Schuiling from the Kennedy Space Centre of a multifaceted mission with EVAs. Features.
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| LUNA-16 An outstanding achievement of Soviet Space Technology is recalled by E. Rudolf van Beest.
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| OS-10: AN ORBITAL SHELTER Mark Hempsell and Paul Kemp outline a design for a commercial space station project.
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| HEADSTONE HELP Cosmonauts' dates of birth and death have been tracked down by Bert Vis in an unusual way.
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| SPACE: PHILOSOPHY OF THE FUTURE Stephen Ashworth proposes a new world-philosophy centered on the vision of mankind's odyssey into the universe. News and Events.
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| NEW MOMENTUM FOR EUROPEAN SPACE Major and far-reaching decisions were taken at the recent ESA Ministerial Council meeting.
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| TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUMMIT AT GENEVA Theo Pirard reports from Telecom 95 on upcoming developments in satellite communications.
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| NORWAY HOSTS MAJOR EVENT Len Carter reports on the recent IAF Congress at which the BIS was well represented.
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| EUROPE'S WEATHER WATCH The Meteosat system is now controlled and operated by Eumetsat writes Clive Simpson.
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| ASTRONAUT NEWS From contributors Neville Kidger and Anne van den Berg.
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| HONOUR FOR APOLLO 13 COMMANDER Jim Lovell visits the White House to receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
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| SATELLITE DIGEST - 283 This month's listing of recent spacecraft launchings. Astronomy Arena.
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| PLANET OF 51 PEGASI ? Patrick Moore comments on a recent claim to have detected an extra-solar planet.
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| SATURN MOON MYSTERY Hubble observations of Saturn's moons show some mysterious objects writes Richard Taylor. Space Miscellany.
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| Correspondence A selection of readers' letters.
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| Book Notices A selection of astronautics books likely to be of interest to readers.
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| 'APOLLO 13 ROUND-UP' COMPETITION CD-ROM prizes are offered for this month's competition.
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| 428
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| SURVIVAL TRAINING BEFORE APOLLO 13 Ed Hengeveld provides some unusual photos from the NASA archives.
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| 429
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| SOCIETY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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| 431
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| INDEX FOR 1995.
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| 432
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