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| VOL. 31 NO. 1
| JANUARY 1989
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| SOVIET SHUTTLE MISSION REPORT
| Neville Kidger
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| INTERNATIONAL
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| Space Report
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| Atlantis in Action, Cassini Go Ahead, Magellan Fire, French Mir Mission
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| SOCIETY NEWS
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| SPACE AT JPL
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| Asteroid Len Carter, Adventures in Software European Space Operations Centre
| Dr. W.I. McLaughlin
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| ESA'S TEN-YEAR SUCCESS STORY
| D. Wilkins
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| TELECOMMUNICATIONS: THE OTS LEGACY 22
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| BOOK NOTICES
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| 24
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| THE MANNED SPACE FLIGHT ENGINEER PROGRAMME
| Michael Cassutt
| 26
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| CORRESPONDENCE
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| 34
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| Prospero Photograph
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| THE COMING OF GLASNOST
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| 38
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| STS-27 MISSION REPORT
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| INTERNATIONAL
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| Space Report
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| ESA Funding Deal, Satellite Digest
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| ABOVE THE PLANET
| Neville Kidger
| 45
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| SOVIET SNOWSTORM
| Peter Bond
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| BOOK NOTICES
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| 52
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| SOCIETY NEWS
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| CORRESPONDENCE
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| 56
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| A NEW EYE ON THE OCEANS
| Brian Harvey
| 62
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| MIR MISSION REPORT
| Neville Kidger
| 64
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| POST OFFICE IN SPACE
| Lester Winick
| 70
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| VOL.31 NO. 3
| MARCH 1989
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| STS-29 PREVIEW
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| 74
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| MIR MISSION REPORT
| Neville Kidger
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| INTERNATIONAL
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| Space Report
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| 82
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| SOCIETY NEWS
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| 86
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| THE PEGASUS LAUNCH VEHICLE
| Curtis Peebles
| 89
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| SPACE AT JPL
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| Galileo at Venus. German Space Operations Centre. SETI and the Supernova
| Dr. W.I. Mclaughlin
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| ARIANE 4 GOES COMMERCIAL
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| BOOK REVIEWS
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| 100
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| ABOVE THE PLANET
| Neville Kidger
| 102
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| A VISIT TO SPACE CAMP
| Trevor Sproston
| 107
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| VOL.31 NO.4
| APRIL 1989
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| RECORD ORDER FOLLOWS ARIANE SUCCESS RUN
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| VLADIMIR SHATALOV—QUESTION AND ANSWER
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| MIR EXPANSION PLANS DELAYED
| Neville Kidger
| 116
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| INTERNATIONAL
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| Space Report
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| 118
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| SATELLITE DIGEST
| Robert D. Christy
| 121
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| BOOK NOTICES
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| 122
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| SPACE AT JPL
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| Magellan to Venus, Burning Curiosity Roving to Mars
| Dr. W.I. McLaughlin
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| SOCIETY NEWS
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| PAYLOAD SPECIALISTS
| Bert Vis
| 134
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| CORRESPONDENCE
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| 136
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| ABOVE THE PLANET
| Neville Kidger
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| INTO SPACE
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| Making Space News in New Zealand Satellite Telescopes
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| VOL.31 NO.5
| MAY 1989
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| STS-30 PREVIEW
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| INTERNATIONAL
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| Space Report
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| Phobos 2 Falls Silent, A Briton to Fly on Mir
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| TOP PILOTS READY TO FLY BURAN
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| Mir to be Left Unmanned
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| ABOVE THE PLANET
| Neville Kidger
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| SPACE AT JPL
| Dr. W.I. McLaughlin
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| SATELLITE DIGEST
| Robert Christy
| 160
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| ARIANE V29 MISSION REPORT
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| A WAY FORWARD FOR BRITAIN?
| Roy Gibson
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| ON THE WAY TO HORIZON 2000
| Norman Longden
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| SKYNET 4 - THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER
| Neil Pattie
| 168
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| STS-29 MISSION REPORT
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| I I SOCIETY NEWS
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| VOL.31 NO.6
| JUNE 1989
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| GRECHKO REVEALS EFFORTS TO CONCEAL SOVIET SPACE FAILURES
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| INTERNATIONAL
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| Space Report
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| Atlantis Gets Magellan Underway, Buran - Manned Flight, Shuttle Risk High, Space Station Contract
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| SATELLITE DIGEST
| Robert Christy
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| MIR MISSION REPORT
| Neville Kidger
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| RENDEZVOUS WITH COMET KOPFF
| Sylvia Miller and Sima Lisman
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| SPACE AT JPL
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| Neptune Encounter Begins, Mountain Waves and Polar Ozone
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| SOCIETY NEWS
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| CORRESPONDENCE
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| SHUTTLE UPDATE
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| OV-105, Naming the Orbiters, Shuttle Postponed, Shuttle Schedule
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| SHUTTLE HIGHLIGHTS
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| ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
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| 212
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| INTO SPACE
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| Receiving Okean's Pictures
| Lawrence Harris
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| INTERNATIONAL
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| Space Report
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| Buran Flies West, Shatalov Speaks Out, Shuttle Crews Phobos Loss - Designers Blamed, Progress 41 Reentry
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| CITIES ON THE MOON - A LOST VISION ?
| Dr. R.C. Parkinson
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| SPACE INDUSTRIALISATION- A NEW PERSPECTIVE
| Mark Hempsell
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| NEAR EARTH ASTEROIDS OBSERVED
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| SPACE TRAVEL: FICTION AND REALITY
| Dr. L. Suid
| 228
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| DECIDING TO COLONISE THE MOON
| John Sved
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| SOCIETY NEWS
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| BOOK NOTICES
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| 246
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| THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA FROM SPACE- THE EXPLORATION OF A MYTH
| Douglas Arnold
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| VOL. 31 NO.8
| AUGUST 1989
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| INTERNATIONAL
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| Space Report
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| 254
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| A BRITON IN SPACE
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| STS-30 MISSION REPORT
| Roloef Schuiling
| 260
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| PARIS AIR SHOW NEWS
| Steven Young and Theo Pirard
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| Buran Steals the Show, Shatalov: 'Glavkosmos Must Take Control', Soviet Manned Manoeuvrlng Unit, Pegasus Launch Set, No Chinese Launches in 1989
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| THE BALANCE SHEET OF THE SOVIET SPACE PROGRAMME
| Theo Russell
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| CORRESPONDENCE
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| SHUTTLE UPDATE
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| New Shuttle Boosters, Shuttle Pilot Dies, STS-28 Preview, New Shuttle Launch schedule
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| SPACE STAMPS
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| SPACE AT JPL
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| Planetary Summer, Volcanos on Io
| Dr. WI. McLaughlin
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| SOCIETY NEWS
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| VOL. 31 NO.9
| SEPTEMBER 1989.
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| INTERNATIONAL Space Report This month's comprehensive report on world space news.
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| ROMANENKO - LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko, who spent a record breaking 326 days in orbit, talks to Spaceflight about his experiences living and working in space.
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| RETURN TO MIR Later this month two Soviet cosmonauts will be launched on board Soyuz TM-8. They will spend several months aboard the Mir space station and receive the first two specialised modules. Spaceflight previews the mission.
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| NASA'S PLANS FOR MANNED MISSIONS TO THE MOON AND MARS In this exclusive article van Bekey, of NASA's Office of Exploration, reveals the space agency's plans for a return to the Moon and manned missions to Mars. Also revealed are plans for a new Shuttle derived vehicle - the Shuttle Z.
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| SELECTING THE BRITISH ASTRONAUT The selection process for the first British astronaut is well underway. Spaceflight interviews Air Vice Marshall Peter Howard who as Medical Director of the Juno Mission is responsible for the selection of the first Briton in space.
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| LUNAR OBSERVATORIES James Burke of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Carl Pitcher of NASA's Office of Exploration investigate the potential use of a Lunar base for astronomy.
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| OBSERVING GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES Most people are aware that low-Earth orbit satellite are visible to the naked eye, but what about those in geostationary orbit? A.B. Giles and K.M. Hill write about their work in this field.
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| ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BRITISH INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY The President of the British Interplanetary Society reports a successful year for the Society.
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| SOCIETY NEWS This month Society News is dominated by the Apollo 11 20th Anniversary Dinner held at the Society's headquarters on July 21. IBC KEEPING TRACK OF SATELLITES This month Into Space features the career of a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society who has played a leading role in the development of satellite tracking and surveillance in the United States.
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| VOL. 31 NO.10
| OCTOBER 1989.
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| STS-34 PREVIEW On October 12 the Space Shuttle Atlantis is due to blast-off with the Galileo Jupiter probe as its precious cargo. Spaceflight previews the mission with help from STS-34 Lead Flight Director Milt Heflin.
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| INTERNATIONAL Space Report This month's comprehensive report of world space news includes: Hipparcos Marooned in Wrong Orbit - Pegasus Prepares for Launch - Pegasus Derived Launcher Gets Go-Ahead - Soviet Spy Satellite Destroyed - Japanese Launch Follows Pad Abort.
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| THE SOVIETS RETURN TO SPACE The Soviet Union has once again reoccupied Mir. The first manned Soviet launch of the year carried cosmonauts Viktorenko and Serebrov to the space station. During their six month flight the two cosmonauts will receive two modules. Spaceflight's Soviet Correspondent, Neville Kidger has the details.
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| EXPERIMENTS FOR JUNO Professor Heinz Wolff talks to Spaceflight about his work to select the experiments for the first Anglo-Soviet space mission, Juno.
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| Space at JPL: VOYAGER AT NEPTUNE Twelve years after its launch from Earth Voyager 2 encountered the planet Neptune. Spaceflight has a full report on the historic fly-by and some spectacular colour photographs. Dr W.I. McLaughlin relays his personal view of Voyager's Neptune fly-by through the pages of his daily journal.
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| JPL DIRECTOR OUTLINES FUTURE PLANS In an exclusive interview with Spaceflight the Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Dr Lew Allen, reveals the long term plans for JPL.
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| SOCIETY NEWS.
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| A NEW LOOK FOR HERMES The European Hermes spaceplane has undergone a transformation. But its latest design has met with a critical reaction. We look at the new design and ask would a manned capsule be a suitable alternative?.
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| Correspondence
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| Book Notices Our regular look at the latest space publications.
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| STS-28 MISSION REPORT The Space Shuttle Columbia has returned to space after more than three and a half years on the ground. Spaceflight continues its extensive coverage of Shuttle flights with a full report on the classified military mission.
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| VOL. 31 NO.11
| NOVEMBER 1989
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| MIR'S NEW MODULE The 20 tonne Module D was due to dock with Mir on October 23. Spaceflight has an exclusive colour photograph of the module's interior and a report on the timetable for the expansion of Mir.
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| INTERNATIONAL Space Report This month's comprehensive report of world space news includes: Latest Soviet Biosat Mission - Soviets Open Plesetsk to the West and Admit Space Disasters - Columbia on Schedule Despite Dousing - Fiery End for Solar Max - Military Shuttle Set for November 18 Launch Energia to Fly in 1990 - European & Japanese Space Station Modules Face Delay - Atlas Ends Unmanned Era for NASA.
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| BRITISH ASTRONAUT SELECTION REACHES FINAL STAGES The number of potential British astronauts has been further reduced to 16. Spaceflight has the details.
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| SATELLITE DIGEST A new look for Spaceflight's regular feature, Satellite Digest. This month's listing of satellite launches covers the period January to May 1989.
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| GALILEO TARGETS JUPITER Spaceflight previews the long awaited Galileo mission to Jupiter and highlights its many unique features.
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| THE SUCCESSES OF PHOBOS-2 Branded a failure in the West, the Soviet probes to Mars and the Martian moon Phobos did in fact return some excellent scientific data and images. Yuri Zaitsev of the Soviet Academy of Sciences reviews the first results from the mission.
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| ENERGIA AND BURAN AT BAIKONUR A year ago this month the Soviet Union launched its first Space Shuttle on the Energia booster. Phil Mills takes a look at the impressive facilities at the Baikonur Cosmodrome which support the Shuttle and Energia.
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| OLYMPUS: A GIANT AMONGST SATELLITES Launched earlier this year Olympus is the first of a new generation of communications satellites. Deborah Smith of British Aerospace reviews the features of this impressive spacecraft and David Wilkins of ESOC reports on the operations to place Olympus in Geostationary orbit.
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| Correspondence
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| SOCIETY NEWS Including 'Space Stations and Beyond', a report by C.M. Hempsell on a recent Society symposium.
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| VOL. 31 NO.12
| DECEMBER 1989.
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| COLUMBIA'S RACE AGAINST TIME TO SAVE LDEF The Space Shuttle Columbia is due to blast off on December 18 and retrieve the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF). Spaceflight previews this exciting mission.
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| SHUTTLE IS HERE TO STAY SAYS NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR In an exclusive interview with Spaceflight, J.R. Thompson, NASA's Deputy Administrator, says he believes the Shuttle will be operational until 2010.
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| FREEDOM - A CLEARER PICTURE EMERGES The Freedom Space Station has been scaled down due to budget cuts.
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| WOULD-BE BRITISH ASTRONAUTS LEAVE FOR MOSCOW Four British astronaut candidates have left for Moscow, where they will undergo further medical tests. The final two will be known by the end of November.
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| MIR MISSION REPORT The launch of the first add-on module for the Mir Space Station has been delayed. Neville Kidger has the details.
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| INTERNATIONAL Space Report 407 Space at JPL The latest news from Dr. WI. McLaughlin at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.
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| SATELLITE DIGEST Spaceflight's regular look at satellite launches around the world.
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| Correspondence
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| BOOK REVIEWS.
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| STS-34 MISSION REPORT A six-page report on the recent mission of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, the highlight of which was the deployment of the Galileo probe bound for Jupiter.
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| SHUTTLE SCHEDULE NASA faces an ambitious launch schedule next year, with nine Shuttle missions planned. Spaceflight has the details, including the latest crew assignments.
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| SOCIETY NEWS Includes "My Career in Space" by Bob Parkinson, who recently joined the Council of the British Interplanetary Society.
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