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SpaceNews turns 30

On Sept. 18, 1989, SpaceNews published the first of four monthly preview issues to test the waters for a trade publication focused exclusively on space.
Thirty years later, we’re still here covering the business and politics of a greatly expanded global space community.

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‘Hubble Hugger’ at the Helm

Self-described “Hubble hugger” John Grunsfeld is at the tiller of NASA’s $5 billion-a-year Science Mission Directorate at a time when the agency is celebrating great mission successes, recovering from great planning failures, and preparing to send more billion-dollar robotic spacecraft out into the solar system.