November 1997

In this issue...

Ariane 5 made its first successful launch October 30th, although it wasn't completely flawless. Read the details in the News section.

Ariane 5 launch
Lost hope for Pathfinder, new hope for Global Surveyor
Another Mir spacewalk
and more

Space Summit summary
The launch of Sputnik 2

Four cosmology books
Space law
and more

Boston and other chapter news
Space Frontier Foundation conference news
Inside NSS

Jonathan's Space Report
Space Calendar