This week in SF history— 12 July 2000. Launch of Zvezda module (wikipedia.org)Spaceflight news— CHEOPS nears flight (nasaspaceflight.com) (space.com)— Phantom Express engine testing (spacenews.com) (HT Sam Moore: parabolicarc.com) (wikipedia.org)Short & Sweet— ISRO works steadily towards human missions (isro.gov.in) (HT Sam Moore: youtube.com)— SpaceX may attempt an RTLS at Vandenberg later this year. (spaceflightnow.com)— Our planetary protection methods may need an update (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Jason Friesen via email: Shuttle recovery followup — STS-3xx (wikipedia.org)