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  U.S. State Department to host International Space Exploration Forum
  WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of State will host the International Space Exploration Forum (ISEF), the first-ever ministerial-level meeting to build political support for global cooperation in space exploration, in Washington D.C. on January 9, 2014.
  ISEF will bring together Ministers and high-level officials from approximately thirty-five space-faring countries to talk about the opportunities and challenges they share. It will feature high-level, policy discussions about the future of space exploration, developments in robotic space exploration, extending humanity's reach beyond low-Earth orbit, and the importance of international cooperation.