Book Review: Earthrise
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Earthrise: The Story of the Photograph that Changed the Way We See
January 2009
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A new book about the future. George Friedman’s “The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century” Here are two videos of the author
Remembering Apollo 1, Columbia, and Challenger at Arlington – NASA Acting Administrator Christopher Scolese and other NASA senior leaders participated in a wreath laying ceremony
The National Space Society and the Conrad Foundation are now partners to support the upcoming Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Awards, the Foundation’s annual educational
Space Settlement and Space Tourism: an Ideological Marriage by Mark Hopkins a new column on another aspect of the space movement. Space settlement proponents and
A week after I launched the Facebook Space Movement Group, in order to popularize the term the Space Movement, the group has over 200 members.
Miles O’Brian wrote an OpEd: We Aimed for The Stars…Until We Stopped in Space News. Included in it was a powerful question. Truth is, we
A new movie for all the Lunartics is coming out this year. Director Duncan Jones is bringing us Moon, a hardcore sci-fi movie he imagined
The Space Movement Face Book Page came up in the second position on a Google Search of the term – The Space Movement. Rankings come
Last week one of the leaders of NSS explained to me how important it was that the pro-space philosophy be seen as a movement like
Interested in new space books, check out READING SPACE: NSS Reviews and Recommended Reading . Recent Review include Space Enterprise by Philip Robert Harris reviewed
NASA radar flying aboard India’s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft is giving scientists their first look inside the moon’s coldest, darkest craters. The Mini-SAR instrument, a lightweight, synthetic
Astronauts participating in the Inaugural Parade include Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Eric Boe, mission specialists Donald Pettit, Steve Bowen, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Shane Kimbrough and Greg
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Partially Successful Flight Reached Space and Demonstrated New “Hot Staging” System The National Space Society congratulates SpaceX on the second test of its Starship/Super Heavy
Ad Astra, the NSS quarterly print, digital, and audio magazine, has won a 2023 MARCOM Gold Award. The awards are given yearly for “Excellence in
By Jennifer Muntz, NSS Member Coordinator On October 10th, an inspiring breakfast event took flight at the Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space
By Grant Henriksen NSS Policy Committee Benefit sharing is a concept that refers to the distribution of benefits derived from the exploration and use of
People residing and working in space, space settlements, or on long-duration space flights will need to produce infrastructures and food to maintain healthy lifestyles. The
Image: Artist’s concept of the Blue Moon lander. Credit: Blue Origin. Second Human Landing System Contract Encourages Competition and Innovation The National Space Society congratulates
