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Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Allen G. Taylor Title: Older than the Stars Author: Karen C. Fox and Nancy Davis Ages: 4-9 NSS Amazon link...

From Monday, March 29th through April 9th, YOU have the opportunity to vote for your favorite high school innovators! 24 of the top high school...

Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo, now dubbed the VSS Enterprise, completed its first flight March 22 — a captive flight while attached to its mother ship, the...

The National Space Society wishes Apollo 11 astronaut, and NSS Governor, Buzz Aldrin, great success in his latest adventure. As the next installment in his...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: Living in Space Editor: Sherry Bell NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 278 Publisher: Apogee...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Exploring the Solar System: A History with 22 Activities Author: Mary Kay Carson Ages: 9 and up...

The White House has announced that President Obama will host a conference in Florida on April 15 that is focused on his new space policy....

The National Space Society is greatly saddened by the news that renowned space artist and long time advocate for human space exploration and settlement, Robert...

In case you missed any of them, here are some space book reviews recently added to the NSS website book review section: The New Space...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: David Brandt-Erichsen From Ad Astra Fall 2009 Title: Krafft Ehricke’s Extraterrestrial Imperative Author: Marsha Freeman NSS Amazon link for this book...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk From Ad Astra Fall 2009 Title: Missions to the Moon Author: Rod Pyle NSS Amazon link for this book...

While the Obama commercial space policy is the news, SpaceX continues to move forward toward the initial launch of its Falcon 9 rocket within the...

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