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Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Apollo’s Outcasts Author: Allen Steele Ages: 10 to Young Adult NSS Amazon link for this book Format:...

On September 12, the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s “We Choose to Go to the Moon” speech, members of the National Space Society...

The memorial service for Neil Armstrong, held yesterday, September 13, at Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral. Thank you to NASA Television on YouTube for posting this....

Uwingu LLC, a space-themed start up is seeking crowd-sourced funding to launch an ongoing series of public engagement projects. Uwingu’s mission is to use those...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: The Planet-Girded Suns: The History of Human Thought about Extrasolar Worlds Author: Sylvia Engdahl Ages: Young adult to...

We are pleased to announce that NSS is a partner organization for the Humans to Mars Summit (H2M). Co-sponsored by Explore Mars and the Space...

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