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Jack Swigert, 1951. BEFORE THA LADIES!!!!! Look at that baby face. Jack plays football at the University of Colorado, 1952-ish. Fun fact: Jack’s nickname...
The National Space Society’s prestigious Wernher von Braun Memorial Award will be presented to Dr. Abdul Kalam on Friday, May 24 at the 2013 International...
Space advocacy organizations, educational institutions and companies from around the world are among the 22 groups which will be presenting as exhibitors at this year’s...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray From Ad Astra Spring 2013 Title: But for the Grace of God: An Autobiography of an Aviator and...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Spring 2013 Title: The Visioneers: How a Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and...
A two-day workshop on space solar power (SSP) will be held on August 8-9, 2013, at Michican Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. Presentations and keynotes will...
Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi’s aabar Investments PJS, completed the first rocket-powered flight...
SpaceX’s Grasshopper flies 820 feet, tripling its March 7th leap. Grasshopper is a 10-story Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) vehicle that SpaceX has designed to...
The National Space Society announces the selection of four new additions to its leadership team: Dr. Stanley G. Rosen to the newly created position of...
The National Space Society (NSS) applauds the new NASA budget item that would provide close to $100 million for a mission to rendezvous with a...
The National Space Society has sponsored an annual conference for the past 32 years, providing a venue for space-minded people to learn and share ideas...
Meyer’s academic textbook is loaded with numerous photographs, diagrams, charts, and graphs. There are chapters on subjects such as farm machines, animal and fungi production, plant and algae production, and space menus. The farming techniques outlined in the book can be applied to lunar, Martian, or rotating space settlements.
Apogee Books has reissued its volume on Surveyor for the program’s 60th anniversary. The book is a wonder, containing a veritable treasure trove of documents on every conceivable facet of the Surveyor program.
We are at the cusp of building an orbital industrial infrastructure and establishing human settlements in space. This book investigates what it takes to do that.
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Space Ace: A Combat Pilot’s Journey from Vietnam to Beyond Earth Author:
By Burt Dicht NSS Space Coast Correspondent Image: Starship 13 after “landing” in the Indian Ocean. Last week I had the opportunity to speak to...
Today, on the 57th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing, this inspiring song commemorating the past and the future of our presence on the Moon...
The National Space Society (NSS) today announced that it is delivering a letter to Congress and the Administration addressing concerns and recommendations regarding NASA’s draft...
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, July 23, 2026, 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm EST Artemis II and Our...
