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(With apologies to Douglas Adams) I have decided after some consideration to end this blog, which was started in November 2010. Since that time,...
NASA has awarded two contracts to Deep Space Industries Inc. to accelerate the agency’s plans to partner with private industry on asteroid prospecting and harvesting....
The following was sent to key Congressional leaders. Washington, DC (June 18, 2014) Attention Members House/Senate Conference Committee: National Space Society Urges House/Senate Conference to...
On June 5, 2014 NSS issued an alert to the NSS Political Action Network concerning support for Commercial Crew in the current Senate Appropriations Bill....
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: Earthrise: My Adventures As an Apollo 14 Astronaut Author: Edgar Mitchell NSS Amazon link for this book Format:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Spring 2014 Title: Dreams of Other Worlds: The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration Authors: Chris...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Dale L. Skran, Jr. From Ad Astra Spring 2014 Title: Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Beyond the Sun Editor: Bryan Thomas Schmidt NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 300 Publisher:...
This long essay defends the NSS Vision against those who, like the author of the book being reviewed, think “we shouldn’t colonize Mars or the Moon, or even vacation there.” Ben Bramble, an Australian philosopher who teaches at Australian National University, has penned a YAASS (Yet Another Anti-Space-Settlement) book. These books are multiplying like flies, so space settlement advocates must be gaining ground to generate such an abundant response.
In HOTOL & Skylon: The Story of Britain’s Spaceplanes, Rob Coppinger covers the story of both in great detail, with the reminiscences of many who played integral roles in these ambitious programs. The book shines when it captures the enthusiasm and excitement of those involved, and there are extensive quotes from many who devoted years of work on these projects.
Anyone seeking a short but comprehensive introduction to human spaceflight would do well to start with this book. It reviews its history, highlights the accomplishments and tragedies, and describes the equipment used. It also looks at living in space, what space travelers experience, and how they work.
Back in 1966, Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon. Apogee Books has provided an English-language NASA translation of a detailed report originally released by the USSR Academy of Sciences.
By Robin Scott NSS Chapter Middle Tennessee Space Society (MTSS) President Chuck Schlemm performs outreach, directly contacting about 560 attendees (STEM teachers, school faculty, students,...
By Burt Dicht NSS Space Coast Correspondent Some weeks in spaceflight are just busy. This one was something more. Over a period of four days,...
By Burt Dicht NSS Space Coast Correspondent A large anvil cloud hanging over Florida’s Space Coast added some uncertainty to the final hours of the...
Applications open 1 Oct – 1 Dec, 2026 The National Space Society’s Global Space Debates is a unique, 100% virtual program that brings high school...
