April 2022

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National Space Society’s Annual ISDC Conference to Fete Jet Propulsion Laboratory Engineers The National Space Society will honor the NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Mars Helicopter Team...

This Space Available, By Emily Carney. While NORAD calculated Skylab's impact time as 12:37 PM EDT on July 11, 1979, this time was disputed by...

The National Space Society’s Annual International Space Development Conference Will be Held from May 27-29 in Arlington, VA On May 27-29, 2022, NSS will hold...

In his preface, author Piers Bizony notes that the book is a “family-friendly non-academic and almost purely visual celebration” of what we have achieved in...
The book contains plenty of useful information for those wanting to personally experience either suborbital or orbital spaceflight. The author interviewed an impressive collection of...

Apollo 16 Breakfast on the Moon is a go for launch! When: Saturday, April 23, 2022, 7:00-9:00 AM PDT Topic: A free Zoom celebration of...

Four teachers from Georgia, Iowa, Texas, and Wisconsin, have been selected to serve as “Embedded Teachers” with the Carthage College Microgravity Team. The Embedded Teacher...

An alternate-history thriller about an Apollo 18 mission involving murder as Americans and Soviets simultaneously compete and cooperate with each other....
Dr. Gregg’s book explains what is going on in the space business and why it is happening, and how the industry could be valued at...

NASA Space Shuttle and International Space Station astronaut Clayton Anderson will be holding a Q&A session via Zoom for the next National Space Society Iowa...

You are Invited to the next NSS Space Forum Thursday, April 7, 202, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT “Navigating an Increasingly Crowded Space: New...

This Space Available, By Emily Carney. By early 1978, it was clear that Skylab was coming down more quickly than predicted, and ground controllers worked...
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