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The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, November 13, 2024, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EST Asteroid Mining: Bringing Wealth...
The National Space Society (NSS) welcomes the renomination of Jared Isaacman to serve as the NASA Administrator. The organization views Mr. Isaacman as exceptionally well...
The National Space Society wishes to express its sincere condolences to Buzz Aldrin and his family at the passing of his wife Anca Aldrin on...
Category: NonfictionReviewed by: Casey Suire Title: The Launch of Rocket LabAuthor: Peter Griffin, with introduction by Sir Peter Beck Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages: 300 Publisher: Blackwell...
Image above: The ISS in September 2000, courtesy NASA By Burt DichtNSS Managing Director of Membership On November 2, 2025, we will celebrate a remarkable...
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, October 30, 2024, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EST The Giant Leap: Why...
By Robin Scott NSS Board of Directors member Ronnie Lajoie (left) presents NSS Middle Tennessee Space Society (MTTS) President Chuck Schlemm with a well-deserved 2025...
Submitted by Lynne F. Zielinski, NSS VP of Education Emerita, and Frances Dellutri, NSS Director of Education Image: ispace HAKUTO-R M1 lander photography, April 20,...
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: Mission: An American Congressman’s Voyage to Space Author: Bill Nelson Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 317 Publisher: University of Florida...
Category: Nonfiction (?) Reviewed by: Dale Skran From Ad Astra Winter 2023 Title: Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race Author: Mary-Jane Rubenstein...
By Bryce Meyer, Track ChairProgram arranged by NSS Space Settlement Advocacy CommitteeHeld Friday, June 20, 2025, Rosen Center, Orlando, FloridaPhotos by Bryce Meyer 10:00 AM...
Image: Artist’s impression of the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP). Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Princeton University/Steve Gribben. By Burt DichtNSS Managing Director of Membership Surrounding...
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:
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...
