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SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule Carries Four Astronauts Over Earth’s Poles for the First Time The National Space Society has recognized the crew of Fram2 and...

Artemis 1 Launch at a Planetarium Near You! [button link=”#https://www.cosm.com/work/artemis/” newwindow=”yes”] Find your Planetarium[/button] Artemis 1, scheduled to launch on August 29th, 2022, is an...

Better Futures is a new event series produced by Liftport Group which aims to bring together space community leaders to discuss space topics of interest....

Dr. John B. Charles, age 66 and a recent member of the Board of Directors of the National Space Society, passed away peacefully on January...

I’ve recently finished a paper on space settlement called “Paths to Space Settlement.” Here’s the abstract: A number of firms are developing commercial sub-orbital launch...

NASA is again considering the feasibility of manned missions to the asteroids. However, this idea is not without precedent. Scientists began seriously considering asteroids as...

Our species and our ancient forbears were and remain innately a migratory species. The lure and call of distant lands and new horizons is an...

By far the two most remarkable photographs of the twentieth century are the ones shown above. For they encapsulate the whole evolutionary and cultural history...

Hey space fans, Ian Murphy reporting again from ISDC 2009 through the NSS blog. First off, sorry for not getting this out sooner. I was...

Got this from Will after his speech (IM)… 28th May 2009: Virgin Galactic today announces the successful completion of the first phase of tests of...

Ian Murphy reporting from the ISDC registration room… Registration is in full swing, the bags look great (still can’t add photos sorry) the volunteers shirt...

Hey all you space fans. Official ISDC troublemaker Ian Murphy here . Tim Bailey gave me the keys to the ISDC blog so I am...

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