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The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, January 12, 2023, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT Commercial LEO Space Stations...
By Dale Skran Image: Last SpaceX launch of 2022, EROS C-3, courtesy SpaceX. With the covid pandemic ebbing, the runway cleared for SpaceX to set...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: Delta-V Author: Daniel Suarez NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages: 448 Publisher: Dutton Date: April...
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: A History of Near-Earth Objects Research Authors: Erik M. Conway, Donald K. Yeomans, and Meg Rosenburg NSS Amazon...
By Burt Dicht NSS Managing Director of Membership Image: SpaceX ispace’s Hakuto-R Mission 1 night launch on 11 December 2022. Photo by Burt Dicht. Friends...
Same-day Launch of the Hakuto-R Lunar Landing Mission Will Help Support Future Lunar Crews On Sunday, December 11, the National Space Society marked two important...
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, December 8, 2022, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT 2022 Space Year in...
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: Far Side of the Moon: Apollo 8 Commander Frank Borman and the Woman Who Gave Him Wings...
The Iowa Chapter of the National Space Society is pleased to announce that our guest speaker for December 5th is author and space historian James...
OPINION By Dale Skran Lots of publications run special Thanksgiving stories, or provide an editorial that opines on how lucky we are to live in...
By Joseph Bland Sacramento L5 Society The Sacramento L5 Society chapter of NSS will host the final 50th anniversary “Breakfast on the Moon” event, a...
By Burt Dicht NSS Managing Director of Membership I took this photo of the Artemis 1 launch just outside the back door of the building...
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...
