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By Robin Scott Clayton Anderson, author of The Ordinary Spaceman and other books, Expedition-15 Crew member Expedition-15 Crew member (spent 152 days on the International...
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, October 13, 2022, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT From Earth to Orbit...
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Peter Spasov Title: Life in Space: NASA Life Sciences Research During the Late Twentieth Century Author: Maura Phillips Mackowski NSS Amazon...
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: The Big Book of Mars Author: Marc Hartzman NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 253...
We would like to share with you this great 30-minute interview of Jared Isaacman, commander of last year’s Inspiration4 mission and commander of the Polaris...
By Dale Skran In 2015 I wrote an article for Ad Astra titled “New to Flight: Reducing the Cost of Access to Space,” which reviewed...
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test Has Successfully Met Its Target Image: Photo of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos seconds before the DART spacecraft crashed into it....
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, September 29, 2022, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT Space is a Cool...
By Lynne F. Zielinski Vice President of Education, National Space Society National Space Educator Award Chair, National Space Club The National Space Society is happy...
This week on September 12 the Orbital Sustainability Act of 2022 (ORBITS Act) was introduced to the Senate. The bipartisan bill, championed by Senators Maria...
Rod Pyle, Ad Astra editor, space author and historian, will be featured speaker (available via Zoom) at the next National Space Society Iowa Chapter meeting....
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, September 15, 2022, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT Automated Psychotherapy in Space:...
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...
