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Tokyo commits to space solar power demo by 2025 The National Space Society (NSS) strongly supports Japan’s updated plan for space solar power, which calls...

You are Invited to the next Space Forum Thursday, January 27, 2022, 9:00 to 10:15 PM EST “Eyewitness to Launch Operations, Highlights of 2021 and...

Please join the NSS Iowa Chapter on Monday, January 24 at 5:30 p.m. Central time as they welcome author, journalist, historian, futurist, and Editor-in-Chief of...

As with Eileen Collins' flying aircraft and spacecraft, so with this book: all the goals she set for herself in writing the book—inspiration and historical...

NSS President Michelle Hanlon and NSS Vice President of Space Development Greg Autry have been writing key articles on recent events. An article by Hanlon...

© by Dale Skran, NSS Chief Operating Officer Image: NASA Lucy mission will fly by eight asteroids (courtesy NASA) You can’t develop or settle that...

The National Space Society and the Huntsville Alabama L5 (HAL5) Society invites you to a free Space forum: The Webb Space Telescope: The First Light...

© by Dale Skran, NSS Chief Operating Officer Image: Inspiration4 crew, courtesy Inspiration4 I can’t believe I am finally writing this, but 2021 was the...

© by Dale Skran, NSS Chief Operating Officer Image: Launch from Cosmic Girl, courtesy Virgin Orbit In terms of U.S. launch companies, SpaceX is lapping...

By Robin Scott Image: Dr. Kelly Fast, NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Observations Program Manager (courtesy NASA) Inspired by the recent NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test...

© by Dale Skran, NSS Chief Operating Officer Image: Planned Neutron rocket with “chomper” fairing. Courtesy Rocket Lab. Rocket Lab continued as the Venture Class...

© by Dale Skran, NSS Chief Operating Officer Image: Starships on the pad at Boca Chica, courtesy SpaceX The covid pandemic roared through 2021 leaving...

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