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The National Research Council Committee on Human Spaceflight invited interested individuals and groups to submit short input papers that address the role of human spaceflight...
As part of the President’s Export Control Reform effort, the Department of State proposes to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to revise...
Michigan Technological University, in collaboration with professionals from NASA, the Naval Research Laboratory, and the Space Solar Power Institute, will host a Space Solar Power...
Thanks to our friends at MoonandbackMedia, some of the presentations from the 2013 NSS International Space Development Conference in San Diego are now online. Opening...
The National Space Society (NSS) today announces a new space solar power international initiative. NSS endorses this initiative and will work to forge an international...
Deadline is July 9 The U.S. National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academy of Sciences is currently conducting a congressionally-requested study to examine the...
The Washington DC-based National Space Society (NSS) announced the conclusion of its 32nd International Space Development Conference (ISDC), which was held May 23-27, 2013 in...
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, aerospace engineer and former President of India, presented the keynote address at the NSS International Space Development Conference on May 24...
Creative Visualizations of Space Solar Power. The videos below are student productions that have been professionally mentored and peer-reviewed at Ohio University and presented at...
Seriously cool ISDC 2013 Global Collaboration in Space commemorative T-shirts are available for a limited time. Shirts are printed both sides and the price includes...
A newly illustrated version of the National Space Society publication Milestones to Space Settlement: An NSS Roadmap is now available in three new formats from...
The Space Show featured two speakers from the National Space Society on May 14 and the archived presentation is now online. The speakers were Dr....
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