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Single Camera: Grasshopper 40-Meter Test Flight 12/17/12 SpaceX reports: Grasshopper takes a 12-story leap towards full and rapid rocket reusability in a test flight conducted...

From Sunday, February 24 through Tuesday, February 26, 2013, the National Space Society and the Space Exploration Alliance will be holding the annual grassroots visit...

The New York Daily News published this story on December 13, 2012. The story quotes two National Space Society Directors: Mark Hopkins and Al Globus....

NASA announced December 10th the next step in its plan to launch American astronauts from U.S. soil, selecting three companies to conduct activities under contracts...

This new image of the Earth at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite over...

Former NASA Executives Lead the Company Washington, D.C. (December 6, 2012) – On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 17,...

Here is a simple way you can help support the National Space Society during your holiday shopping — and throughout the year — simply by...

The latest paper in the NSS Journal of Space Settlement is “Paths to Space Settlement” by Al Globus. ABSTRACT A number of firms are developing...

European Space Agency (ESA) Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) Image Credit: ESA / CNES / Arianespace / Photo optique video du CSG The European Space Agency...

By Michael Mackowski There are many ways folks express their interest in the space program. Some space enthusiasts read everything they can find and often...

NASA press release about the successful completion of the first commercial resupply mission the the International Space Station: RELEASE: 12-381 SPACEX DRAGON RETURNS FROM SPACE...

Las Cruces, New Mexico – October 17, 2012 – The National Space Society (NSS) and the New Mexico Museum of Space History (NMMSH) announced a...

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