Book Review: Space Ace
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The Coalition for Space Exploration, of which the National Space Society is a member, has produced another in its series of short public service announcement...
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In late September 2010, after many months of debate, Congress passed the NASA Authorization Act of 2010. This three-year authorization demonstrated a bipartisan, cooperative effort...
podcast For all of you space enthusiasts out there, listen to this podcast by National Space Society member Lynne Zielinski as she discusses contests for...
Announcement of the Kalam-NSS Energy Initiative The NSS Press Conference Announcement By Dr. A.P.J. Kalam, Former President of India Our Vision for this unique initiative,...
The National Space Society will hold a press conference Thursday, November 4 at the National Press Club to reveal one of the first initiatives ever...
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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Enterprise during its first free flight Image Credit: Virgin Galactic Commercial spaceflight took another step forward this past Sunday, 10 October 2010....
Completed Microwave Map of the Universe Image Credit: NASA Scientists announced this week that the mission of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) has been...
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