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Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray From Ad Astra Winter 2010 Title: By Any Means Necessary! An Entrepreneur’s Journey Into Space Author: Gregory H....
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Brian L. Enke From Ad Astra Winter 2010 Title: Mars: Prospective Energy and Material Resources Editor: Viorel Badescu NSS Amazon link...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Leviathans of Jupiter Author: Ben Bova NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover Pages: 477 Publisher: Tor...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: My Dream of Stars: From Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer Author: Anousheh Ansari with Homer Hickam...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk Title: Voyages of Discovery: The Missions of the Space Shuttle Discovery Author: Robert Adamcik NSS Amazon link for this...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: The Cassini Code (Galahad Series Book 3) Author: Dom Testa Age Level: 10 to Young Adult NSS Amazon...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: The Web of Titan (Galahad Series Book 2) Author: Dom Testa Age Level: 10 to Young Adult NSS...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: The Comet’s Curse (Galahad Series Book 1) Author: Dom Testa Age Level: 10 to Young Adult NSS Amazon...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy and Michelle Abendschan From Ad Astra Fall 2010 Title: The Astronaut’s Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More Author: Charles T....
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ronald C. Thomas, Jr. From Ad Astra Fall 2010 Title: Rocketbelt Pilot’s Manual: A Guide by the Bell Test Pilot Author:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Summer 2010 Title: How to Find a Habitable Planet Author: James Kasting NSS Amazon link for...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Frederick I. Ordway III From Ad Astra Summer 2010 Title: 50 Years of Rockets & Spacecraft: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center...
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...
