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Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Allen G. Taylor Title: Older than the Stars Author: Karen C. Fox and Nancy Davis Ages: 4-9 NSS Amazon link...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: Living in Space Editor: Sherry Bell NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 278 Publisher: Apogee...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Exploring the Solar System: A History with 22 Activities Author: Mary Kay Carson Ages: 9 and up...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: David Brandt-Erichsen From Ad Astra Fall 2009 Title: Krafft Ehricke’s Extraterrestrial Imperative Author: Marsha Freeman NSS Amazon link for this book...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk From Ad Astra Fall 2009 Title: Missions to the Moon Author: Rod Pyle NSS Amazon link for this book...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: The New Space Race: China vs. the United States Author: Erik Seedhouse NSS Amazon link for this book...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Impact Author: Douglas Preston NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardbound Pages: 368 Publisher: Forge Date: January...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: Project Mars: A Technical Tale Author: Wernher von Braun NSS Amazon link for this book Bookfinder.com link for...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy Title: Out of this World: The New Field of Space Architecture Editors: A. Scott Howe and Brent Sherwood NSS...
In the recent post Push in Congress for Additional NASA Funding (Update), we detailed how Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas and Congressman Ken Calvert created a letter...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson From Ad Astra Summer 2009 Title: Look to the Stars Author: Buzz Aldrin Artwork: Wendell Minor Ages: 4-8...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Galileo’s Universe Author: J. Patrick Lewis Illustrator: Tom Curry, with paper engineering by Bruce Foster Ages: 9-12...
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...
