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Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Dale L. Skran, Jr. From Ad Astra Summer 2014 Title: Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon Editors: James Benford and Gregory...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: Earthrise: My Adventures As an Apollo 14 Astronaut Author: Edgar Mitchell NSS Amazon link for this book Format:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Spring 2014 Title: Dreams of Other Worlds: The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration Authors: Chris...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Dale L. Skran, Jr. From Ad Astra Spring 2014 Title: Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Beyond the Sun Editor: Bryan Thomas Schmidt NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 300 Publisher:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk Title: Partnership in Space: The Mid to Late Nineties Author: Ben Evans NSS Amazon link for this book Format:...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: The Martian Author: Andy Weir NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages: 384 Publisher: Crown...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Life on Earth – and Beyond: An Astrobiologist’s Quest Author: Pamela S. Turner Ages: 10 to young...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: LEGO Space: Building the Future Author: Peter Reid and Tim Goddard Ages: 7 to adult NSS...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy Title: The Obligation Author: Stephen Wolfe NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Kindle Pages: 196 Publisher: Amazon Digital...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Paul Werbos Title: The Case for Space Solar Power Author: John C. Mankins NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Kindle...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: Max Goes to the Space Station Author: Jeffrey Bennett Illustrator: Michael Carroll Ages: 4-12 NSS Amazon link...
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...
