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Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy From Ad Astra Winter 2012 Title: Colonizing Mars: The Mission to the Red Planet Authors: Robert Zubrin, Harrison Schmitt,...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson From Ad Astra Winter 2012 Title: 2312 Author: Kim Stanley Robinson NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: Smoke Jumper, Moon Pilot: The Remarkable Life of Apollo 14 Astronaut Stuart Roosa Author: Willie G. Moseley...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: Becoming Spacefarers: Rescuing America’s Space Program Author: James A. Vedda NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Allen G. Taylor Title: Mars and How to Observe It Author: Peter Grego NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Stephen Adamczyk From Ad Astra Fall 2012 Title: At Home in Space: The Late Seventies Into the Eighties Author: Ben Evans...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Fall 2012 Title: Mirror Earth: The Search for Our Planet’s Twin Author: Michael D. Lemonick NSS...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Apollo’s Outcasts Author: Allen Steele Ages: 10 to Young Adult NSS Amazon link for this book Format:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: The Planet-Girded Suns: The History of Human Thought about Extrasolar Worlds Author: Sylvia Engdahl Ages: Young adult to...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: A Black Hole Is Not a Hole Author: Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano Illustrator: Michael Carroll Ages: 10 to...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Karen Mermel Title: The Helios Conspiracy Author: Jim DeFelice NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover Pages: 416 Publisher: Forge...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Tierney O’Dea From Ad Astra Summer 2012 Title: Abundance: The Future Is Better than You Think Author: Peter Diamandis and Steven...
Back in 1966, Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon. Apogee Books has provided an English-language NASA translation of a detailed report originally released by the USSR Academy of Sciences.
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.
The National Space Society (NSS) enthusiastically welcomes NASA’s proposed PROMISE lunar lander, a bold step forward in expanding scientific access, mobility, and capability across the...
By Burt Dicht NSS Space Coast Correspondent Image: Starship 13 after “landing” in the Indian Ocean. Last week I had the opportunity to speak to...
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...
