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Today ‘s global $350 billion space economy will soon bloom into a trillion-dollar economy. Join the National Space Society for the virtual webinar LEO Commercialization:...

Space hipster Emily Carney’s This Space Available blog is now a part of the National Space Society blog. Emily started This Space Available on Blogspot...

Tom Mueller, a founding SpaceX employee, and designer of the Merlin and Raptor engines, is one of the world’s foremost spacecraft propulsion experts. Mueller will...

Image: Cas Anvar of “The Expanse” (left) and Sci-Fi author David Brin It’s Not Too Late to Experience the Future in L.A. May 24-27, Sheraton...

The May 24-27 2018 International Space Development Conference (ISDC) in Los Angeles is excited to announce a new additional way for students to participate and...

Image: Scientists envision giant structures in space that could house acres of farms and cities. Courtesy Bryan Versteeg, spacehabs.com. “What does a dinner menu look...

By Joseph Bland, Chair of the NSS Chapter Assembly Joseph Bland, long-time President of the Sacramento L5 Society, one of the earliest of the original...

Photo: 2018 Texas Blitz team meeting (L to R): John Cook, Congressman Randy Weber, Eric Bowen, David Cheuvront. By Randy Gigante, Texas Blitz Coordinator The...

Act by May 17 for 25% Rebate on ISDC®2018 Registration (even if not an NSS Member) By Claire McMurray, Chapters Reporter Want to Help your...

Image: Axiom Station 1 Commercial Space Station Design. Credit: Axiom Space. On March 30th, 2018, NASA delivered to Congress the “International Space Station Transition Report”...

By Alice M. Hoffman, PE I’d like to welcome you to our new website, with the informative content you’ve come to expect from NSS, but...

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