Book Review: Space Ace
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Space Ace: A Combat Pilot’s Journey from Vietnam to Beyond Earth Author:
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Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: Footprints in the Dust: The Epic Voyages of Apollo, 1969-1975 Editor: Colin Burgess NSS Amazon link for this...
Eileen Collins was the first woman to command a Space Shuttle mission and the first astronaut to address a 2016 political convention. Her 4-minute address...
Last year National Space Society Board of Directors member Al Globus released three pre-prints that together suggested a radically easier path to space settlement. A...
The National Space Society congratulates Dr. Alan Stern on winning the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal. This award is the highest honor that NASA can...
With a successful launch on July 18 at 12:45 AM EST, 2016 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, SpaceX achieved...
The National Space Society (NSS) congratulates the Boeing Company on reaching its 100th anniversary, and doing so while continuing to be the world leader in...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: Trajectories Editor: Dave Creek NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 206 Publisher: Hydra Publication...
Thanks to National Space Society’s affiliate the International Space Elevator Consortium, we have substantially updated and expanded our Space Elevator Library. Check it out!
...You are cordially invited to join the 2016 Annual ASD/NSS/SFF August Home District Blitz congressional action event. This event supports the 2016 Alliance for Space...
The National Space Society celebrates the life and contributions of a visionary champion of the commercial space industry and human space settlement, the Honorable Patricia...
Over 1000 visitors were introduced to the ambitious Enterprise In Space (EIS) program at Space Day recently held June 4 at the Smithsonian’s National Air...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: Poseidon’s Wake Author: Alastair Reynolds NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle Pages: 608 Publisher: Ace...
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