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Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk Title: The Road to Modern Rocketry: Launch Bases, Centers, Museums, Memorials, and Monuments Author: Doug Gangler NSS Amazon link...
Commentary by Dale Skran NSS Board of Directors Over the last few years amazing progress has been made in space technology, but with a curious...
On November 23, 2015, Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket successfully flew to the edge of space, reaching the Karman line (100 km/329,839 ft) before a...
On November 25, 2015, President Obama signed the landmark Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (CSLCA). NSS congratulates President Obama and the Senate and House leadership...
By Dale Skran, Chair, NSS Policy Committee February 21-23, 2016 SEA Blitz NSS will be participating in the Space Exploration Alliance (SEA) 2016 legislative Blitz....
Van Horn, Texas – November 24, 2015 – Blue Origin today announced that its New Shepard space vehicle successfully flew to space, reaching its planned...
NASA took a significant step Friday toward expanding research opportunities aboard the International Space Station with its first mission order from Hawthorne, California based-company SpaceX...
On November 10, 2015, the Senate passed H.R. 2262, the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (CSLCA). The House responded on November 16, 2015 by passing...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes: Photographs from the International Space Station Author: Chris...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Space Boy and His Dog Author: Diane Curtis Regan Illustrator: Robert Neubecker Ages: Preschool to age 5...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee From Ad Astra Fall 2015 Title: Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Author:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Fall 2015 Title: Leaving Orbit: Notes from the Last Days of American Space Flight Author: Margaret...
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:
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, June 18, 2026, 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm EST NOTE NEW TIME! The...
