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By Candice Nunez, NSS ISDC Reporter, courtesy QGITS Rich Philips is one of the Track Co-Chairs of the Space Enterprise Track at the ISDC National...
SPACE Canada (Solar Power Alternative for Clean Energy), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of solar energy from space, is sponsoring a dinner at...
Lynne F. Zielinski, National Space Society (NSS) officer and director has been selected by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration...
The upcoming May 14-18 International Space Development Conference in Los Angeles was the subject of a recent discussion on The Space Show and the entire...
May 14-18 Event is Open to the Public with Paid Registration Los Angeles, California (April 29, 2014) – The 33rd Annual International Space Development Conference...
The Washington DC-based National Space Society (NSS) congratulates SpaceX on the successful launch of Commercial Resupply Services 3 (CRS-3) from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex...
The National Space Society takes great pleasure in awarding a 2014 Space Pioneer Award in the Science and Engineering category to Dr. John S. Lewis....
The National Space Society takes great pleasure in awarding a 2014 Space Pioneer Award for the Science and Engineering category to Orbital Science Corporation’s Antares/Cygnus...
International Space Development Conference 2014 Registration goes up April 1. Now is the time to Register for what promises to be a truly extraordinary Conference. ...
The National Space Society takes great pleasure in awarding its 2014 Space Pioneer Award for the Entrepreneurial Business category to SpaceX President and Chief Operating...
Book Review: The Case for Space Solar Power, by John C. Mankins Reviewed by: Paul Werbos, Executive Vice President, National Space Society If you, like...
By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office Future lunar missions may be fueled by gas stations in space, according to MIT engineers: A spacecraft might dock...
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