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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NASA is offering a free e-book as the Cassini mission comes to a dramatic end with a fatal plunge into Saturn on Sept. 15, 2017....
The National Space Society (NSS) congratulates Representative Jim Bridenstine (R-OK-1) on his nomination to be the next NASA Administrator. “NSS looks forward to working with...
Bloomberg Technology has published an interesting article on how 16 of the world’s 500 richest people have invested in space: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-21/outer-space-obsession-moguls-worth-513-billion-join-the-race
...If you are on or near the centerline of the path of totality during the solar eclipse on August 21, 2017, you are able to...
This annual event will be held at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington from Friday, August 25th through Sunday, August 27th. Come experience learning,...
The National Space Society (NSS) congratulates NSS Board of Governors member Dr. Scott Pace on his selection as the Executive Secretary of the National Space...
The National Space Society (NSS) endorses Vice President Pence’s call to maintain a “constant presence” in low-Earth orbit (LEO) leading to the settlement of the...
Reviewed by: Susan Raizer From Ad Astra Spring 2017 Title: Spaceman: An Astronaut’s Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe Author: Mike Massimino...
Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray From Ad Astra Spring 2017 Title: How to Make a Spaceship: A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the...
Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Winter 2016 Title: Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, From Missiles to the Moon...
Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson From Ad Astra Winter 2016 Title: Spaceships: An Illustrated History of the Real and the Imagined Author: Ron Miller NSS Amazon...
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