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By Jennifer Muntz, NSS Membership Coordinator, and Burt Dicht, NSS Managing Director of Membership Ensuring the safety and success of human spaceflight missions is crucial...
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Moonshot: A NASA Astronaut’s Guide to Achieving the Impossible Author: Mike Massimino Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages: 224 Publisher:...
By Dale Skran I hadn’t heard much about this new film from Amazon Prime Video, but after seeing a review I decided to give it...
By Burt Dicht, NSS Managing Director of Membership Astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman in space when she flew aboard the Challenger on...
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. A new photo book shines a light upon the Mercury Project, 60+ years young....
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. While it would be impossible for a blog post to list the thousands of personnel – NASA and contractors...
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, April 20, 2023, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EST THE NEW GUYS: The...
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. By the mid-1970s, Space Shuttle development was in full swing, even though the Space Transportation System wouldn’t fly until...
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. The recently-released book The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of...
By Robin Scott The Sacramento L5 Society (SacL5) Chapter of NSS wrapped up its successful series of 50th anniversary “Breakfast on the Moon” (BOM) events...
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