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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This Space Available, by Emily Carney. We catch up with NASA’s rebel with many causes during his 1970s era....
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space...
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. A new book reveals unseen facets of 1969's Apollo 9 mission....
By Robin Scott Clayton Anderson, author of The Ordinary Spaceman and other books, Expedition-15 Crew member Expedition-15 Crew member (spent 152 days on the International...
NASA Space Shuttle and International Space Station astronaut Clayton Anderson will be holding a Q&A session via Zoom for the next National Space Society Iowa...
Better Futures is a new event series produced by Liftport Group which aims to bring together space community leaders to discuss space topics of interest....
Deke Slayton becoming the “boss of the astronauts” served as (kind of) a consolation prize, and even though he wasn’t able to fly in space,...
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. One of the lesser known personalities of the Apollo lunar program is Ron Evans, Apollo 17 command module pilot....
You are Invited to a National Space Society Space Forum Thursday, October 21, 2021, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT Through the Glass Ceiling to...
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. Two new books illuminate the challenging times two NASA Group Five astronauts experienced during the 1970s, a decade more...
On August 7, 2021, the Sacramento L5 Society (SacL5) and the National Space Society (NSS) started their day with a hearty helping of the Apollo...
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. In late 1974, NASA was already laying the groundwork for its next big space endeavor, the Space Shuttle. The...
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