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Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Old Man’s War Author: John Scalzi NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Publisher: Tor...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Allen G. Taylor Title: Red Lightning Author: John Varley NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 368 Publisher: Ace...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Allen G. Taylor Title: Red Thunder Author: John Varley NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 416 Publisher: Ace...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Brian L. Enke Title: Forbidden Cargo Author: Rebecca K. Rowe NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 352 Publisher:...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Ken Murphy Reprinted from Ken’s Out of the Cradle website with permission Title: Lunar Descent Author: Allen Steele NSS Amazon link...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Allen G. Taylor Title: Powersat Author: Ben Bova NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Publisher: Tom Doherty...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Spin Author: Robert Charles Wilson NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 452 Publisher: Tor Books...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy Title: Variable Star Author: Robert A. Heinlein and Spider Robinson NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover Pages:...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Challenger Park Author: Stephen Harrigan NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover Pages: 397 Publisher: Alfred A....
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy Title: Red Mars Author: Kim Stanley Robinson NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 592 Publisher: Bantam...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Journey Between Worlds Author: Sylvia Engdahl Ages: Young Adult to Adult NSS Amazon link for this book Format:...
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:
By Burt Dicht NSS Space Coast Correspondent Image: Starship 13 after “landing” in the Indian Ocean. Last week I had the opportunity to speak to...
Today, on the 57th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing, this inspiring song commemorating the past and the future of our presence on the Moon...
The National Space Society (NSS) today announced that it is delivering a letter to Congress and the Administration addressing concerns and recommendations regarding NASA’s draft...
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, July 23, 2026, 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm EST Artemis II and Our...
