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Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Mark Lardas Title: Rocket Dreams: Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New, Trillion-Dollar Space Race Author: Christian Davenport Format:...

The Company Has Demonstrated the Basic Capabilities Required to Move Ahead with the Starship Program On the evening of August 26, SpaceX successfully conducted its...

The NSS-affiliated nonprofit Expanding Frontiers (ExF) recently signed the Washington Compact on Norms of Behavior for Commercial Space Operations, a landmark initiative led by the...

Scrubbed but Not Stopped By Burt DichtNSS Managing Director of MembershipImage: Crew 11 docking to the ISS (NASA TV) Yankee great Yogi Berra once said,...

The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, May 22, 2024, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EST Blue Ghost’s Moon Mission:...

SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule Carries Four Astronauts Over Earth’s Poles for the First Time The National Space Society has recognized the crew of Fram2 and...

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore Returned to Earth on Tuesday After 9 months aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore...

Crew 10 Liftoff – 7:03 pm EDT on March 14 (Photo: Burt Dicht). By Burt Dicht NSS Managing Director of Membership The Florida sky provided...

Blue Ghost Represents the First Completely Successful Mission of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services Program Image: Blue Ghost’s shadow on the Moon, courtesy Firefly Aerospace....

By Burt DichtNSS Managing Director of MembershipImage: Intuitive Machines IM-2 lunar mission post launch vehicle separation (Credit: Intuitive Machines). On Wednesday, Feb 26, at 7:16...

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier Authors: Matthew C. Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages:...

Opinion by Dale Skran, NSS Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President Recently two videos appeared on Youtube that are well worth the time of...

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