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By Frances Dellutri, NSS Director of Education; Lynne Zielinski, NSS VP of Education Emerita; Xavier Gonzalez, NSS VP of Education The SpacEdge Summer Intern Program...
Submitted by Lynne F. Zielinski, NSS VP of Education Emerita, and Frances Dellutri, NSS Director of Education Image: ispace HAKUTO-R M1 lander photography, April 20,...
By Lynne F. ZielinskiVice President of Education Emerita, National Space SocietySpace Educator Award Chair, National Space Club & Foundation The National Space Society (NSS) is...
By Jim PlaxcoChicago Society for Space Studies (an NSS Chapter)NSS Board of Directors One hundred years ago, on March 16, 1926, Dr. Robert H. Goddard...
By Jim PlaxcoNSS Board of Directors The National Space Society (NSS), in partnership with the SmallSat Education Conference, recently concluded another successful Roadmap to Space...
You Are Invited to Apply for the 2026 Christa McAuliffe National Space Educator Award. Apply by November 30, 2025. By Lynne F. ZielinskiVice President of...
Free MiniCube Balloon Flights to the Upper Atmosphere Image courtesy JP Aerospace The Sacramento L5 Society (SacL5), one of the oldest continuous non-profit space advocacy...
By Hoyt Davidson, NSS Executive Vice President The National Space Society celebrates the 100th anniversary of the seminal 1923 publication of Hermann Oberth’s Die Rakete...
Educator and STEM Advocate Feted by American Astronautical Society Janet Ivey, known for her PBS show “Janet’s Planet” and as an advocate of STEM/STEAM education...
By Jennifer Muntz, NSS Member Coordinator On October 10th, an inspiring breakfast event took flight at the Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space...
By Lynne F. Zielinski Vice President of Education, National Space Society National Space Educator Award Chair, National Space Club The National Space Society (NSS) is...
Image: Asteroid mining illustration from 2020 Cities in Space winner Allen Academy (High School category). STEAMSPACE Education Outreach® is hosting its 7th Annual Cities in...
Back in 1966, Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon. Apogee Books has provided an English-language NASA translation of a detailed report originally released by the USSR Academy of Sciences.
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.
The National Space Society (NSS) enthusiastically welcomes NASA’s proposed PROMISE lunar lander, a bold step forward in expanding scientific access, mobility, and capability across the...
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...
