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By Michelle Hanlon President, National Space Society Sunday, June 27 at 1:00 PM Eastern time. NSS has planned a special program, devoting two hours to
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This Year’s Virtual Conference Streams Free to All The National Space Society is proud to announce NASA’s Chief Scientist, Jim Green, as a keynote speaker
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