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May 14-18 Event is Open to the Public with Paid Registration Los Angeles, California (April 29, 2014) – The 33rd Annual International Space Development Conference
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On Thursday, May 3, Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI Astronaut and Member of the NSS Board of Governors, presented a 2012 Space Pioneer Award for Mass
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National Space Society Executive Director Paul E. Damphousse addresses the media at the 3rd annual Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC) today in Palo Alto, CA.
The last week of January includes an annual observance to remember those who lost their lives in pursuing a goal of human spaceflight. President Obama
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