Book Review: A Future Spacefaring Society
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.
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The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, September 18, 2024, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EST In Space for Earth:...
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Better Futures is a new event series produced by Liftport Group which aims to bring together space community leaders to discuss space topics of interest....
By Dale Skran, NSS Chair of the Executive Committee On April 17th the final Cargo Resupply Services 1 mission to the ISS soared off the...
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BEAM was pressurized May 28 on the International Space Station, where it will remain attached for a two-year test period. The module measured just over...
By Alyssa Samson Like a page out of a sci-fi novel, balloon-like rooms might be the future of space habitation. On Friday, April 8th, SpaceX...
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