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Shortly before Christmas I received an email from Madhu Thangavelu, chair of the Moon Development and Settlement programming track for the 2019 International Space Development...
By Zach Reizes Introductory note from NSS President Alice M. Hoffman, PE: NSS is seeking sponsors and judges for the debates described below at ISDC...
Here is a roundup of publicity from the National Space Society’s 2018 International Space Development Conference BEZOS https://www.geekwire.com/2018/jeff-bezos-isdc-space-vision/ Jeff Bezos: ‘We will have to...
By Alice M. Hoffman, NSS President Thank you to Dr. Tanya Sienko (photo below) for organizing Scott’s donation and to all the NSS members who...
By Dave Dressler, NSS Conference Committee Chair Photos by Keith Zacharski, National Space Society Many amazing things happened at ISDC this year and they were...
Tom Mueller, a founding SpaceX employee, and designer of the Merlin and Raptor engines, is one of the world’s foremost spacecraft propulsion experts. Mueller will...
Image: Cas Anvar of “The Expanse” (left) and Sci-Fi author David Brin It’s Not Too Late to Experience the Future in L.A. May 24-27, Sheraton...
The May 24-27 2018 International Space Development Conference (ISDC) in Los Angeles is excited to announce a new additional way for students to participate and...
Image: Scientists envision giant structures in space that could house acres of farms and cities. Courtesy Bryan Versteeg, spacehabs.com. “What does a dinner menu look...
Act by May 17 for 25% Rebate on ISDC®2018 Registration (even if not an NSS Member) By Claire McMurray, Chapters Reporter Want to Help your...
By Alice M. Hoffman, PE I hope you’ll be able to join me in Los Angeles May 24-27 to experience what promises to be, through months of...
For 40 years, two small spacecraft launched in 1977 have sped past the planets in our solar system and beyond, carrying humanity’s messages etched on...
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.
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...
