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By Robin Scott For the NSS Iowa August 22 Chapter meeting, Daniel Hoy, NSS Iowa Chapter Treasurer and NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador volunteer, led
Dan Hoy, NSS Iowa Treasurer and NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador volunteer will lead a discussion on “The Science of the James Webb Space Telescope”.
Sacramento L5 Society (SacL5) Breakfast on the Moon Celebrates Apollo 16 with a Discussion of Space Archaeology By Robin Scott SacL5 Society hosted and SacL5
“Moon Talk” tells the story of how the Collins Radio Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa developed the communication systems for the Apollo program. This documentary
Apollo 16 Breakfast on the Moon is a go for launch! When: Saturday, April 23, 2022, 7:00-9:00 AM PDT Topic: A free Zoom celebration of
NASA Space Shuttle and International Space Station astronaut Clayton Anderson will be holding a Q&A session via Zoom for the next National Space Society Iowa
By Robin Scott NSS of North Texas presented three North Texas Space Exploration Scholarships at the Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair at the historic
By Robin Scott At the NSS Forum on January 13, 2022, the National Space Society (NSS) and the Huntsville Alabama L5 (HAL5) Society welcomed Dr.
You are invited to a special event hosted by the NSS Iowa Chapter. In association with the 2022 ciLive event hosted by the DMACC West
Please join the NSS Iowa Chapter on Monday, January 24 at 5:30 p.m. Central time as they welcome author, journalist, historian, futurist, and Editor-in-Chief of
By Robin Scott Image: Dr. Kelly Fast, NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Observations Program Manager (courtesy NASA) Inspired by the recent NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test
By Robin Scott The HAL5 Society chapter of NSS, in cooperation with NSS, hosted the NSS Space Forum on August 5, 2021. Brian Matisak, NASA’s
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