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Speaking Proposals will be Accepted at the Conference Website Through March 31, 2024 Potential speakers are welcome to submit abstracts for the National Space Society’s...
Partially Successful Flight Reached Space and Demonstrated New “Hot Staging” System The National Space Society congratulates SpaceX on the second test of its Starship/Super Heavy...
Educator and STEM Advocate Feted by American Astronautical Society Janet Ivey, known for her PBS show “Janet’s Planet” and as an advocate of STEM/STEAM education...
NSS Joins with Beyond Earth Institute and Space Frontier Foundation to Prevent Devastating Budget Cuts The National Space Society recently joined forces with the Beyond...
NSS Makes the Case for Facilitating Sustainability on Earth by Expanding Humanity into Space On September 15, 2023, the National Space Society, in partnership with...
Image: The Moon’s surface from Chandrayaan-3. Credit: ISRO. NSS Indian Chapters Jubilant Over Successful Touchdown Just a few days after Russia’s Luna 26 lander apparently...
Photo: Pluto as imaged by New Horizons, the first spacecraft to do so. Credit: NASA/SWRI/JHUAPL. Plans Include Dismissal of Current Science Staff—National Space Society Urges...
Past Award Winners Include an X-15 Pilot, Astronauts, Test Pilots, and Other Aerospace Luminaries On August 15, 2023, National Space Society Chief Executive Officer Anita...
Appointed to Seat Left Vacant by Passing of Long-Serving NSS Officer Mark Hopkins On July 12, Gabriel Rothblatt, a longtime space settlement advocate, political figure,...
The Sub-Orbital Journey Presages an Age of Space Tourism On June 29, Virgin Galactic flew its first entirely commercial mission, dubbed “Galactic 01.” The suborbital...
As the 27th Nation to Sign the Accords, India Brings Significant Scientific and Industrial Strengths to the Moon Program Image: Indian Ambassador Taranjit Sandhu signs...
The Guayaquil Space Society Promoted Ecuador’s Joining of NASA-Led Lunar Coalition Image: Gustavo Manrique Miranda, Ecuador’s foreign affairs minister, signs the Artemis Accords in a...
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