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Announcement: New in the NSS Space Settlement Journal Just published in the NSS Space Settlement Journal is a 90-page Critique of “A City on Mars”...
Illustration: A conceptual Lunar Crater Radio Telescope on the Moon’s far side where robots hang wire mesh in a crater on the Moon’s far side,...
The National Space Society’s Martine Rothblatt Space Settlement in Our Lifetime Prize Business Plan Competition is still accepting submissions for its 2025 cash awards. This...
Executive Summary The recent NASA proposal to cancel the VIPER mission underscores the significant risks inherent in large, complex, and high-cost lunar missions. However, VIPER...
Roadmap to Space Art Contest Live in a Healthy Space Design Competition
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By Burt Dicht, NSS Managing Director of Membership Photo credit: Elizabeth Schneider On July 20, 2024, the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing,...
The National Space Society (NSS) has issued a summary report on its activities in 2023. The report provides a great introduction to the range and...
Image: Burt Dicht inside NOAA Gulfstream IV Story and photos by Burt Dicht, NSS Managing Director of Membership On June 25 I had the unique...
Image: Pascal Lee and Finn Braun at ISDC 2024. Photo by Madhu Thangavelu, NSS. Two high school interns funded by NASA’s Neurodiversity Network (N3) presented...
Former Astronaut Bonnie Dunbar and “Overview Effect” Author Frank White Join Board The National Space Society recently completed elections for its Board of Directors. While...
Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals Award “Honors the Messengers and Creators of the Information Revolution” For the second time in two years, “Ad Astra”...
Johnson Succeeds Recently Passed CEO Anita Gale to Assure Continued Operations On May 27, Karlton Johnson, USAF (retired), was appointed by the NSS Board of...
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.
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Space Ace: A Combat Pilot’s Journey from Vietnam to Beyond Earth Author:
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Return to Launch: Florida and America’s Space Industry Author: Stephen C. Smith Format:
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, June 18, 2026, 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm EST NOTE NEW TIME! The...
NASA announces prime crew for critical orbital test flight of lunar landers The National Space Society congratulates the four-person prime crew and backup astronaut selected...
The National Space Society urges NASA to move swiftly on the Commercial LEO Destinations RFP and commit to immediately fly astronauts on commercial stations upon...
