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Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Dale L. Skran, Jr. From Ad Astra Spring 2014 Title: Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Beyond the Sun Editor: Bryan Thomas Schmidt NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 300 Publisher:...
The National Space Society is mourning the passing of NSS Board of Governors member Peter E. Glaser on May 29, 2014. Dr. Peter E. Glaser...
15-minute video, May 29, 2014
...Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced that it has completed qualification testing for the SuperDraco thruster, an engine that will power the Dragon spacecraft’s launch...
The Space Generation Advisory Council is pleased to announce its partnership with the International Astronautical Federation’s Space Power Committee (SPC) to organize and run the...
By Candice Nunez, NSS ISDC Reporter, courtesy QGITS Innovator and futurist Ted Schilowitz is founding team member & first employee of Red Camera Co and...
By Candice Nunez, NSS ISDC Reporter, courtesy QGITS Dave Dunlop is the presenting and managing Track Chair of the Lunar Sub-Track during the NASA Exploration...
By Candice Nunez, NSS ISDC Reporter, courtesy QGITS David J. Ruck is a photographer, filmmaker and educator, currently based in Maryland where he and his...
By Candice Nunez, NSS ISDC Reporter, courtesy QGITS Carl Schueler is a Satellite remote sensing system architect, EO sensor systems engineer and applications scientist, study...
By Candice Nunez, NSS ISDC Reporter, courtesy QGITS Gary Barnhard is a robotic space systems engineer whose professional work includes a wide range of robotic,...
By Candice Nunez, NSS ISDC Reporter, courtesy QGITS John Spencer is a Space Architect & Designer, founder and president of the Space Tourism Society (STS),...
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.
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Space Ace: A Combat Pilot’s Journey from Vietnam to Beyond Earth Author:
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...
