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Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Dale L. Skran, Jr. Title: Proxima Author: Stephen Baxter NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Paperback Pages: 455 Publisher: Gollancz...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: Sky Alert!: When Satellites Fail Author: Les Johnson NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 200...
Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water vapor on the largest and roundest object in the asteroid belt,...
On December 11 the United States House of Representatives Science, Space, and Technology Committee approved a bill, H.R. 3625, that would require an act of...
The Washington DC-based National Space Society (NSS) strongly opposes the passage of House of Representatives bill HR 3625. This bill would (a) require NASA to...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: Crisis on Stardust Station Author: John Taloni NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Kindle Pages: 130...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: The Soyuz Launch Vehicle–Two Lives of an Engineering Triumph Author: Christian Lardier and Stefan Barensky NSS Amazon link...
Washington Legislative Blitz February 23-25, 2014 The National Space Society will be participating in the Space Exploration Alliance (SEA) 2014 legislative blitz in Washington DC...
Mission: “Bring space to life by bringing life to space.” – Howard Bloom Vision: Space Exploration Asia exists to catalyze life’s third great leap. Life’s...
BYU engineers have teamed up with a world-renowned origami expert to solve one of space exploration’s greatest (and most ironic) problems: lack of space. Working...
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has observed water vapor above the frigid south polar region of Jupiter’s moon Europa, providing the first strong evidence of water...
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...
