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NASA has released images of Endeavour and the ISS. They were taken by Paolo Nespoli from TMA-20 as the Russian spacecraft departed on 23 May....

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: In the Shadow of Ares Author: Thomas L. James and Carl C. Carlsson Ages: 10-YA NSS Amazon...

ISDC conference report by Dave Fischer This is the first of two articles about the NASA Heavy Lift Vehicle program mandated by Congress. Dan Dumbacher,...

Frank Borman is serious business, 1963. Life magazine photo. This month’s issue of Popshifter is dedicated to all things sci-fi and is brilliantly titled “Climb...

Presentations from the 2011 NSS International Space Development Conference in Huntsville, Alabama. Jeff Greason, President of XCOR Aerospace. Keynote Address at the Awards Banquet: A...

“Do these orange jumpsuits camouflage us? No…? THEY LIED TO US!” Unidentified astronaut, Jack Swigert, and Charlie Duke work the survival training look, 1967. Image...

This picture is kind of a cop-out, because it never happened in real life. But, keep on reading. NASA portrait, late 1960s – early 1970s....

Jeff Greason’s speech at the Awards Dinner at the 2011 NSS International Space Development Conference is being widely regarded as a major statement in the...

ISDC conference report by Dave Fischer If those who think Mars is sufficiently hard to get to and remain to settle are correct, or those...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk From Ad Astra Summer 2011 Title: Lunar Settlements Editor: Haym Benaroya NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray From Ad Astra Summer 2011 Title: Starman: The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin Author: Jamie Doran...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Summer 2011 Title: Martian Summer: Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen, and My 90 Days with the Phoenix...

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