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The following is quoted in full from the SpaceX website, dated May 4, 2011.  Note that SpaceX is participating in the NSS International Space Development...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: From Jars to Stars: How Ball Came to Build a Comet-Hunting Machine Author: Todd Neff NSS Amazon link...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray From Ad Astra Winter 2010 Title: By Any Means Necessary! An Entrepreneur’s Journey Into Space Author: Gregory H....

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Brian L. Enke From Ad Astra Winter 2010 Title: Mars: Prospective Energy and Material Resources Editor: Viorel Badescu NSS Amazon link...

Robert Bigelow, Founder and President of Bigelow Aerospace, will be the Honored Keynote Speaker at the 2011 International Space Development Conference (ISDC) Governors’ Dinner and...

Cady Coleman and Scott Kelley in the Dragon Image Credit: SpaceX This is the final entry concerning the second round of funding in the Commercial...

Blue Origin Spacecraft Image Credit: NASA / Blue Origin Third in our series on the second round of funding in the Commercial Crew Development (CCDev)...

Endeavour at T-Minus 6 Hours Image Credit: NASA TV The launch of Endeavour was scrubbed today due to a failed heater in the APU (Auxiliary...

NASA HL-20 Image Credit: NASA The second round of funding in the Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program has been announced by NASA. Sierra Nevada Corporation...

Boeing CST-100 Image Credit: Boeing NASA announced the second round of funding in the Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program. Boeing was the big winner in...

In April 1972, the Apollo moon missions were winding down, and Apollo 16 was launched into history for a few unique reasons. It was the...

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Leviathans of Jupiter Author: Ben Bova NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover Pages: 477 Publisher: Tor...

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