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* The Falcon 9 rocket performed nearly flawlessly. The roll attitude was solid through the entire flight. The first stage sep was without impingement. *...
Today, SpaceX became the first commercial company in history to re-enter a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit. SpaceX launched its Dragon spacecraft into low-Earth orbit atop...
SunSat Design is an international competition intended to accelerate the design, manufacture, launch and operation of the next-generation satellites that will collect energy in space...
The Coalition for Space Exploration, of which the National Space Society is a member, has produced another in its series of short public service announcement...
The latest crop harvested from the Garden on the International Space Station is Mizuna lettuce. The lettuce was returned to Earth for scientific research, aboard...
In late September 2010, after many months of debate, Congress passed the NASA Authorization Act of 2010. This three-year authorization demonstrated a bipartisan, cooperative effort...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy and Michelle Abendschan From Ad Astra Fall 2010 Title: The Astronaut’s Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More Author: Charles T....
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ronald C. Thomas, Jr. From Ad Astra Fall 2010 Title: Rocketbelt Pilot’s Manual: A Guide by the Bell Test Pilot Author:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Summer 2010 Title: How to Find a Habitable Planet Author: James Kasting NSS Amazon link for...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Frederick I. Ordway III From Ad Astra Summer 2010 Title: 50 Years of Rockets & Spacecraft: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk From Ad Astra Spring 2010 Title: The Seventh Landing: Going Back to the Moon, This Time to Stay Author:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy From Ad Astra Spring 2010 Title: Paradise Regained: The Regreening of Earth Author: Les Johnson, Gregory L. Matloff, C...
Back in 1966, Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon. Apogee Books has provided an English-language NASA translation of a detailed report originally released by the USSR Academy of Sciences.
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.
By Burt Dicht NSS Space Coast Correspondent Image: Starship 13 after “landing” in the Indian Ocean. Last week I had the opportunity to speak to...
Today, on the 57th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing, this inspiring song commemorating the past and the future of our presence on the Moon...
The National Space Society (NSS) today announced that it is delivering a letter to Congress and the Administration addressing concerns and recommendations regarding NASA’s draft...
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, July 23, 2026, 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm EST Artemis II and Our...
