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At about 1 p.m. April 25, 2009, Steve Eves went into the record books with the successful launch of his 1:10 scale Saturn V rocket.

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One man’s quest to honor America’s Saturn V rocket – The story of the biggest scale model rocket ever built On April 25, 2009, history

Ideas: The Central Thrust of the NSS Strategic Plan When we were in the early stages of producing the NSS Strategic Plan, we analyzed what

Speakers Buzz Aldrin- Lunar module pilot for Apollo 11 and former Chairman of the NSS Board of Governors Elon Musk -Co-founder of PayPal and Space

PG&E is seeking approval from state regulators for a power purchase agreement with Solaren Corp., a Southern California company that has contracted to deliver 200

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Stephen Adamczyk Title: Saturn I/IB: The Complete Manufacturing and Test Records Author: Alan Lawrie NSS Amazon link for this book Format:

Obama looks at climate engineering The president’s new science adviser said Wednesday that global warming is so dire, the Obama administration is discussing radical technologies

Catch -22 is the title of a Joseph Heller novel, the title comes from a catch in the rules which creates an insolvable dilemma. Catch-22

World Moon Bounce Day will be June 27 in Australia and June 26 in the U.S., Echoes of Apollo (EOA), an international space education organization,

Russia to unveil spaceship plans The Earth-orbiting version of the ship would have a mass of 12 tonnes, carry a crew of six, along with

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Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: John J. Vester Title: Nuclear Rockets: To the Moon and Mars Author: Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 270 Publisher:

Partially Successful Flight Reached Space and Demonstrated New “Hot Staging” System The National Space Society congratulates SpaceX on the second test of its Starship/Super Heavy

Ad Astra, the NSS quarterly print, digital, and audio magazine, has won a 2023 MARCOM Gold Award. The awards are given yearly for “Excellence in

By Jennifer Muntz, NSS Member Coordinator On October 10th, an inspiring breakfast event took flight at the Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space

By Grant Henriksen NSS Policy Committee Benefit sharing is a concept that refers to the distribution of benefits derived from the exploration and use of

People residing and working in space, space settlements, or on long-duration space flights will need to produce infrastructures and food to maintain healthy lifestyles. The

Image: Artist’s concept of the Blue Moon lander. Credit: Blue Origin. Second Human Landing System Contract Encourages Competition and Innovation The National Space Society congratulates

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