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Isaacman Would Be the First Space Entrepreneur in a Senior Government Post Image: Jared Isaacman has commanded two SpaceX private orbital missions. Credit: Polaris Program....
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, December 5, 2024, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EST 2024 Space Year in...
Illustration: A conceptual Lunar Crater Radio Telescope on the Moon’s far side where robots hang wire mesh in a crater on the Moon’s far side,...
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, November 21, 2024, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT “Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk,...
The National Space Society (NSS) congratulates George Whitesides on his successful Congressional campaign. Whitesides was declared the winner of California’s 27th Congressional district after a...
By Jim PlaxcoNSS Board of Directors The National Space Society (NSS), in partnership with the SmallSat Education Conference, recently concluded another successful Roadmap to Space...
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: The People’s Spaceship: NASA, the Shuttle Era, and Public Engagement after Apollo Author: Amy Paige Kaminski Format:...
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, November 14, 2024, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT The People’s Spaceship: NASA,...
OPINION By Grant Henriksen NSS Policy Committee Vice-Chair and Space Regulation & Oversight Policy Lead Image courtesy SpaceX: 60 Starlink satellites stacked together before deployment...
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Hidden in the Heavens: How the Kepler Mission’s Quest for New Planets Changed How We View Our...
The National Space Society’s Martine Rothblatt Space Settlement in Our Lifetime Prize Business Plan Competition is still accepting submissions for its 2025 cash awards. This...
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, October 24, 2024, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT Vaya Space: Engineering the...
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...
