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Interested in new space books, check out READING SPACE: NSS Reviews and Recommended Reading . Recent Review include Space Enterprise by Philip Robert Harris reviewed...
NASA radar flying aboard India’s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft is giving scientists their first look inside the moon’s coldest, darkest craters. The Mini-SAR instrument, a lightweight, synthetic...
Astronauts participating in the Inaugural Parade include Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Eric Boe, mission specialists Donald Pettit, Steve Bowen, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Shane Kimbrough and Greg...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Brian Enke Title: How to Live on Mars Author: Robert Zubrin NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 197...
The National Space Society and the Space Exploration Alliance are having the 2009 Legislative Blitz February 22-24 in Washington DC. Come to the Capitol and...
Here is an Interesting Physics article from New Scientist. I am posting it here for two reasons. First it discusses problems they are having with...
Note: This is not an National Space Society Initiative The Space Renaissance Initiative is working, together with other pro-space organizations and groups, to organize a...
Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Scott Gration is reportedly favored to be nominated as the next NASA Administrator according to MSNBC. His space experience was...
Giant Rockets Could Revolutionize Astronomy For comparison, he points out that Hubble is only 2.4 meters wide. Cool!! The Space Telescope Science Institute’s Marc...
Check out http://obamanasa.uservoice.com/ to vote nominate and comment on other peoples choices. Obama will most likely appoint a new NASA Administrator. Who would you like...
Today, I attended the Committee on Rationale and Goals of U.S. Civil Space Program meeting in Washington DC. Dr. Buzz Aldrin was testifying, (member of...
I am, Karen Cramer Shea. I have been around the Space Movement in many different capacites for my entire life. The first party I helped...
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.
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Space Ace: A Combat Pilot’s Journey from Vietnam to Beyond Earth Author:
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Return to Launch: Florida and America’s Space Industry Author: Stephen C. Smith Format:
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, June 18, 2026, 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm EST NOTE NEW TIME! The...
NASA announces prime crew for critical orbital test flight of lunar landers The National Space Society congratulates the four-person prime crew and backup astronaut selected...
The National Space Society urges NASA to move swiftly on the Commercial LEO Destinations RFP and commit to immediately fly astronauts on commercial stations upon...
