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NSS Makes the Case for Facilitating Sustainability on Earth by Expanding Humanity into Space On September 15, 2023, the National Space Society, in partnership with...
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts Author: Loren Grush Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages: 432...
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, September 14, 2023, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EST NASA New Technologies: On-Orbit...
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...
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Peter Spasov Title: The Boy Who Reached for the Stars: A Memoir Author: Elio Morillo with Cecilia Molinari Format: Hardcover, Kindle...
Image: The Moon’s surface from Chandrayaan-3. Credit: ISRO. NSS Indian Chapters Jubilant Over Successful Touchdown Just a few days after Russia’s Luna 26 lander apparently...
By Lynne Zielinski NSS Vice President of Education Embark on a visual journey into the future! Students ages 10-25 are invited to share their VISION...
Photo: Pluto as imaged by New Horizons, the first spacecraft to do so. Credit: NASA/SWRI/JHUAPL. Plans Include Dismissal of Current Science Staff—National Space Society Urges...
Past Award Winners Include an X-15 Pilot, Astronauts, Test Pilots, and Other Aerospace Luminaries On August 15, 2023, National Space Society Chief Executive Officer Anita...
Update: This position has been filled. Are you passionate about space exploration and advocacy? The National Space Society is seeking a Volunteer Advocacy Manager to...
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, August 17, 2023, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EST Automated Additive Construction: Building...
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, August 10, 2023, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EST Astronaut Scholar Space Panel...
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...
