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Appointed to Seat Left Vacant by Passing of Long-Serving NSS Officer Mark Hopkins On July 12, Gabriel Rothblatt, a longtime space settlement advocate, political figure,...
A total of 26,725 students participated in the 2023 NSS Gerard K. O’Neill Space Settlement Contest with 4,567 entries from 19 countries around the world....
The National Space Society invites you to the next NSS Town Hall Thursday, July 20, 2023, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT NSS Senior Leadership...
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, July 13, 2023, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EST The Space Fair and...
The Sub-Orbital Journey Presages an Age of Space Tourism On June 29, Virgin Galactic flew its first entirely commercial mission, dubbed “Galactic 01.” The suborbital...
By Burt Dicht, NSS Managing Director of Membership Astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman in space when she flew aboard the Challenger on...
As the 27th Nation to Sign the Accords, India Brings Significant Scientific and Industrial Strengths to the Moon Program Image: Indian Ambassador Taranjit Sandhu signs...
The Guayaquil Space Society Promoted Ecuador’s Joining of NASA-Led Lunar Coalition Image: Gustavo Manrique Miranda, Ecuador’s foreign affairs minister, signs the Artemis Accords in a...
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, June 22, 2023, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EST How Science Keeps Earth...
There have been two significant advances in space solar power reported this month, in one of which NSS played a role. NSS and the space...
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: John J. Vester Title: Well, Doc, You’re In: Freeman Dyson’s Journey through the Universe Editor: David Kaiser Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages: 304...
Image: Office of Space Commerce website (U.S. Government). Dale Skran, NSS Chief Operating Officer, and David Huntsman, Board member of the Alliance for Space Development...
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...
