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The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, October 27, 2022, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT From Fashion to Space:...
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: John J. Vester Title: A Portrait of the Scientist as a young Woman: A Memoir Author: Lindy Elkins-Tanton NSS Amazon link...
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: John J. Vester Title: SpaceX: Starship to Mars – The First 20 Years Author: Erik Seedhouse NSS Amazon link for this...
National Space Society Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board of Directors member Dale Skran will be the guest at the next NSS Iowa...
The International Space Elevator Consortium is conducting a student challenge contest to create/describe a space mission that would be made possible or greatly enhanced by...
By Robin Scott Clayton Anderson, author of The Ordinary Spaceman and other books, Expedition-15 Crew member Expedition-15 Crew member (spent 152 days on the International...
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, October 13, 2022, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT From Earth to Orbit...
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Peter Spasov Title: Life in Space: NASA Life Sciences Research During the Late Twentieth Century Author: Maura Phillips Mackowski NSS Amazon...
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: The Big Book of Mars Author: Marc Hartzman NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 253...
We would like to share with you this great 30-minute interview of Jared Isaacman, commander of last year’s Inspiration4 mission and commander of the Polaris...
By Dale Skran In 2015 I wrote an article for Ad Astra titled “New to Flight: Reducing the Cost of Access to Space,” which reviewed...
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.
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Space Ace: A Combat Pilot’s Journey from Vietnam to Beyond Earth Author:
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...
