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The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, August 11, 2022, 8:00 to 9:15 PM EDT Direct Fusion Drive for Space...

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: John J. Vester Title: Holdout Author: Jeffrey Kluger Format: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle Pages: 352 Publisher: Dutton Date: August 2022 Retail Price:...

By Richard Howard On July 22, 2022, the Planetary Society held a Webinar event celebrating the three year anniversary of the solar sail deployment of...

Nichelle Nichols, famed “Star Trek” actor, NASA promoter, and equal rights activist passed away on July 30. Besides her stereotype-breaking role as Lieutenant Nyota Uhura...

Working Group Evaluates Objectives for Human Exploration and Development of the Moon and Mars On June 28 and 29, 2022, a delegation from the National...

Funds From the Club for the Future to be Distributed to Space STEM-Based Education Programs Image: Students participate in hands-on learning by launching a weather...

By Dale Skran Most NSS members take it for granted that the term “space development” is widely understood. After all, we have been running the...

The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, July 21, 2022, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT Escaping Gravity: My Quest...

By Joseph M. Rauscher NSS Board of Directors NSS Space Solar Power Program Manager Image: SPS-ALPHA concept courtesy John C. Mankins. Space Solar Power (SSP)...

NSS Pushes Enabling of Space Development at NASA Moon-to-Mars Objectives Workshop at Space Center Houston By John K. Strickland NSS Board of Directors In May...

The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, July 14, 2022, 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm EDT Technology Demonstrator Mission for...

This is a riveting biography of the first astronaut, Soviet Lt. Yuri Gagarin, to orbit the Earth in 1961. The author has an exceptional ability...
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