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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...
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...
