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A Small Announcement May Have Large Consequences for Space Development The National Space Society (NSS) enthusiastically supports NASA’s September 10 announcement to purchase Moon rocks...

By Grant Haas, NSS Legal Fellow Is commercial space travel just for the wealthy? Aren’t private equity firms jumping at the chance to invest in...

The National Space Society looks forward to the swift confirmation of Dr. Greg Autry as the incoming Chief Financial Officer of NASA. Dr. Autry’s hands-on...

Archaeology and spaceflight are two things most people rarely ever mention in the same sentence. One is associated with excavating the ground below to learn...
The Shiva Encounter is a sequel to Cook’s Arcadia Mars and The Aquila Mission. Shiva is a one-hundred kilometer asteroid with a one in fifty...

The National Space Society (NSS) is pleased to announce the creation of the NSS Legal Fellows program, an unprecedented opportunity for exceptional law students with...

The National Space Society (NSS) strongly supports the decision by the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) to recommend, in line with the 2018 Space...

Few people had as good a view of the adventurous Shuttle years as Patrick Mullane, son of Shuttle astronaut Mike Mullane. The book takes readers...

By Dale Skran Copyright 2020 On August 18, 2020, a SpaceX rocket roared into orbit with the 12th Falcon 9 flight of the year. This...

Bernard Kutter, the Manager of Advanced Programs at United Launch Alliance, passed away unexpectedly on August 12 from a reported heart attack. Kutter was Manager...

This Space Available, By Emily Carney. A previous installment of This Space Available discussed Dr. Brian O’Leary’s ubiquity in op-eds and media before and after...

By Dale Skran SpaceX has had a great week. Early on the morning of August 7, a Falcon 9 launched a batch of Starlink satellites,...

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