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Image: JAXA astronaut Norishige Kanai with the Made in Space ZBLAN machine, courtesy NASA. By Dale Skran According to sources inside Made in Space, the...

Illustration by Akihiro Ikeshita (C) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) By Trevor Mills What is Hayabusa2? Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2 (“Peregrine Falcon” in Japanese) is a...

Here is a roundup of publicity from the National Space Society’s 2018 International Space Development Conference   BEZOS https://www.geekwire.com/2018/jeff-bezos-isdc-space-vision/ Jeff Bezos: ‘We will have to...

The 11-minute video below by an outfit called Startup Division depicts the formidable competition that Space-X is and will be facing for lowered launch costs....

A Magazine Review by Dale L Skran, NSS Executive Vice President The July 30, 2018 issue of Business Week is a special issue devote entirely...

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity third powered flight on July 26th 2018. Image courtesy of Virgin Galactic. By Bob Brodbeck Less than two months after the...

Artist’s concept of the Big Falcon Spaceship (BFS) docked with the International Space Station. Image credit: SpaceX. OPINION by Dale Skran, NSS Executive Vice President...

Image: New Shepard payload customers at the landing site after the previous Mission 8. Image courtesy Blue Origin. By Bob Brodbeck An important milestone in...

The NSS Policy Committee has endorsed a new initiative defining a set of: 2018 Milestones to Space Development (PDF slide set) Volunteers are solicited to...

By Dale Skran, NSS Executive Vice President For Banglasdesh, today marked the launch of the first Bangladeshi satellite, a significant milestone for the poverty-stricken nation....

Text and photos by Alla Malko, PhD On September 26, 2016 3,000 delegates from 80 countries gathered in Guadalajara, Mexico, for the 67th International Astronautical...

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