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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

© by Dale Skran NSS Chief Operating Officer Image NASA Lucy mission will fly by eight asteroids courtesy NASA You can t develop or settle

A grass roots media project involving some NSS members is now available on Amazon Prime 8220 50 50 Lunar Legends 8221 a new documentary about

By Jerome Glasnovic If you have a house with a basement and it was built before the 1980s if you look up in your basement

The new year opened with another first for the U S space program 8211 the successful flyby by New Horizons of the Kuiper Belt Object

By Trevor J Mills OSIRIS REx has just entered orbit around asteroid Bennu on New Year 8217 s Eve 2018 The Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource

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

The Twin Study propelled NASA into the genomics era of space travel It was a ground breaking study comparing what happened to astronaut Scott Kelly

The final chapter in a remarkable mission of exploration and discovery Cassini 8217 s Grand Finale ending September 15 is in many ways like a

The National Space Society celebrates the life and contributions of the visionary champion of space exploration Honorable Senator John Glenn who passed away today 8220

The National Space Society congratulates Dr Alan Stern on winning the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal This award is the highest honor that NASA can

By NSS Member Bradley Williams It was a chilly December morning I was 10 years old and sitting on the cold hard floor of my

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Category Nonfiction Reviewed by John J Vester Title Nuclear Rockets To the Moon and Mars Author Manfred Dutch von Ehrenfried Format Paperback Kindle Pages 270

Partially Successful Flight Reached Space and Demonstrated New Hot Staging System The National Space Society congratulates SpaceX on the second test of its Starship Super

Ad Astra the NSS quarterly print digital and audio magazine has won a 2023 MARCOM Gold Award The awards are given yearly for 8220 Excellence

By Jennifer Muntz NSS Member Coordinator On October 10th an inspiring breakfast event took flight at the Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space

By Grant Henriksen NSS Policy Committee Benefit sharing is a concept that refers to the distribution of benefits derived from the exploration and use of

People residing and working in space space settlements or on long duration space flights will need to produce infrastructures and food to maintain healthy lifestyles

Image Artist s concept of the Blue Moon lander Credit Blue Origin Second Human Landing System Contract Encourages Competition and Innovation The National Space Society