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Image NSS COO Dale Skran stands next to Representative Summer Lee D PA during March Storm By Jonathan Dagle NSS Policy Committee Chair March Storm

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

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

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

NASA photo Feb 1974 8220 Scientist astronaut Edward G Gibson science pilot for the Skylab 4 mission demonstrates the effects of zero gravity as he

This year the space community lost many notables including Gene Cernan Dick Gordon and Paul Weitz pictured aboard Skylab NASA photo June 1973 8220 Astronaut

From NASA 8220 In the shadow of Saturn unexpected wonders appear The robotic Cassini spacecraft now orbiting Saturn drifted in giant planet 8217 s shadow

8220 The NOAA NASA satellite GOES 16 captured this geocolor image of Hurricane Irma passing the eastern end of Cuba at about 8 00

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center MSFC image the Sun 8217 s corona observed by Skylab The corona in real color would actually be white this

Venus the enigma of the Solar System and Island of Clouds 8217 target Gerald Brennan 8217 s newest book supposes NASA sent astronauts on a

NASA image 8220 Mariner 4 image the first close up image ever taken of Mars This shows an area about 330 km across by 1200

Viking 1 surveys the 8220 Big Joe 8221 rock at Chryse Planitia NASA image You should go there it is so nice Mars You should

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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