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Inside the 45th Weather Squadron’s Critical Role in Space LaunchesForecast for Crew-9 Launch Currently FavorableImage: 45th Weather Squadron Control Room. Credit: Robert Sherman, Fox News

Image: View from Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity December 13th, 2018 (courtesy of Virgin Galactic). By Bob Brodbeck A historic milestone in space development, and especially

By George Mancuso On September 16, 2014, NASA awarded Boeing and SpaceX contracts to provide crewed launch services to the International Space Station (ISS). For

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.

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: SpaceX Trifecta: Falcon Heavy, Falcon 9 Block 5, Dragon 2 By Dale Skran, NSS Executive Vice President Copyright 2018 SpaceX has three major goals

Thanks to National Space Society’s affiliate the International Space Elevator Consortium, we have substantially updated and expanded our Space Elevator Library. Check it out!

Boeing version: Trailer for “Journey to Space” IMAX 3D film opening February 2015. SpaceX version: Animation of Falcon Heavy launch with booster return.

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has announced a design for an integrated system for human spaceflight that can be launched to low Earth orbit (LEO) using

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