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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

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

Artist 8217 s concept of the Big Falcon Spaceship BFS docked with the International Space Station Image credit SpaceX OPINION by Dale Skran NSS Executive

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 8217 s affiliate the International Space Elevator Consortium we have substantially updated and expanded our Space Elevator Library Check it

Boeing version Trailer for 8220 Journey to Space 8221 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

SpaceX released the following statement July 23 Following last week 8217 s successful launch of six ORBCOMM satellites the Falcon 9 rocket s first stage

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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

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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

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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