
Book Review: In Search of Falling Stars
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: John Vester Title: In Search of Falling Stars: H.H. Nininger’s Classic Find a Falling Star, Revisited
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By Gary Barnhard & Uma Shri Verma Being in space and looking down at the Earth, astronauts are hit with an astounding reality: our planet
From ABC World News Tonight, May 21, 2015
And Space Adventures plans to sell flights on the CST-100, having recently signed a contract with Boeing to that effect. No word yet on cost
Virgin Galactic, the world’s first commercial spaceline owned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and Abu Dhabi’s aabar Investments PJS, completed the first rocket-powered flight
The latest paper in the NSS Journal of Space Settlement is “Paths to Space Settlement” by Al Globus. ABSTRACT A number of firms are developing
Global recording artist and UNESCO Artist for Peace Ambassador, Sarah Brightman, announced today in Moscow her intention to launch on a future orbital spaceflight mission
White Knight Two flyover of Spaceport America Terminal carrying SpaceShipTwo Image Credit: Barbara David The two mile runway at Spaceport America in New Mexico was
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Enterprise during its first free flight Image Credit: Virgin Galactic Commercial spaceflight took another step forward this past Sunday, 10 October 2010.
Space Experience Curacao has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with XCOR Aerospace to begin passenger flights of the Lynx suborbital spacecraft from this Caribbean island
Rocketplane, one of the NewSpace companies that tried to offer suborbital space tourism, quietly filed for liquidation in June. An excellent article in today’s Space
Former NSS Executive Director George Whitesides joins Virgin Galactic from his recent role as Chief of Staff of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: John Vester Title: In Search of Falling Stars: H.H. Nininger’s Classic Find a Falling Star, Revisited
By Dale SkranNSS Chief Operating Officer Category: FictionReviewed by: Dale SkranTitle: AuroraAuthor: Kim Stanley RobinsonFormat: Hardcover/Paperback/KindlePages: 480Publisher: OrbitDate: July 2015Retail
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Star Bound: A Beginner’s Guide to the American Space Program, from Goddard’s Rockets
Announcement: New in the NSS Space Settlement Journal Just published in the NSS Space Settlement Journal is a 90-page Critique
Image of Kalpana One space settlement courtesy Bryan Versteeg, spacehabs.com $32,000 in Cash Awards Given for Best Space-Related Business Plans — Deadline March 1, 2024
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 Publisher:
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 Heavy
Ad Astra, the NSS quarterly print, digital, and audio magazine, has won a 2023 MARCOM Gold Award. The awards are given yearly for “Excellence in
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. The
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 congratulates