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Space development has been good for the environment. It was a satellite that detected the ozone hole in the atmosphere, and today that hole is...

The Space Movement is about more than space: it is about a hopeful future for humanity. You can expect to hear the term Space Movement...

Opinion by Dale Skran, NSS COO Image: Blue Origin team after the July 20 successful flight. Courtesy Blue Origin. The age of space tourism at...

“For All Humankind,” featuring three National Space Society Governors, provides a fresh look at the first Moon landing. A new nonfiction book relives the incredible...

Dale Skran, Chair of the NSS Executive Committee (equivalent of our CEO), was interviewed by U.S. News and World Report for their article “SpaceX Faces...

By Claire McMurray Photos by Keith Zacharski, National Space Society The ISDC 2018 conference kicked off with a Felicitation Ceremony performed by Avinash Shirode, President...

The NSS Space Ambassadors Program is a venue to allow people worldwide to communicate the benefits of space exploration to our daily lives and to...

NSS Senior Vice President and Senior Operating Officer Bruce Pittman was featured on The Space Show on October 13, speaking for 90 minutes on the...

The National Space Society and the International Space Elevator Consortium signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 15 August 2013. This understanding between these 501(c)(3) organizations...

The Space Show featured two speakers from the National Space Society on May 14 and the archived presentation is now online. The speakers were Dr....

NSS is proud to announce that nearly 700 backers from over 20 nations have considerably exceeded our funding milestone of $35,000 in our first-ever Kickstarter...

It is with deep sadness that we announce the untimely death of our Blog Editor, Dr. David Fischer. NSS Director Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto has written...

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Book Review: Designing Farms in Space

Meyer’s academic textbook is loaded with numerous photographs, diagrams, charts, and graphs. There are chapters on subjects such as farm machines, animal and fungi production, plant and algae production, and space menus. The farming techniques outlined in the book can be applied to lunar, Martian, or rotating space settlements.

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