Book Review: The Music of Space
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Peter Spasov Title: The Music of Space: Scoring the Cosmos in Film and Television Author: Chris
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Cady Coleman and Scott Kelley in the Dragon Image Credit SpaceX This is the final entry concerning the second round of funding in the Commercial
Blue Origin Spacecraft Image Credit NASA Blue Origin Third in our series on the second round of funding in the Commercial Crew Development CCDev program
NASA HL 20 Image Credit NASA The second round of funding in the Commercial Crew Development CCDev program has been announced by NASA Sierra Nevada
Boeing CST 100 Image Credit Boeing NASA announced the second round of funding in the Commercial Crew Development CCDev program Boeing was the big winner
In recognition of SpaceX s groundbreaking year in 2010 with the successful launch of two Falcon 9 rockets and the safe return of its Dragon
Falcon Heavy will lift more than twice as much as any other launch vehicle See video of full press conference WASHINGTON Today Elon Musk CEO
Falcon 9 Lunar Mission Image Credit Astrobotic Technology Astrobotic Technology Inc a spinoff from Carnegie Mellon University announced the signing of a contract with SpaceX
The most recent issue of Science News 18 December 2010 has the following notes from 17 December 1960 HEAVY SHIELD UNNECESSARY Heavy shielding as protection
The Falcon 9 rocket performed nearly flawlessly The roll attitude was solid through the entire flight The first stage sep was without impingement The
Today SpaceX became the first commercial company in history to re enter a spacecraft from low Earth orbit SpaceX launched its Dragon spacecraft into low
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
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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
