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With a successful launch on July 18 at 12 45 AM EST 2016 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station SpaceX

Below are two 5 minute videos about the reusable rocket development program of SpaceX The first video shows the live coverage of the first successful

Elon Musk has made it clear that his mission with SpaceX is to colonize Mars and to help humanity become a multi planet species Jeff

From Dale Skran NSS Executive Vice President A lot of things are happening related to space that don 8217 t get covered by the mainstream

On January 22 2016 two months after Blue Origin 8217 s New Shepard rocket first successfully flew to the edge of space and returned to

NSS congratulates Orbital ATK Cygnus Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser and SpaceX Dragon 2 for being selected to provide cargo services to the International Space Station

With a successful launch on December 21 at 8 29 PM EST 2015 SpaceX achieved several dramatic milestones while returning to flight following the loss

On December 6 2015 at 4 44 pm EST a United Launch Alliance ULA Atlas V rocket launched an Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo spacecraft to

Commentary by Dale Skran NSS Board of Directors Over the last few years amazing progress has been made in space technology but with a curious

On November 23 2015 Blue Origin 8217 s New Shepard rocket successfully flew to the edge of space reaching the Karman line 100 km 329

Van Horn Texas 8211 November 24 2015 8211 Blue Origin today announced that its New Shepard space vehicle successfully flew to space reaching its planned

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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

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