Book Review: NASA’s Discovery Program
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: NASA’s Discovery Program: The First Twenty Years of Competitive Planetary Exploration Author: Susan
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By Dale Skran Rocket Lab had a great 2019 concluding with its 10th launch overall with six in 2019 alone All six launched from Rocket
By Dale Skran Chair of the Executive Committee National Space Society This article will only focus on Boeing activities that relate to space development not
Having just written a recap of SpaceX activities in 2019 it seemed natural to follow with a preview of 2020 In no particular order we
By Dale Skran Just by the numbers SpaceX had a terrible year only 13 launches down from 21 in 2018 and 18 in 2017 although
By Dale Skran With the setback just suffered by Boeing in which a Starliner launched and landed successfully photo above but proved unable to dock
By George Mancuso Since the Space Shuttle retirement in 2011 after 30 years of service NASA has relied on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft for crew
By Dale L Skran Copyright 2019 The deceptively simple term space settlement can become controversial among space advocates The purpose of this essay is to
By Bob Brodbeck After a one day delay due to high winds and then fog Blue Origin this morning Wednesday December 11th made its last
By Dale Skran Chair NSS Executive Committee I recently gave a talk titled 8220 New Rides to the Moon 8221 at the Morris Museum Astronomical
By Dale Skran Copyright 2019 On October 9th a Russian Proton lofted Northrup Grumman s first satellite life extension vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
From Dale Skran Chair of the NSS Executive Committee Karlton Johnson Chairman of the Board of Governors of the National Space Society has a great
By Dale Skran On the evening of Saturday September 28th Elon Musk provided an exciting update on Starship progress at Boca Chica Texas By the
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: NASA’s Discovery Program: The First Twenty Years of Competitive Planetary Exploration Author: Susan
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Peter Spasov Title: The Music of Space: Scoring the Cosmos in Film and Television Author: Chris
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Peter Spasov Title: Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos Author: Lisa
Category: Children’s Books Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: An Unlikely Astronaut Author: Susan Kilrain with Francis French Illustrator: Becky Hardy
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
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