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This Space Available, By Emily Carney. A new book reveals unseen facets of 1969's Apollo 9 mission.

National Space Society Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board of Directors member Dale Skran will be the guest at the next NSS Iowa

The International Space Elevator Consortium is conducting a student challenge contest to create/describe a space mission that would be made possible or greatly enhanced by

By Robin Scott Clayton Anderson, author of The Ordinary Spaceman and other books, Expedition-15 Crew member Expedition-15 Crew member (spent 152 days on the International

The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, October 13, 2022, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT From Earth to Orbit

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Peter Spasov Title: Life in Space: NASA Life Sciences Research During the Late Twentieth Century Author: Maura Phillips Mackowski NSS Amazon

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: The Big Book of Mars Author: Marc Hartzman NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 253

We would like to share with you this great 30-minute interview of Jared Isaacman, commander of last year’s Inspiration4 mission and commander of the Polaris

By Dale Skran In 2015 I wrote an article for Ad Astra titled “New to Flight: Reducing the Cost of Access to Space,” which reviewed

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test Has Successfully Met Its Target Image: Photo of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos seconds before the DART spacecraft crashed into it.

The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, September 29, 2022, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT Space is a Cool

By Lynne F. Zielinski Vice President of Education, National Space Society National Space Educator Award Chair, National Space Club The National Space Society is happy

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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

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