Tour of the Moon in 4K
Check out this great new 5-minute video in 4K showing lunar highlights thanks to data provided by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. As attention is being turned back to the Moon, this video is a great reminder of how much remains to be understood. This...
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National Space Society Honors JPL’s Voyager Team: “Humans have never before reached so far”
For 40 years, two small spacecraft launched in 1977 have sped past the planets in our solar system and beyond, carrying humanity’s messages etched on gold disks. Their journey into the depths of interstellar space will continue indefinitely. To honor this...
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The SpaceX Triple Trifecta
Image: SpaceX Trifecta: Falcon Heavy, Falcon 9 Block 5, Dragon 2 By Dale Skran, NSS Executive Vice President Copyright 2018 SpaceX has three major goals for 2018: Bring the Falcon Heavy to operational status Bring the Block 5 Falcon 9 to operational status Bring the...
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The National Space Society Honors Jeff Bezos with the Gerard K. O’Neill Memorial Award
The National Space Society has named Jeff Bezos its 2018 recipient of the prestigious Gerard K. O'Neill Memorial Award for Space Settlement Advocacy to be awarded at the Society’s yearly conference in May 2018. "Jeff Bezos has articulated exactly what our thousands of...
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Falcon Heavy Highlights (2-minute video)
Go to NSS Blog post for 2-minute video of Falcon Heavy highlights.
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National Space Society to Present Space Pioneer Award to SETI Astronomer Frank Drake
Dr. Frank Drake is the winner of the National Space Society's 2018 Space Pioneer Award for Science and Engineering. This award honors the work he has done as a professional astronomer, especially as a radio astronomer, technical advisor for the Golden Record on the...
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Freeman Dyson, Famed Physicist, Wins the National Space Society’s Prestigious Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Award
National Space Society members have voted to give Freeman Dyson the prestigious Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Award. This award honors the work he has done as a ground-breaking physicist and mathematician, and as a major thought leader in the science and space...
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The Cassini and Huygens Teams Win the National Space Society’s 2018 Space Pioneer Awards for Science and Engineering
The NASA and European Space Agency Cassini and Huygens Teams are the winners of the National Space Society’s 2018 Space Pioneer Awards for Science and Engineering. Saturn has been revealed to science in great detail at last by the Cassini-Huygens mission. The mission...
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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Test Flight Brings National Space Society’s Vision of a Return to the Moon and a Spacefaring Civilization Closer
The National Space Society (NSS) congratulates SpaceX on the first flight of the Falcon Heavy (FH). At 3:45 pm EST yesterday, the most powerful U.S. liquid-fueled rocket to fly since the Saturn V roared off Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida...
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NASA Twins Study Confirms Preliminary Findings
The Twin Study propelled NASA into the genomics era of space travel. It was a ground-breaking study comparing what happened to astronaut Scott Kelly, in space, to his identical twin brother, Mark, who remained on Earth. The perfect nature versus nurture study was...
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Book Review: The NASA Letters
The NASA Letters, by Don A. Nelson. One man’s fight for a commercially run, automated Space Shuttle. Reviewed by Robert A. Lee.
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Sean Hargreaves, Star Trek Movie Concept Designer, Wins National Space Society’s 2018 Space Pioneer Award for Art
The National Space Society’s Space Pioneer Award for Art will be presented to Star Trek® motion picture concept designer Sean Hargreaves. This award honors the work he has done in the motion picture industry, especially for design work on the huge space city and Star...
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