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Bloomberg Technology has published an interesting article on how 16 of the world s 500 richest people have invested in space https www bloomberg com

The National Space Society NSS congratulates SpaceX on the successful June 3 launch of a re used Dragon capsule from historic Launch Complex 39A at

The National Space Society NSS declares that in consideration of the achievements by SpaceX Blue Origin and Boeing over the past few years it is

SpaceX released the following statement February 27 We are excited to announce that SpaceX has been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip

The National Space Society congratulates SpaceX on the return to flight of the Falcon 9 on January 14 2017 at 12 54 pm EST successfully

Shortly before his death John Glenn wrote the following letter to Jeff Bezos UNITED STATES SENATOR Ret JOHN GLENN OHIO November 28 2016 Mr Jeff

On Saturday October 8th 2016 NSS organized a workshop directed at recommending a space policy to the new Administration Steve Jurvetson a partner at the

On October 17 2016 the upgraded Orbital ATK Antares rocket returned to flight following an October 14th 2014 launch accident The Antares is boosting a

On October 5 2016 for the fifth time Blue Origin 8217 s New Shepard rocket successfully flew to the edge of space and returned to

Elon Musk 8217 s complete talk at the International Astronautical Congress on September 27 2016

At today s meeting of the International Astronautical Congress IAC in Guadalajara Mexico Elon Musk CEO of Space X announced his bold plan to build

Deep Space Industries announced today its plans to fly the world s first commercial interplanetary mining mission Prospector 1 x2122 will fly to and rendezvous

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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

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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

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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