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Wide Ranging Presentations Highlight the Complexities Facing Private and National Space Actors Image Space policy panel participants L to R Namrata Goswami Leah Cheli Ed

This week on September 12 the Orbital Sustainability Act of 2022 ORBITS Act was introduced to the Senate The bipartisan bill championed by Senators Maria

The National Space Society NSS the American Institute of Aeronautics amp Astronautics AIAA and the Secure World Foundation SWF issue a joint letter on the

In July 2022 the U S Government issued its National Orbital Debris Implementation Plan Debris Plan to further address orbital debris challenges The National Space

NSS Pushes Enabling of Space Development at NASA Moon to Mars Objectives Workshop at Space Center Houston By John K Strickland NSS Board of Directors

The Urgently Needed NEO Surveyor Spacecraft to Detect Dangerous Asteroids Gets Political Boost Image NASA 8217 s NEO Surveyor spacecraft will identify and characterize asteroids

A former Executive Director of NSS and Deputy Administrator of NASA Garver has been a pivotal force in modern spaceflight and the ups and downs

The National Space Society and Planetary Society Issue Joint Statement on the Urgent Need to Fund Planetary Defense The National Space Society based in Washington

The NSS Campaign to Save NEO Surveyor Near Earth Object Surveyor Mission By Jonathan Dagle NSS Planetary Defense Program Manager Asteroids have been striking the

The National Space Society NSS strongly condemns the anti satellite ASAT test that Russia conducted on November 15 2021 Russia s intentional destruction of one

Important Call to Action for Space Settlement and Development A major report from the State of the Space Industrial Base 2021 Workshop held in New

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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