Featured Articles:
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THINKING INSIDE THE BOX: NASA Successes
By Anthony Paustian, Ph.D.
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CALLING SPACE CORPS: We Have New Orders
By Mark Armstrong
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EILEEN COLLINS:
Soaring to Ever Greater Heights
By Melissa Silva
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DEE O’HARA:
First Nurse to the Astronauts
By Melissa Silva
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WOMEN IN CHARGE:
THREE AEROSPACE LEADERS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Marianne Dyson, Dr. Tanya Harrison, Michelle Lucas
By Emily Carney
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STORY TIME ON THE ISS
By Melissa Silva
32
A SUIT FOR THE SHUTTLE
By Francis French
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2019 ISDC HIGHLIGHTS
By Rod Pyle
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APOLLO 9: A Q&A WITH ASTRONAUT RUSTY SCHWEICKART
By Nancy Atkinson
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ASTROSOCIOLOGY:
EXPLORING THE HUMAN DIMENSION OF OUTER SPACE
By Jim Pass, Ph.D.
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WHY RETURN TO THE MOON, THIS TIME TO STAY?
By Mark Hopkins
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HOMESTEADING NEW WORLDS
By Kyla Edison
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STILL SEEKING NEW HORIZONS:
A FIRST LOOK AT WORLDS BEYOND PLUTO
By Steve Campbell
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FINDING YOUR PLACE IN NEWSPACE
By Melissa Silva
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ISDC’S MOTIVE FORCE: VOLUNTEERS IN ACTION
By Rod Pyle
Departments:
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From the Editor: THE WOMEN IN SPACE ISSUE
By Rod Pyle
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From the Chairman of the Board of Governors
THE PATH FORWARD
By Karlton Johnson
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NSS Chapter News
WHAT MAKES AWARD WINNERS OF NSS CHAPTERS AND LEADERS?
By Claire Stephens McMurray
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THE NSS AWARDS AT ISDC 2019
By John Strickland
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BOOKS
The Astronaut Maker: How One Mysterious Engineer Ran Human Spaceflight for a Generation, by Michael Cassutt
Reviewed by Martin Lollar
Incredible Stories from Space: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Missions Changing Our View of the Cosmos, by Nancy Atkinson
Reviewed by Loretta Hall
TV Documentary: Apollo’s New Moon
Reviewed by Rod Pyle
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NSS CHAPTERS