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NSS Enterprise in Space Orbiter Design Contest The NASA Space Shuttle Enterprise never made it to orbit While that was the original intent subsequent redesigns

Category Non Fiction Reviewed by Ted Spitzmiller Title Space Pioneers In Their Own Words Author Loretta Hall NSS Amazon link for this book Format Paperback

Category Fiction Reviewed by Susan Raizer Title The Quantum Thief Author Hannu Rajaniemi NSS Amazon link for this book Format Hardcover Paperback Kindle Audible Pages

Category Children s Book Reviewed by Marianne Dyson Title The Planet Thieves Author Dan Krokos Ages 10 to YA NSS Amazon link for this book

Category Children s Book Reviewed by Robert A Lee Title Ringworld The Graphic Novel Part One Author Robert Mandell and Larry Niven Illustrator Sean Lam

Category Non Fiction Reviewed by Allen G Taylor Title The X 15 Rocket Plane Flying the First Wings into Space Author Michelle Evans NSS Amazon

Category Fiction Reviewed by Robert A Lee Title Pillar to the Sky Author William R Forstchen NSS Amazon link for this book Format Hardcover Paperback

Category Non Fiction Reviewed by Ted Spitzmiller Title Digital Apollo Human and Machine in Spaceflight Author David A Mindell NSS Amazon link for this book

Category Fiction Reviewed by Marianne Dyson Title The Attempt The Martian Manifesto Book One Author Bob Lee NSS Amazon link for this book Format Paperback

Category Non Fiction Reviewed by Allen G Taylor Title The Plundering of NASA An Exposé Author R D Boozer NSS Amazon link for this book

Category Non Fiction Reviewed by Clifford R McMurray From Ad Astra Summer 2014 Title The Astronaut Wives Club Author Lily Koppel NSS Amazon link for

Category Non Fiction Reviewed by Dale L Skran Jr From Ad Astra Summer 2014 Title Starship Century Toward the Grandest Horizon Editors James Benford and

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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

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