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Book Review: Holdout
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: John J. Vester Title: Holdout Author: Jeffrey Kluger NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle Pages: 352 Publisher: Dutton Date: August 2022 Retail Price: $26.00/$17.00/$11.99 ISBN: 978-0593184714 In Holdout,...
LightSail 2: A Major Accomplishment in Solar Sail Technology
By Richard Howard On July 22, 2022, the Planetary Society held a Webinar event celebrating the three year anniversary of the solar sail deployment of the Society-built LightSail 2 spacecraft. The LightSail 2 made history by becoming the first spacecraft to change its...
National Space Society Mourns the Passing of NSS Governor Nichelle Nichols
Nichelle Nichols, famed "Star Trek" actor, NASA promoter, and equal rights activist passed away on July 30. Besides her stereotype-breaking role as Lieutenant Nyota Uhura on the original "Star Trek" series and a long roster of Star Trek movies, Nichols worked...
NASA Workshop Solicits Human Space Exploration Input from NSS Delegation
Working Group Evaluates Objectives for Human Exploration and Development of the Moon and Mars On June 28 and 29, 2022, a delegation from the National Space Society (NSS) was invited to present to NASA's "Moon to Mars Objectives Workshop" at Space Center Houston,...
NSS Announces Three New STEM Education Grants
Funds From the Club for the Future to be Distributed to Space STEM-Based Education Programs Image: Students participate in hands-on learning by launching a weather balloon with Atlantis Educational Services, an NSS grant recipient. Credit: SpaceTrek. The National...
NEW SPACE BASICS: What is Space Development?
By Dale Skran Most NSS members take it for granted that the term “space development” is widely understood. After all, we have been running the International Space Development Conference since 1982, so it has to be well understood, right? Sadly, this is not the case. A...
NSS Forum July 21: Lori Garver
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, July 21, 2022, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age Register for this Space Forum With Special Guest: Lori Garver Founder of Earthrise...
Space Solar Power Featured at ISDC 2022
By Joseph M. Rauscher NSS Board of Directors NSS Space Solar Power Program Manager Image: SPS-ALPHA concept courtesy John C. Mankins. Space Solar Power (SSP) is receiving renewed worldwide attention as the projected cost has dropped by orders of magnitude in recent...
NSS Participates in NASA Moon to Mars Objectives Workshop
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 In May of 2022 I received an emailed request from NASA to respond to a list of “Moon to Mars Objectives.” This seemed...
NSS Space Forum July 14: Fast Solar Wind Sailing
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, July 14, 2022, 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm EDT Technology Demonstrator Mission for Fast Solar Wind Sailing With Special Guest Jeff Greason Since we are using the Huntsville Chapter account, no reservation...
Book Review: Beyond
This is a riveting biography of the first astronaut, Soviet Lt. Yuri Gagarin, to orbit the Earth in 1961. The author has an exceptional ability to portray events, many of which are not well known. For example, Chief designer Sergei Korolev couldn’t sleep the night before the mission as he knew of the many weak and potentially fatal aspects of the spacecraft and its booster.
Space in the Seventies: Shuttle-Landsat? A Tantalizing What-If
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. During one brief, shining moment, Landsat crossed paths with the airplane-spaceship-cargo vessel approved the same year the first of its kind was launched.
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