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National Space Society Mourns the Passing of Brad Blair
NewSpace Visionary was Instrumental in Furthering Plans for Lunar ISRU The National Space Society mourns the passing of Brad Blair, a longtime collaborator with the organization. Blair died unexpectedly last week. "Brad Blair was a longtime contributor to the vision...
NSS Helps Fund Expanding Frontier’s Brownsville Summer Entrepreneur Academy
National Space Society and Club for the Future to Support Youth Development Program in South Texas Image: Participants in the Expanding Frontiers program view a solar eclipse. Credit: Expanding Frontiers. The National Space Society is pleased to announce its selection...
Book Review: Escaping Gravity
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 of that journey are well related in this no-holds-barred book.
Fred Haise’s Autobiography Illuminates Untold Stories in Space History
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. Fred Haise has probably experienced more near-misses and “what-ifs” than any other astronaut in spaceflight history.
Prominent Space Organizations Join in Support of NASA’s NEO Surveyor Asteroid-Finder
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, D.C., recently partnered with the Planetary Society, based in Pasadena, CA, to create a joint statement...
“For All Mankind” Season Opener Underscores Price of Human Progress
This Space Available, by Emily Carney. The newest season of For All Mankind continues to spotlight that no human is immune to the sometimes-ugly price of progress, and this time, the “stage” has been extended to space settlements and Mars.
NASA’s Planetary Defense Telescope (NEOSM) is Too Important to Cut
The NSS Campaign to Save NEOSM (Near-Earth Object Surveyor Mission) By Jonathan Dagle, NSS Planetary Defense Program Manager Asteroids have been striking the Earth for millions of years, and it is only a matter of “when” the next impact will occur, not “if.” Since the...
Book Review: Never Panic Early
Of the 24 men who flew to the Moon in Project Apollo, almost all the still-surviving astronauts have published autobiographies. Fred Haise is one of the last to tell his story, and since he was the lunar module pilot on the ill-fated Apollo 13, it’s quite a tale.
Book Review: Hubble, Humason and the Big Bang
Edwin Hubble and Milton Humason. One is the namesake of a legendary space telescope. The other is virtually unknown outside the astronomy world. Combined, this unlikely duo changed humanity’s understanding of how the universe began.
Report on Sacramento Chapter Breakfast on the Moon Event
Sacramento L5 Society (SacL5) Breakfast on the Moon Celebrates Apollo 16 with a Discussion of Space Archaeology By Robin Scott SacL5 Society hosted and SacL5 President Joseph Bland moderated the Apollo 16 50th Anniversary Celebration of Breakfast on the Moon (see full...
Polaris Dawn: The Other Shoe Revisited
A Meditation By Dale Skran Image: Polaris Dawn crew courtesy SpaceX. On February 11th, 2022 Elon Musk gave his long-awaited Starship update, and for some of us it was a bit of a snooze. He provided details about progress on the Raptor 2, but there was very little...
NSS Space Forum June 16: Becoming Off-Worldly
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, June 16, 2022, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT Becoming Off-Worldly: Preparing for Your Future Spaceflight Journey Register for this Space Forum With Special Guest: Laura Forczyk, Owner – Astralytical...
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