Reach for the Stars Rocket Competition National Winners Honored by NSS
Contestants (ages 10 to 18) in the 13th annual Reach for the Stars ~ National Rocket Competition (www.RocketCompetition.com) built and launched their own solid-fuel powered rocket at an event held in their area. Over 2,000 kids were involved in local competitions held...
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NSS Representation in Baja California, Mexico
NSS Space Development Talk NSS Executive Vice President Alfred Anzaldua gave a talk to a group in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico about NSS priorities for space development, focusing on the need to build cislunar/lunar infrastructure and utilize space resources as a...
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What’s the Big Deal with Commercial Space Anyway?
Space Basics By Dale Skran (with a thank you to Stan Rosen, Randy Gigante, Hoyt Davidson, and Bruce Pittman for their suggestions!) Copyright 2019 A long time ago, the National Space Institute, one of two predecessor organizations (along with the L5 Society) to the...
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New NSS Position Paper on Space Debris Removal
In noting the parallels between debris or pollution in the seas of the world and debris in orbit, but also the lack of mechanisms in space for dealing with it, the NSS Policy Committee produced its latest policy paper, titled “Space Debris Removal, Salvage, and Use:...
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“New Rides to the Moon” Presentation Outlines Future Launch Vehicles
By Dale Skran, Chair, NSS Executive Committee I recently gave a talk titled "New Rides to the Moon" at the Morris Museum Astronomical Society in New Jersey (the link goes to my slides for the talk). The talk provided an update on new rockets suitable for lunar...
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A Spacewalking First
By Melissa Silva In what will likely be one of the final “firsts” in Earth-orbital spacewalking, at 7:38 a.m. EDT yesterday, astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir switched their spacesuits to internal power and made history, conducting the first all-female...
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Satellite Life Extension Becomes a Real Thing
By Dale Skran Copyright 2019 On October 9th, a Russian Proton lofted Northrup Grumman’s first satellite life-extension vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) is designed to extend the life of satellites by providing...
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The National Space Society Mourns the Passing of Alexei Leonov, the First Spacewalker
Former Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, A Space Age pioneer and the first human to perform an extravehicular activity, or spacewalk, died today, October 11, at the age of 85. As part of the early cadre of Soviet cosmonauts, Leonov exited his Voskhod 2 spacecraft,...
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Spread the Word: Space Development Benefits Earth
From Dale Skran, Chair of the NSS Executive Committee: Karlton Johnson, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the National Space Society, has a great Op-Ed at Space.com titled "Spread the Word: Space Development Benefits Earth." I urge every NSS member to read and...
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SpaceX “Level of Enthusiasm” as viewed by NASA
Opinion by Dale L. Skran Just before Elon Musk made his impressive Starship progress update, NASA Administrator Bridenstine tweeted out the following: This statement left space advocates scratching their heads about what it might mean. There’s been a lot of...
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SpaceX’s Next Trifecta
By Dale Skran On the evening of Saturday September 28th, Elon Musk provided an exciting update on Starship progress at Boca Chica, Texas. By the time you read this, you’ll have probably seen some good articles in the space press summarizing the talk (the entire talk...
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NSS Congratulates Administrator Bridenstine for Moving NEOCam Mission into a Funded Initial Construction Phase as the “NEOSM Mission”
On September 25, the National Space Society delivered a letter (image below) to NASA Administrator Bridenstine congratulating him and his Science Mission Team for creating a robust budget line dedicated to planetary defense, one which includes full funding for the...
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