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National Space Educator Award: Apply by November 30
By Lynne F. Zielinski Vice President of Education, National Space Society National Space Educator Award Chair, National Space Club The National Space Society (NSS) is happy to support the National Space Club’s awards program. The National Space Club is currently...
NSS Iowa Chapter Presents “Live from the Moon”
The NSS Iowa Chapter invites you to join them for a video presentation chronicling the contributions of Iowa-based Collins Radio (now Collins Aerospace) to the early U.S. Space Program. The documentary program "Live from the Moon - The Collins Story - Connecting the...
NSS Pushes to Prevent Dramatic Downgrade of New Horizons Science Mission
NSS Joins with Beyond Earth Institute and Space Frontier Foundation to Prevent Devastating Budget Cuts The National Space Society recently joined forces with the Beyond Earth Institute and the Space Frontier Foundation to encourage NASA to rethink budget cuts to New...
NSS Co-Sponsors Space Elevator Academic Challenge 2024
The International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC), in conjunction with the National Space Society (NSS), is conducting a student academic challenge contest regarding the concept of space elevators. First prize is $2000 and a total of $7000 in prizes will be awarded....
NSS Advances a United Nations Sustainable Development Goal for Human Space Expansion
NSS Makes the Case for Facilitating Sustainability on Earth by Expanding Humanity into Space On September 15, 2023, the National Space Society, in partnership with Space Renaissance International (SRI), will host a joint session in New York City to advocate for the...
Book Review: The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts Author: Loren Grush Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages: 432 Publisher: Scribner Date: September 2023 Retail Price: $32.50/$16.99 ISBN: 978-1982172800...
Space Forum September 14: New NASA Technologies
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, September 14, 2023, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EST NASA New Technologies: On-Orbit Servicing and Manufacturing Register for this Space Forum with Although servicing of satellites has been theoretically...
NSS “Live in a Healthy Space” Student Design Competition
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. The National Space Society’s “Live in a Healthy Space” Design Competition challenges middle and...
Book Review: The Boy Who Reached for the Stars
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Peter Spasov Title: The Boy Who Reached for the Stars: A Memoir Author: Elio Morillo with Cecilia Molinari Format: Hardcover, Kindle Pages: 208 Publisher: HarperOne Date: June 2023 Retail Price: $28.99/$12.99 ISBN: 978-0063214316...
NSS Applauds India’s Chandrayaan 3 Landing on Lunar South Pole
Image: The Moon's surface from Chandrayaan-3. Credit: ISRO. NSS Indian Chapters Jubilant Over Successful Touchdown Just a few days after Russia's Luna 26 lander apparently impacted the lunar surface, India's Chandrayaan 3 lander successfully touched down near the...
Roadmap to Space Student Art Contest Now Open
By Lynne Zielinski NSS Vice President of Education Embark on a visual journey into the future! Students ages 10-25 are invited to share their VISION OF A FUTURE IN SPACE! Show though all kinds of art media the incredible work of human ingenuity and creativity....
New Horizons Mission to the Kuiper Belt Expecting Crippling Funding Cut
Photo: Pluto as imaged by New Horizons, the first spacecraft to do so. Credit: NASA/SWRI/JHUAPL. Plans Include Dismissal of Current Science Staff—National Space Society Urges Continued Funding and Signing Petition of Support (go.nss.org/new-horizons) NASA’s highly...
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