More on Richard Branson in Space
This fourth test spaceflight was the first fully crewed By Bob Brodbeck Realizing a boyhood dream, Sir Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic, rocketed to space yesterday morning, Sunday July 11, on board the company’s spaceplane VSS (Virgin SpaceShip) Unity....
Book Review: Left Brains for the Right Stuff
The author provides special insider insights that few other historical accounts have considered. He weaves in the history of computing and concentrates on the guidance and control systems—the crux of the book’s intent.
NSS Congratulates Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic for Opening Space Tourism
This Flight Is One Step Toward Opening Space to All Humanity On Sunday, July 11, Virgin Galactic launched the first operational passenger flight of their VSS Unity rocketplane. Departing from the New Mexico’s Spaceport America shortly before 9 a.m. local time, Unity...
NSS Town Hall: NSS Excellence Awards
You are Invited to the National Space Society Town Hall Thursday, July 8, 202, 9:00 pm EDT to 10:00 pm EDT NSS Excellence Awards Register for this free online event. Hosted by Lynne F. Zielinsky (NSS VP of Education and Outreach). With Presenters Jim Plaxco (President...
NSS Town Hall: 2021 spUN Debate Program Awards
You are Invited to a National Space Society Special Session Town Hall Saturday, July 10, 202, 8:00 AM EDT to 9:15 AM EDT 2021 spUN Debate Program Awards (Space Policy and UNiversalization) Register for this NSS Town Hall Featuring: And the 60 spUN debators and...
Space in the Seventies: Vance Brand’s Waiting Game
This Space Available, by Emily Carney. The 1970s didn’t start out on a promising note for astronaut Vance Brand. The first five years of the decade were a long waiting game.
Space in the Seventies: 3rd Century America and the Spirit of ‘76
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. This installment of Space in the Seventies takes us back 45 years to the Summer of ‘76, when the United States was in the grip of Bicentennial Mania.
NSS Fetes JPL’s Rob Manning and Robert Braun at the Online 2021 International Space Development Conference
This Year’s Virtual Conference Streams Free to All Beginning Thursday The National Space Society is proud to announce that Rob Manning, the Chief Engineer of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Dr. Robert Braun, the lab’s Director of Planetary Science, will be...
NSS Presents Gwynne Shotwell Top Award at the Online 2021 International Space Development Conference
This Year’s Virtual Conference Streams Free to All The National Space Society is proud to announce the presentation of the prestigious Wernher von Braun Memorial Award to SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell at its annual International Space Development...
NSS Announces Juno Project Scientist Dr. Scott Bolton as a Keynote Speaker at the 2021 Online ISDC
This Year’s Virtual Conference Streams Free to All The National Space Society is proud to announce the Principal Investigator of the Juno mission to Jupiter, Dr. Scott Bolton, as a keynote speaker at its annual International Space Development Conference®, which will...
Perspectives on Artemis Accords at Online ISDC June 27
By Michelle Hanlon President, National Space Society Sunday, June 27 at 1:00 PM Eastern time. NSS has planned a special program, devoting two hours to explore and answer your questions about the Artemis Accords. I am honored to be joined by Dr. Andrea Harrington,...
NSS Supports Scott Pace SpaceNews OpEd
Scott Pace, former NSS Executive Vice President, former Executive Secretary of the National Space Council, and Director of the Space Policy Institute at the Elliott School of International Affairs, has written an OpEd in SpaceNews called "NOAA is stalling U.S. space...
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