by National Space Society | Dec 26, 2021 | Astronomy, NASA, NSS Press Releases
The National Space Society (NSS) congratulates NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, the European Space Agency, and Arianespace for the successful launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on December 25th. The mammoth instrument, built by Northrop Grumman and Ball...
by Emily Carney | Oct 4, 2021 | Astronomy, Skylab Space Station, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney Most space enthusiasts are familiar with Skylab’s studies of the Sun, and its Christmas 1973 encounter with Comet Kohoutek. But many aren’t familiar with its suite of other astronomy experiments. Skylab possessed three...
by Emily Carney | Nov 27, 2020 | Astronomy, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney It was an announcement that rocked the astronomy and planetary science community last week: Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory, which has endured significant structural damage, would be decommissioned after 50+ years of service. It...
by National Space Society | Aug 19, 2017 | Astronomy
If you are on or near the centerline of the path of totality during the solar eclipse on August 21, 2017, you are able to participate in an activity to observe and record the faintest stars visible as a means of measuring how dark the daytime sky gets. By locating and...
by National Space Society | Feb 15, 2016 | Astronomy, ISDC, NSS Press Releases
We, the members of the National Space Society, believe exploring the unknown is one of the things that drives our vision of “people living and working in thriving communities beyond the Earth, and the use of the vast resources of space for the dramatic...
by National Space Society | Jun 30, 2015 | Astronomy, NASA, NSS Press Releases, Space Exploration
Video on NASA’s New Horizons Mission Gets a Million Views in a Week; This Extended Director’s Cut Version Dropped Today on YouTube This extended version of a viral video detailing NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto, entitled “New Horizons...
by National Space Society | Dec 13, 2013 | Astronomy, Space
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has observed water vapor above the frigid south polar region of Jupiter’s moon Europa, providing the first strong evidence of water plumes erupting off the moon’s surface. Previous scientific findings from other sources...
by David Brandt-Erichsen | Apr 19, 2012 | Asteroids, Astronomy, NASA
A new NASA outreach project will enlist the help of amateur astronomers to discover near-Earth objects (NEOs) and study their characteristics. NEOs are asteroids with orbits that occasionally bring them close to the Earth. The amateur astronomers are about to make...
