The National Space Society is the preeminent citizen’s voice on space exploration, development, and settlement. The NSS Vision is “People living and working in thriving communities beyond the Earth, and the use of the vast resources of space for the dramatic betterment of humanity.”
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In addition to our annual International Space Development Conference, the NSS hosts a number of events to further facilitate space-faring conversation.
Looking to get involved in the conversation? There are numerous ways to make it happen. From joining local chapters to volunteering, there are many opportunities.
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, January 19, 2023, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT Vikram-S Rocket: A Discussion with the SKYROOT Staff Register for this Space Forum Skyroot Aerospace is the first privately held Indian rocket company to...
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, January 12, 2023, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT Commercial LEO Space Stations and the NASA Commercial LEO Destinations Program Featuring the NSS Space Ambassadors Register for this Space Forum NASA is...
By Dale Skran Image: Last SpaceX launch of 2022, EROS C-3, courtesy SpaceX. With the covid pandemic ebbing, the runway cleared for SpaceX to set some records at an entirely new level. Let’s take a look at the most significant SpaceX achievements for 2022 that involved...
By Dale Skran With the long-awaited November 16, 2022 launch of the much delayed and far over budget Space Launch System on the Artemis 1 mission, many eyes have turned to NASA with the general view that at long last something like the glory of Apollo is on the...
By Dale Skran Image: Falcon Heavy boosters landed (SpaceX, November 1, 2022) I was planning to write an overall update on the status of the seemingly never-ending cage match “SLS vs all comers” but with an increasing probability that we will have one (or maybe two)...
We would like to share with you this great 30-minute interview of Jared Isaacman, commander of last year’s Inspiration4 mission and commander of the Polaris Dawn mission next March for which it is planned to reach the highest Earth orbit ever achieved and have...
By Dale Skran In 2015 I wrote an article for Ad Astra titled “New to Flight: Reducing the Cost of Access to Space,” which reviewed the prospects for the three initial winners of the NASA Venture Class launcher competition: Firefly, Virgin Galactic, and Rocket Lab....
By Dale Skran A term you will hear in many modern space discussions is “space sustainability.” Few space-related terms are used to mean such a wide variety of completely different things, which can be extremely confusing for the “unschooled.” Making matters worse, the...
