by National Space Society | Sep 27, 2022 | Asteroids, NASA, NSS Press Releases
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test Has Successfully Met Its Target Image: Photo of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos seconds before the DART spacecraft crashed into it. Courtesy NASA. The National Space Society lauds NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Mission on...
by Dave Dressler | Aug 29, 2022 | Event, NASA
Artemis 1 Launch at a Planetarium Near You! Find your Planetarium Artemis 1, scheduled to launch on August 29th, 2022, is an un-crewed NASA test flight using the Space Launch System (SLS) super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle and the first flight of the Orion...
by National Space Society | Jul 17, 2022 | Commercial Spaceflight, Event, NASA, National Space Society
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, July 21, 2022, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age Register for this Space Forum With Special Guest: Lori Garver Founder of Earthrise...
by National Space Society | Jul 14, 2022 | NASA, National Space Society, Space Policy
NSS Pushes Enabling of Space Development at NASA Moon-to-Mars Objectives Workshop at Space Center Houston By John K. Strickland NSS Board of Directors In May of 2022 I received an emailed request from NASA to respond to a list of “Moon to Mars Objectives.” This seemed...
by Dave Dressler | Feb 2, 2022 | NASA, Space Medicine
Dr. John B. Charles, age 66 and a recent member of the Board of Directors of the National Space Society, passed away peacefully on January 17, 2022 with his wife Kathy at his side, following a two-year debilitating illness. John was born on March 29th, 1955 in...
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 National Space Society | Mar 22, 2021 | NASA, NSS Press Releases
Former Senator and Shuttle Veteran Nominated as Agency Administrator Leaders of the National Space Society congratulated former Senator Bill Nelson on his nomination as the new NASA Administrator late last week. “We welcome the selection of Senator Nelson to this...
by National Space Society | Mar 1, 2021 | Commercial Space, Education, Event, NASA
NASA and the Rise of Commercial Space: A Symposium to Examine the Meaning(s) and Context(s) of Commercial Space Wednesday – March 17, 2021 – Friday, March 19, 2021 Final Session: March 25, 2021 From activities in low-Earth orbit to the Artemis program, the...
