by National Space Society | Oct 19, 2019 | Astronauts, NASA
By Melissa Silva In what will likely be one of the final “firsts” in Earth-orbital spacewalking, at 7:38 a.m. EDT yesterday, astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir switched their spacesuits to internal power and made history, conducting the first all-female...
by National Space Society | Oct 1, 2019 | Commercial Space, NASA
Opinion by Dale L. Skran Just before Elon Musk made his impressive Starship progress update, NASA Administrator Bridenstine tweeted out the following: This statement left space advocates scratching their heads about what it might mean. There’s been a lot of...
by National Space Society | Sep 25, 2019 | NASA, Planetary Defense, Space Policy
On September 25, the National Space Society delivered a letter (image below) to NASA Administrator Bridenstine congratulating him and his Science Mission Team for creating a robust budget line dedicated to planetary defense, one which includes full funding for the...
by National Space Society | Aug 28, 2019 | Commercial Space, NASA, Space Policy
OPINION by Dale Skran Ever since its inception there has been a school of thought that SLS and Orion were a poor use of taxpayer dollars. The typically envisioned alternative has been some scheme of distributed launch using commercially contracted vehicles, with NASA...
by National Space Society | May 8, 2019 | NASA, Near Earth Objects, NSS Press Releases
The National Space Society (NSS) applauds NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine’s April 29th endorsement of building and operating an orbiting infrared telescope, NEOCam, to detect and track Near Earth Objects (NEOs). NEOs are objects that approach or cross the Earth’s...
by National Space Society | Mar 10, 2019 | Commercial Space, NASA, Space Development
By George Mancuso After five days in orbit Crew Dragon Demo-1 undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and completed a picture-perfect landing with splashdown occurring at approximately 08:45 EST (1345 UTC) on March 8, 2019. The landing took place 230 miles...
by National Space Society | Mar 3, 2019 | Commercial Space, NASA, Space Development
By George Mancuso On March 2, 2019 at 02:49:03 Eastern Time (07:49 UTC) a Dragon 2 spacecraft launched from the Kennedy Space Center atop a Falcon 9 rocket and opened a new era in spaceflight. About 27 hours later the Dragon 2 successfully docked with the...
by National Space Society | Mar 2, 2019 | Commercial Space, NASA
This is an 8-minute video that summarizes the first launch of Dragon 2 and the post-launch press conference featuring SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. There is some great stuff here well worth your time to watch. The ending is very...
