by National Space Society | May 9, 2020 | Moon, NASA, Space Policy
An updated NSS Position Paper just released is reproduced in full below (the original appeared in November 2019). We also have a PDF copy. The NASA Artemis Moon program aims to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024, a goal that the National Space...
by National Space Society | May 5, 2020 | Moon, NASA, NSS Press Releases
“Many outside NASA do not realize that NASA’s public-private partnerships leverage commercial space services in a way that maximizes the return on precious taxpayer dollars.” — National Space Society leadership. WASHINGTON, D.C., US, May 5, 2020...
by National Space Society | Apr 30, 2020 | Commercial Space, Moon, NASA, NSS Press Releases
The National Space Society (NSS) applauds NASA’s April 30 announcement by NASA Administrator James Bridenstine that SpaceX, Dynetics, and Blue Origin’s National Team have been chosen to provide human landing systems to carry crew to the Moon for Artemis III, the third...
by National Space Society | Apr 7, 2020 | NASA, NSS Press Releases, Space Policy
WASHINGTON, DC — April 6, 2020: The National Space Society commends NASA for its updated Artemis mission plan for returning humans to the Moon. The new roadmap, called “NASA’s Plan for Sustained Lunar Exploration and Development,” was released on April 2. This bold...
by National Space Society | Mar 27, 2020 | Commercial Space, NASA, Space Development
By Dale Skran, Chair of the NSS Executive Committee NASA today announced that SpaceX has been chosen to provide a cargo vehicle, the Dragon XL (illustrated above), to support the lunar Gateway as part of the Artemis program. It is expected that a second cargo provider...
by National Space Society | Mar 18, 2020 | Education, NASA
With parents looking for more online educational activities for their children during this unprecedented time, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is offering free, online content designed to engage with children in Elementary through High School. The education team...
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...
