by National Space Society | Sep 2, 2017 | NASA, NSS Press Releases
The National Space Society (NSS) congratulates Representative Jim Bridenstine (R-OK-1) on his nomination to be the next NASA Administrator. “NSS looks forward to working with Representative Bridenstine in his new role as the NASA Administrator,” said Dale...
by National Space Society | Apr 5, 2017 | NASA, Space Exploration
The final chapter in a remarkable mission of exploration and discovery, Cassini’s Grand Finale, ending September 15, is in many ways like a brand new mission. Twenty-two times, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will dive through the unexplored space between Saturn...
by National Space Society | Mar 6, 2017 | NASA
NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) Test Subject Screening is recruiting volunteers for a long duration mission to simulate flight operations and confinement. Subjects will spend the mission in confined habitation in the Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA) facility...
by National Space Society | Sep 9, 2016 | Asteroids, NASA, Near Earth Objects, NSS Press Releases
With the successful launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 411 on September 8 at 7:05 PM EST, 2016 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, NASA’s mission to travel to a near Earth asteroid and return a sample got underway....
by National Space Society | Jul 19, 2016 | NASA, NSS Press Releases, Space Exploration
The National Space Society congratulates Dr. Alan Stern on winning the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal. This award is the highest honor that NASA can bestow. NSS has also awarded one of our highest honors to Dr. Stern, the NSS Wernher von Braun Award, which he...
by National Space Society | Nov 22, 2015 | Commercial Spaceflight, International Space Station, NASA
NASA took a significant step Friday toward expanding research opportunities aboard the International Space Station with its first mission order from Hawthorne, California based-company SpaceX to launch astronauts from U.S. soil. This is the second in a series of four...
by National Space Society | Sep 14, 2015 | NASA
NASA is partnering with Harmonic, a worldwide leader in video delivery infrastructure, to launch NASA TV UHD, the first ever non-commercial consumer ultra-high definition (UHD) channel in North America. The channel will stream on the Internet, which will require at...
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...
