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 | Aug 9, 2016 | Asteroids, Commercial Spaceflight, Near Earth Objects
Deep Space Industries announced today its plans to fly the world’s first commercial interplanetary mining mission. Prospector-1™ will fly to and rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid, and investigate the object to determine its value as a source of space resources....
by National Space Society | Jul 18, 2014 | Asteroids, Commercial Spaceflight, Near Earth Objects, Space Policy
U.S. Representatives Bill Posey (R-FL) and Derek Kilmer (D-WA) have introduced bipartisan legislation to expand opportunities and protections for private space companies looking to explore space. The American Space Technology for Exploring Resource Opportunities in...
by National Space Society | Jun 19, 2014 | Asteroids, Commercial Spaceflight, Near Earth Objects, Space Business
NASA has awarded two contracts to Deep Space Industries Inc. to accelerate the agency’s plans to partner with private industry on asteroid prospecting and harvesting. One will analyze commercial approaches to NASA’s asteroid goals and how an industry-led asteroid...
by National Space Society | Apr 7, 2014 | Asteroids, ISDC, Near Earth Objects, NSS Press Releases
The National Space Society takes great pleasure in awarding a 2014 Space Pioneer Award in the Science and Engineering category to Dr. John S. Lewis. This award is in recognition of his major contributions to the study of the formation and chemistry of asteroids and...
by National Space Society | Nov 12, 2013 | Asteroids, Near Earth Objects, Planetary Defense
NSS Board of Directors member Al Globus reports: We have known for some time that Near Earth Objects (NEOs) are a serious threat to civilization. We also know, more-or-less, how to reduce that threat significantly at very reasonable cost. We have thought, however,...
by David Brandt-Erichsen | Apr 11, 2013 | Asteroids, NASA, Near Earth Objects, NSS Press Releases, Space Policy
The National Space Society (NSS) applauds the new NASA budget item that would provide close to $100 million for a mission to rendezvous with a small asteroid and move it into orbit around the Moon where it could later be visited by astronauts. “An asteroid...
