by National Space Society | Apr 11, 2018 | ISDC, NSS Awards, NSS Press Releases
For 40 years, two small spacecraft launched in 1977 have sped past the planets in our solar system and beyond, carrying humanity’s messages etched on gold disks. Their journey into the depths of interstellar space will continue indefinitely. To honor this...
by National Space Society | Mar 26, 2018 | ISDC, NSS Awards, NSS Press Releases
The National Space Society has named Jeff Bezos its 2018 recipient of the prestigious Gerard K. O’Neill Memorial Award for Space Settlement Advocacy to be awarded at the Society’s yearly conference in May 2018. “Jeff Bezos has articulated exactly what our...
by National Space Society | Mar 1, 2018 | ISDC, NSS Awards, NSS Press Releases
Dr. Frank Drake is the winner of the National Space Society’s 2018 Space Pioneer Award for Science and Engineering. This award honors the work he has done as a professional astronomer, especially as a radio astronomer, technical advisor for the Golden Record on...
by National Space Society | Feb 22, 2018 | ISDC, NSS Awards, NSS Press Releases
National Space Society members have voted to give Freeman Dyson the prestigious Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Award. This award honors the work he has done as a ground-breaking physicist and mathematician, and as a major thought leader in the science and space...
by National Space Society | Feb 8, 2018 | ISDC, NSS Awards, NSS Press Releases
The NASA and European Space Agency Cassini and Huygens Teams are the winners of the National Space Society’s 2018 Space Pioneer Awards for Science and Engineering. Saturn has been revealed to science in great detail at last by the Cassini-Huygens mission. The mission...
by National Space Society | Jan 29, 2018 | ISDC, NSS Awards, NSS Press Releases
The National Space Society’s Space Pioneer Award for Art will be presented to Star Trek® motion picture concept designer Sean Hargreaves. This award honors the work he has done in the motion picture industry, especially for design work on the huge space city and Star...
by National Space Society | Jan 24, 2018 | ISDC, NSS Awards, NSS Press Releases
NASA astronaut Dr. Kathryn Sullivan is the winner of the National Space Society’s 2018 Space Pioneer Award for Non-Legislative Government Service. This award honors the work she did as an astronaut and oceanographer. She flew on the space shuttle three times,...
by National Space Society | Mar 28, 2017 | ISDC, NSS Awards, NSS Press Releases
George Dietrich, the founding President of SPACE Canada, is the winner of the National Space Society’s 2017 Space Pioneer Award in the Special Merit category. This award recognizes his dedicated support for Space Solar Power and conferences that cover it. The...
