by National Space Society | May 2, 2018 | Commercial Space, NASA, NSS Press Releases
Image: Axiom Station 1 Commercial Space Station Design. Credit: Axiom Space. On March 30th, 2018, NASA delivered to Congress the “International Space Station Transition Report” taking the first step toward a gapless transition from the government owned and...
by National Space Society | Apr 19, 2018 | NASA, NSS Press Releases, Space Policy
The National Space Society (NSS) congratulates Representative Jim Bridenstine (R-OK-1) on his confirmation by the Senate to be the next NASA Administrator. “NSS looks forward to working with Administrator Bridenstine to further the development and settlement of...
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 | Feb 7, 2018 | Commercial Spaceflight, NSS Press Releases, Space Transportation
The National Space Society (NSS) congratulates SpaceX on the first flight of the Falcon Heavy (FH). At 3:45 pm EST yesterday, the most powerful U.S. liquid-fueled rocket to fly since the Saturn V roared off Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida...
