by National Space Society | Oct 13, 2020 | Commercial Space, Space Development
By Bob Brodbeck This morning at 8:36 am CST the Blue Origin New Shepard space flight program resumed at the company’s West Texas facility with the successful flight of mission NS-13, the thirteenth consecutive successful flight of the New Shepard suborbital launch...
by National Space Society | Sep 25, 2020 | Commercial Space, Commercial Spaceflight, Space Development, Webinars
Today ‘s global $350 billion space economy will soon bloom into a trillion-dollar economy. Join the National Space Society for the virtual webinar LEO Commercialization: The Pathway to Earth’s Trillion Dollar Space Economy on September 30 at 1:00 p.m....
by National Space Society | Sep 14, 2020 | Commercial Space, NASA, NSS Press Releases, Space Development
A Small Announcement May Have Large Consequences for Space Development The National Space Society (NSS) enthusiastically supports NASA’s September 10 announcement to purchase Moon rocks from commercial companies. As part of its Artemis lunar program, NASA will pay a...
by National Space Society | Aug 18, 2020 | Commercial Space, Space Development
By Dale Skran Copyright 2020 On August 18, 2020, a SpaceX rocket roared into orbit with the 12th Falcon 9 flight of the year. This was a special launch, with a first stage flying for the 6th time, a new record. Previous flights of this stage include: September 10,...
by National Space Society | Aug 7, 2020 | Commercial Space, Space Development
By Dale Skran SpaceX has had a great week. Early on the morning of August 7, a Falcon 9 launched a batch of Starlink satellites, all with sun visors to reduce visibility to astronomers, and two Earth observation satellites for BlackSky. Earlier in the week on August...
by National Space Society | Jul 24, 2020 | Space Colonization, Space Development, Space Settlement
Isaac Arthur, recipient of the NSS Space Pioneer Award for Education via Mass Media, has posted this 20-minute video based on the first 12 milestones in the NSS Roadmap to Space Settlement.
by National Space Society | May 31, 2020 | Commercial Space, NASA, Space Development
By George Mancuso “On 20 July 1969 humans landed on the Moon. This was not merely a historical achievement, but an evolutionary and even cosmic feat.” — Yuval Noah Harari – Sapiens The SpaceX “good ship” Endeavour accomplished a soft capture with the...
by National Space Society | May 31, 2020 | Commercial Space, Space Development
By Dale Skran Starting March 28, 2018, I initiated a series of blog posts tracking the “SpaceX Triple Trifecta” – a bold attempt by SpaceX to achieve three amazing milestones in space development: To develop and fly reliably the Falcon 9 Block 5, demonstrating...
