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Great Interview of Jared Isaacman
We would like to share with you this great 30-minute interview of Jared Isaacman, commander of last year's Inspiration4 mission and commander of the Polaris Dawn mission next March for which it is planned to reach the highest Earth orbit ever achieved and have the...
Firefly Reaches Orbit at Last
By Dale Skran In 2015 I wrote an article for Ad Astra titled “New to Flight: Reducing the Cost of Access to Space,” which reviewed the prospects for the three initial winners of the NASA Venture Class launcher competition: Firefly, Virgin Galactic, and Rocket Lab....
NSS Congratulates NASA on the DART Planetary Defense Mission
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test Has Successfully Met Its Target Image: Photo of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos seconds before the DART spacecraft crashed into it. Courtesy NASA. The National Space Society lauds NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Mission on a...
NSS Forum September 29: Space Business Panel
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, September 29, 2022, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT Space is a Cool Place for Business – Panel Session Register for this Space Forum With Special Guests: Space is open for business, and its future is...
National Space Educator Award: Apply by November 30
By Lynne F. Zielinski Vice President of Education, National Space Society National Space Educator Award Chair, National Space Club The National Space Club’s National Space Educator Award is currently accepting applications for the award. The National Space Club has...
NSS Statement on the Orbital Sustainability Act of 2022 (ORBITS Act)
This week on September 12 the Orbital Sustainability Act of 2022 (ORBITS Act) was introduced to the Senate. The bipartisan bill, championed by Senators Maria Cantwell, John Hickenlooper, Cynthia Lummis, and Roger Wicker, would “establish a demonstration program for...
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