National Space Society Press Releases
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Space Settlement Summit 2018 Will Explore Pivotal Challenges to Reaping the Benefits of Space for Everyone on Earth
Some of the finest minds from NASA, private industry and academia will come together at the University of Southern California on November 2-3, 2018 to address critical issues and opportunities in the settlement and utilization of space in the National Space Society’s...
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Reusable Rocket to Carry Student and Medical Research Payloads into Space
Researching science in space has long been a costly endeavor. A rocket launching from New Mexico's Spaceport America this Saturday may help change that when an EXOS Aerospace SARGE test flight heads into space carrying student and other research experiments. Tune in...
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National Space Society Endorses NASA Administrator Bridenstine’s Reusable Path to the Moon
The National Space Society, America's leading citizen space advocacy organization, calls attention to the fact that under its new administrator, James Bridenstine, NASA has the potential to make a major step forward in space. Moving beyond a limited usage of reusable...
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Who Will Own the 21st Century?
Another American Century or will it belong to Someone Else? The 20th century was the American Century. However, Chinese competitors have made a bid for ownership of the 21st century with a series of audacious global projects such as the 3 Gorges Dam, a Space Station,...
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Disability Can Be a Superpower in Space
Disabled astronauts offer unique solutions to emergencies in space According to Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen of Bowling Green State University, disabilities can be superpowers for astronauts in space. A position she and her co-author, Joshua Miele, of the Smith Kettlewell...
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SpaceX Founding Employee Tom Mueller to Speak at International Space Development Conference
Tom Mueller, a founding SpaceX employee, and designer of the Merlin and Raptor engines, is one of the world's foremost spacecraft propulsion experts. Mueller will be providing the Thursday, May 24th Plenary Address at the ISDC in Los Angeles, CA. If you attend, you...
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Science Fiction Stars Are Coming to ISDC® 2018!
Image: Cas Anvar of "The Expanse" (left) and Sci-Fi author David Brin It's Not Too Late to Experience the Future in L.A. May 24-27, Sheraton Gateway Hotel LAX The world's greatest scientists, engineers, astronauts, and space entrepreneurs admit that science fiction...
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Shrimp, Soybeans, and Tomatoes Top the Menu in Cities in Space
Image: Scientists envision giant structures in space that could house acres of farms and cities. Courtesy Bryan Versteeg, spacehabs.com. "What does a dinner menu look like in space?" asks Bryce Meyer, Founder and CEO of Cyan React LLC. "How about beer and burritos?...
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National Space Society Applauds NASA’s Support for Commercial Low Earth Orbit Space Stations
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 operated...
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National Space Society Congratulates Representative Jim Bridenstine on his Approval as NASA Administrator
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...
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National Space Society Honors JPL’s Voyager Team: “Humans have never before reached so far”
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...
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The National Space Society Honors Jeff Bezos with the Gerard K. O’Neill Memorial Award
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 thousands of...
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National Space Society to Present Space Pioneer Award to SETI Astronomer Frank Drake
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 the...
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Freeman Dyson, Famed Physicist, Wins the National Space Society’s Prestigious Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Award
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...
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The Cassini and Huygens Teams Win the National Space Society’s 2018 Space Pioneer Awards for Science and Engineering
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...
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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Test Flight Brings National Space Society’s Vision of a Return to the Moon and a Spacefaring Civilization Closer
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...
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