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Highlights Importance of PROMISE Rover and Commercial Partnerships

The National Space Society (NSS) applauds NASA’s latest Moon Base awards and mission announcements, which represent a significant step forward in building the infrastructure, transportation systems, and scientific capabilities needed for a sustained human presence on the Moon. NASA’s announcements include major investments in commercial lunar delivery services, orbital transportation, surface power systems, communications…

By Burt Dicht
NSS Space Coast Correspondent

Image: Artist’s concept of living and working at Moon Base, courtesy NASA

“We are building the Moon Base mission by mission.”

With those words, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman set the stage for a series of announcements outlining the agency’s latest steps toward establishing a sustained human presence on the Moon. The press conference took place Saturday, November 7, at the Kennedy Space Center, following the first day of the MAX POWER Air Show.

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NSS is pleased to share this inspiring story of how a 17-year-old from Venezuela discovers asteroids.

By Miguel Rojas

It was the kind of night that refused to be ignored. The sky over Barquisimeto was clear, the kind of clear that only happens when the city goes quiet. I was four years old, standing in a library pointing at a thick astronomy book tucked in the corner. I couldn’t read most of the words, but I couldn’t put it down either.

That book was the first of many. Throughout my childhood,…

Category: Nonfiction
Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray
Title: Eyes to the Stars: A Memoir for the Space Shuttle Generation
Author: Steven A. Hawley, PhD
Format: Hardcover/Kindle
Pages: 464
Publisher: Bookpress Publishing
Date: July 2026
Retail Price: $39.95/$13.95
ISBN: 978-1960259578
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When he joined the NASA astronaut corps in 1978, Steven Hawley was the youngest person ever selected for that elite group. As a member of NASA’s Astronaut Group 8, he was one of the TFNGs…

By Burt Dicht
NSS Space Coasts Correspondent

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman opened the October 23 Artemis Acceleration press conference with a reminder of what the agency accomplished during the Apollo program. (Pictured in above image, from left to right: NASA Deputy Press Secretary George Alderman; NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman; NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya; NASA Artemis program manager Jeremy Parsons.)

The day before marked 58 years since Apollo 7 splashed down in the…

What Meteorites Teach Us About the Solar System—and Humanity’s Future in Space

By Dr. John Christy Johnson, Dr. Peter Anto Johnson, Dr. Austin Mardon, and Burt Dicht (see About the Authors at end of article)

Image: A lunar meteorite from Antarctica, Allan Hills A81005. Image Credit: NASA/JSC S82-35869.

Long before spacecraft visited the Moon, landed on asteroids, or returned samples from distant worlds, scientists were already studying material from beyond Earth. These extraterrestrial rocks,…

The National Space Society’s Premiere Space Settlement Event Will be Held on October 25 & 26 in Orlando, Florida

The National Space Society is proud to host the annual Space Settlement Summit at the campus of the University of Central Florida on October 25 and 26, 2026.

The summit is the premiere gathering of the minds for the expansion of humanity beyond Earth and is held in conjunction with the UCF’s Space Week and immediately before the Economist Magazine’s Space Economy Summit.

The Space…

By Burt Dicht
NSS Space Coast Correspondent

Image: After the first Young Professionals breakfast at the ISDC. Included is astronaut Susan Kilrain (center) and NSS Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors Gabriel Rothblatt (left). Image Credit: Jennifer Rorthblatt.

On October 12, the National Space Society announced its inaugural 30 Under 30 Class of 2026, recognizing 30 emerging leaders who are already making contributions to space exploration, development, and settlement.

I had the privilege of…

By Dave Dressler
NSS Director of Information Systems

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Peter Kokh on October 4, 2026, at the age of 88.

Peter was one of the most dedicated and imaginative voices for lunar settlement in the space advocacy community. He was Lifetime Member #2 of the National Space Society, winner of the NSS Gerard K. O’Neill Memorial Award in 2009, and the initiator and long-time President of the Moon Society, which carries forward his vision of a human…