THE POWER OF PERSISTENCE IN SPACE

There’s power in persistence. In this issue, we celebrate

UNITY IN THE SKIES

Years ago, I had an experience that impacted me profoundly

SAMPLE SPACE LIKE COSTCO

Each year, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las

COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS

OFFERS AN ANTIDOTE TO A PLANET GONE AWRY

COUNTDOWN 5 GANGWAY!

On January 29, two satellites narrowly missed colliding

4 BACK TO THE FUTURE

The notion of bringing a little bit of Mars back to

3 SPACE RANGERS

The United States Space Force is finally a reality

2 NEW FOR CHINA

China quietly inaugurated a new version of its longserving

1 COSMOS IS BACK

After a hiatus since 2014, a new season of National

DIVING AND DRIVING ON ICY MOONS

ONE STRATEGY FOR THE EXPLORATION OF ENCELADUS AND EUROPA

A IN THE SKY Cislunar Space

China’s Rise and America’s Challenge

A DRAGONFLY ON TITAN

The text was from Ken Hibbard’s Johns Hopkins University

OUT IN SPACE A HISTORY OF GAY ASTRONAUTS

Gay Americans were persecuted throughout the 1960s, the decade when astronauts first flew. Coincidentally, it was the summer of 1969, when NASA triumphed with its Apollo 11 moon landing, when the Stonewall riots in New York began an assertive time of grassroots protest and demand for equal rights for gay and trans Americans.

The Hubble Space Telescope

30 YEARS OF LIFTING OUR SPIRITS

”A Successful Failure”

REMEMBERING APOLLO 13, 50 YEARS ON

GAMING SPACE SETTLEMENT TERRAGENESIS

Films like The Martian, Interstellar, and television

Frau im Mond

A WOMAN ON THE MOON

Biographical Sketches of Female NASA Astronauts

SERENA M. AUÑÓNCHANCELLOR was selected as a NASA astronaut

THE NSS GOING VIRTUAL DURING COVID-19

In light of recent events, we felt it important to

FOR ALL MANKIND

CREATED BY: Ronald D. Moore, Ben Denivi, and Matt Wolpert RUNNING TIME: 65 minutes RATING: PG-13 DATE: November 1, 2019 CATEGORY: Television Show

FIGHTING FOR SPACE: TWO PILOTS AND THEIR HISTORIC BATTLE FOR FEMALE SPACEFLIGHT

AUTHOR: Amy Shira Teitel FORMAT: Hardcover, Kindle, Audio CD (read by the author) PAGES: 448 PUBLISHER: Grand Central Publishing ISBN: 1538716046 DATE: February 18, 2020 RETAIL PRICE: $30.00 (Hardcover), $15.99 (Kindle)

URBAN LEGENDS FROM SPACE: THE BIGGEST MYTHS ABOUT SPACE DEMYSTIFIED

AUTHOR: Bob King FORMAT: Paperback/Ebook PAGES: 224 PUBLISHER: Page Street Publishing ISBN: 978-1624148965 DATE: October 15, 2019 RETAIL PRICE: $16.99/$9.99

FIRST ON THE MOON: THE APOLLO 11 50TH ANNIVERSARY EXPERIENCE WITH A FOREWORD BY BUZZ ALDRIN

AUTHOR: Rod Pyle FORMAT: Hardcover/Ebook PAGES: 208 PUBLISHER: Sterling ISBN-10: 1454931073 DATE: April 2, 2019 RETAIL PRICE: $16.47/$10.99 Published in association with the National Space Society (Note: This review is based on the ebook version)

In Memoriam Alfred M. Worden 1932-2020

The National Space Society mourns the passing of Alfred

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