Chicago Society for Space Studies
Promoting Space Exploration For All of Us
Chicago Society for Space Studies is the largest space advocacy organization in Illinois and one of the oldest in the nation.
Our Mission
Space Education
To serve as a space education resource for the general public.
SPACE Policy
To provide input to elected officials on matters of U.S. space policy and to support policies viewed as having a posItive impact on space development.
speakers bureau
To serve as a regional center of excellence in delivering space-related educational programming to schools, museums, and other civic organizations.
public events
To host and/or sponsor public events and speakers that provide valuable space-related educational programs to the community.
We Have the Power to Impact Our Future, and We’re Doing Something About It
Those of us who have volunteered to organize, lead, conduct public outreach, and develop educational presentations are working to shape our future in space. It is our conviction that a dynamic program of space development is a key component of humanity’s ability to continue to improve our overall quality of life and standard of living. We hope that you too share our passion and that you will join us in our efforts to shape the future.
Happening Now
CSSS and HAL5 Present Planet Earth as Art – The View from Space
The next meeting of the Chicago Society for Space Studies will be a joint online meeting of the Chicago Society for Space Studies and the Huntsville Alabama L5 (HAL5) Society (HAL5.org), a fellow chapter of the National Space Society. The meeting will be held Thursday...
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Space Settlement: Robots versus Humans
The February 2020 meeting of the Chicago Society for Space Studies will feature the presentation Space Settlement: Robots versus Humans
Chicago Society for Space Studies Speakers Bureau Article in SciTech Europa
The Chicago Society for Space Studies Speakers Bureau was the subject of an article in SciTech Europa, a quarterly European science and technology publication.
Chicago NSS Chapters Help Inaugurate Mission Home First Town Hall in Space
The four Chicago-area Chapters (Illinois North Shore NSS, Chicago Space Frontier L5, Chicago Society for Space Studies, and Zero G Destiny) joined with the PR firm of Fleishman Hillard to present the Space Awareness Alliance’s first Mission HOME “Take Up Space” week (1996)
A new space race has begun, and most Americans are not even aware of it. This race is not about political prestige or military power. This new race involves the whole human species in a contest against time… To save the Earth we must look beyond it, to interplanetary space. To prevent the collapse of civilization and the end of the world as we know it, we must understand that our planet does not exist in isolation.