Nov 19, 2025 | Meetings and Events, Space News
The Sunday December 14, 2025 free public meeting of the Chicago Society for Space Studies (CSSS) will feature CSSS Vice President Larry Boyle and his 2025 Space Year in Review presentation. Larry’s annual summary of the key space events of the year is an annual...
Nov 18, 2025 | Meetings and Events, Uncategorized
On January 9 and 10, 2026, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will take audiences on a musical journey through space. For two nights only Stanley Kubrick’s iconic science fiction movie 2001: A Space Odyssey will be brought to life in a live-to-picture performance...
Jul 30, 2025 | National Space Society, Space News
Image: CSSS President Jim Plaxco (left) being presented with the NSS Chapter of the Year Award by David Stuart (right) at the Thursday banquet at the International Space Development Conference. At the 2025 NSS International Space Development Conference, Chicago...
Jul 21, 2025 | Meetings and Events, Space News
The August meeting of Chicago Society for Space Studies will be the program Asteroid Mining presented by Larry Bartoszek, CSSS member and Vice President of the International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC). On the subject of asteroid mining, our speaker makes the...
Jul 11, 2025 | National Space Society, Space News
One hundred years ago, on March 16, 1926, Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-fuel rocket. This event marked the dawn of modern rocketry and paved the way for humanity’s journey to the moon. To honor this achievement and inspire the...