Jun 1, 2006 | Meetings and Events, National Space Society, Space Conferences, Space News
Figure 1. One of three exhibit areas at the 2006 NSS ISDC The first International Space Development Conference (ISDC) I attended was in 1989. It was held here in Chicago and the Chicago Society for Space Studies was one of its principal cosponsors. Since then...
May 22, 2006 | Meetings and Events, Space News
Fermi Lab Wilson Hall In March, the CSSS field trip was to the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory located in Batavia. Fermilab’s mission is the goal of high-energy physics: to learn what the universe is made of and how it works. Fermilab builds and operates...
Jan 20, 2006 | Meetings and Events
During 2005, the Chicago Society for Space Studies has either sponsored or participated in the following activities. Date Activity Description 01/16/2005 Chapter Outing and Meeting, Adler Planetarium, Chicago Approximately 12 members attended our outing to the Adler...
Sep 14, 2005 | Meetings and Events, National Space Society, Space News
An Invitation from Apollo Astronaut Jim Lovell Dear NSS Supporter, Like you, I have never been on the Moon. Like you, I would like to know the experience of walking on that unearthly landscape, watching kicked-up moondust drift pass my faceplate, and seeing unfiltered...
Feb 22, 2005 | Meetings and Events
During 2004, the Chicago Society for Space Studies was active educating the public about space exploration, both human and robotic, and the new NASA “Vision for Space Exploration”. There were 23 public education programs, 6 meetings, 2 field trips, 2 Moon...
Feb 12, 2005 | Meetings and Events
As Submitted by CSSS Secretary Mary Jeske Present were Bob Jeske, Mary Jeske, Larry Boyle, Penny Boyle, Owen Bassett, John Vittallo, Jim Plaxco. Web site: Jim Plaxco Jim purchased a domain name from Lunarpages. The account he has for us will be chicagospace.org. Jim...
