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 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...
Jun 14, 2023 | National Space Society, Space News
Chicago Society for Space Studies President Jim Plaxco (left) on stage with the NSS Chapter of the Year Award, joined by CSSS Speakers Bureau member Kent Nebergall (right). At the 2023 International Space Development Conference, Chicago Society for Space Studies...
Apr 17, 2023 | National Space Society, Space Blast from the Past
Image: Payload Specialist Byron Lichtenberg working in the Spacelab on the Space Shuttle STS-009 mission in 1983 [This interview focused on Byron Lichtenberg’s involvement with the National Space Society and originally appeared in the February-March 1995...
Jun 28, 2022 | National Space Society, Space News
Chicago Society for Space Studies Receives the NSS Chapter Excellence Award The National Space Society Chapters Committee held its annual Chapters Awards Ceremony as a part of the 2022 International Space Development Conference (ISDC). While the awards were formally...
Nov 26, 2021 | National Space Society, Space News, Speakers Bureau
On July 31, 2021 at a virtual National Space Society Town Hall, the National Space Society held its annual Chapters Awards Ceremony to recognize those chapters whose activities during the 2020 calendar year merited recognition. In recognition of its many speaker...