Aug 17, 2006 | National Space Society, Space News
In a unamious vote of the officers and directors of the Chicago Society for Space Studies, it was decided that CSSS will be a sponsor of the National Space Society Space Settlement Art Contest and Calendar. As a sponsor, CSSS is donating $200.00 towards the cash...
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 7, 2006 | National Space Society, Space News
At the 2006 International Space Development Conference in Los Angeles, the Chicago Society for Space Studies was presented with the National Space Society’s Chapter Excellence – Public Outreach Award 2006. The award was presented to Chicago Society for...
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...
Jun 12, 2004 | National Space Society, Space News
Apollo 13 astronaut Captain James Lovell, CSSS Vice President Jim Plaxco holding the NSS’ Heinlein Award, and NSS Executive Director George Whitesides before the formal award ceremony at the Illinois Institute of Technology on June 12, 2004. During the 2004...