(Launch information is from https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/) LAUNCH: August 5, 2019 – Proton • Blagovest No. 14L- A Russian government Proton rocket and Breeze M upper stage will launch the Blagovest No. 14L communications satellite to cover Russian territory and provide high-speed Internet, television and radio broadcast, and voice and video conferencing services for Russian domestic and…

Join us on Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 3PM at the Barbara Bush Library for our next NSS North Houston Space Society meeting. Our featured speaker will be Anima Sabale. Anima Patil-Sabale is based at NASA’s Johnson Space Center where she manages the Orion Spacecraft Simulations Lab. She has worked on NASA’s Kepler Mission and…

First off, I want to thank Greg Stanley and Dough Hall for putting together such a good June meeting. Their presentations and more information about the meeting are available on our website: SpaceX StarLink, Skylon/SABRE, and more at the June 1, 2019 – NSS North Houston Space Society Meeting We covered some recent space events:…

Every year the National Space Society (NSS) hosts the International Space Development Conference (ISDC). This conference brings together scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, students, artists and space enthusiasts for several days of engaging discussions, presentations, tours and social events that all focus on the events that are leading rapidly to permanent settlements in space.  This year, it…

All of humanity’s futures can be categorized into two buckets: 1) We stay on Earth Forever. Everything we know or will ever know happens here on this one small mote in the universe.2) We learn to expand life, civilization and everything beyond Earth. We learn to live everywhere. And while there are no signs of…

So much happening in Space, come talk about it! Come learn about space exploration and its impact on our lives here on earth. Join us as we share the latest happenings and discuss our exciting future among the stars. All ages and knowledge levels welcome. Barbara Bush Library – Saturday, June 1, 2019 – 3PM…

We had a great May 4th meeting at the Barbara Bush Library. Herb Baker came and shared highlights of his 40+ year career at NASA. It was fascinating to hear first hand about how the events of the post-Apollo and Shuttle era unfolded. And before he started at NASA, he worked for the TV networks…

Join NSS North Houston Space Society on May 4, 2019 from 3:00-5:00 PM at the Barbara Bush Library (6817 Cypresswood Drive Spring, TX 77379). Learn about the latest happenings in space exploration and about what is just around the corner. Talk to fellow members. (Our members include people of all walks of life. Some have…

Nathan Price started by giving an update of recent news and announcements. The first was that future meetings would be held at the Barbara Bush Library (6817 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX 77379) and the timing would be changed to 3PM-5PM on the first Saturday of each month. SpaceX DM-1 had just launched before the last…

Space – The Final Investment Frontier Historically, space investing has been the exclusive domain of governments and billionaires, which has drastically impeded the flow of needed capital for frontier-enabling companies. SpaceFund believes this lack of investor appetite for space startups boils down to two fundamental problems: lack of information and lack of liquidity. SpaceFund has…