National Space Society
Our vision: People living and working in thriving communities beyond the Earth, and the use of the vast resources of space for the dramatic betterment of humanity.
Our mission: to promote social, economic, technological, and political change in order to expand civilization beyond Earth, to settle space and to use the resulting resources to build a hopeful and prosperous future for humanity.
Thank you for reaching for the stars with us.
Open to all at nss.org!
What do we do?
Individual Memberships
Ad Astra Magazine
International Space Development Conference
Space Settlement Summit
Educational Competitions
Space in education
Local chapters - Community Outreach
Space advocacy - March Storm in DC
Rothblatt Space Business Plan Competition
Space Solar Power Technical Studies
Space Settlement Journal
Space Library Online
Virtual Space Forums
Thought Leadership
NSS | Space Settlement Summit 2025
NSS Space Forum - In Space For Earth: Breakthroughs in ISS In-Space Production Applications
How Do We Build Communities in Space?
Beyond Alpha Centauri: Exploring Nearby Stars for Colonization
Danger in the Darkness: The Weird Story of Rogue Planets
Living Off the Land in Space: The Power of ISRU
The Orbital Commons: Building the Highways and Habitats Around Earth
Space Solar Power from ISDC 2025 - Thursday Afternoon Session
Why Space Isn’t Just for Astronauts Anymore
The Von Braun Wheel: A Space Station Dream and the Legacy It Inspired
Surviving Space: Artificial Gravity Will Be Critical To Long Term Space Travel & Settlement
Mining the Solar System: Robots or People?
Space Center & Museum Tours for ISDC 2025!
WHO THE WILD THINGS ARE: What—or Who—Awaits Us at the Edge of Exploration?
Metal Mars: An Iron Age on Mars?
LUNAR GOLD RUSH - There’s Treasure in Those Poles!
BEYOND BINARY HORIZONS: Exoplanets and Artificial Intuition
A Cislunar Fizz, Please: Social Drinking in Space
Venture Capital - Fueling the New Space Race
Missions to Icy Worlds: Human Voyages to the Outer Solar System
Von Neumann Probes: Are the Astrochickens ready to hatch?
No City on Mars?
NO CLOSED DOORS: Humanity Cannot be Geographically Contained, but Cooperation is Key
LIVING IN MARTIAN MUSHROOMS: An Alternative Building Material for Space Habitats
Buzz Aldrin's Cyclers - A Safe Spaceship To Mars And Beyond
Harnessing AI in the Final Frontier: AI's Role in Space Exploration & Development by Isaac Arthur
NSS | 2024 Space Settlement Summit Welcome - President Isaac Arthur
NSS Space Forum - Fusion and Breakthrough Propulsion with Professor Jason Cassibry
NSS Space Forum - Behind the Headlines: A Journey Through Space Reporting with John Zarrella
Robert Zubrin, The New World on Mars: What We Can Create on the Red Planet, an NSS Space Forum