National Space Society of North Texas
Promoting space exploration and science in the Dallas/Fort Worth area
Great World Star Count
Oct 24th
A Windows to the Universe citizen science event, you can join with thousands of other people across the globe anytime from October 29 through November 12 in looking up to see how many stars you can see. The Great World Wide Star Count encourages everyone to go outside, look skyward after dark, note the stars in…
Astronomy Day Oct 23
Oct 17th
NSSofNT celebrated Astronomy Day Saturday Oct. 23 from 12pm – 5pm at the UTA Planetarium. We’ll had a raffle to benefit our yearly Science Fair Scholarship, handed out free brochures, space images, and other packets from NASA and JPL, and the Planetarium had some great shows. For the Science Fair, we raffled $71 in tickets!…
NSSNT meeting Sunday Oct 10
Oct 6th
Our next National Space Society of North Texas meeting is this Sunday, Oct. 9th! Ken, our chapter president, will be presenting “Comics in Space: Graphic Tales of Space Adventure”. Not a ppt, this is a hands-on look at the exploration of space as shown in over 50 years worth of comic books, graphic novels, manga…
Sally Ride Science Festival Oct. 30
Oct 4th
Sally Ride Science Festival at The University of Texas at Arlington Oct. 30 Festival Schedule 11:00am – 1:00pm Check-in, Lunch, Street Fair 1:00pm – 4:15pm Featured Talk, Discovery Workshops, Street Fair Sally Ride Science Festivals are designed to encourage 5th-8th grade girls in science. The festival features: An inspiring talk by astronaut Barbara Morgan Discovery…
One more year for US space
Oct 3rd
NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden thanked Congress last Wednesday (9/29/10) for the 2010 Authorization Act Support. “This important change in direction will not only help us chart a new path in space, but can help us retool for the industries and jobs of the future that will be vital for long term economic growth.” Read…
2011 Baen Memorial Writing Contest
Oct 3rd
Since its early days, science fiction has played a unique role in human civilization. It removes the limits of what “is” and shows us a boundless vista of what “might be.” Its fearless heroes, spectacular technologies and wondrous futures have inspired many people to make science, technology and space flight a real part of their…
Dallas Symphony performs Holst’s The Planets
Sep 26th
September 30-October 2; 8:00PM October 3; 2:30PM NSS of North Texas will be having a manned information table at the Meyerson Symphony Center in downtown Dallas during performances by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra from Thursday, September 30 through Sunday, October 3. The DSO will be playing Holst’s The Planets, Schubert’s Symphony No. 8, Unfinished and…
Santa Space Toy Drive
Sep 25th
It’s not too early to start thinking about donations to our annual Santa Space Toy Drive. Each year the chapter collects some 80-100 space-themed toys which are donated en masse to the Santa’s Helpers program which helps disadvantaged local youth. In this way, your chapter helps to bring space to all levels of society, not…
Moon Day a great success!
Sep 24th
The Frontiers of Flight Museum hosted their annual Moon Day event. Members of NSSNT attended to provide information about space, the National Space Society, and sell raffle tickets with the proceeds going to our annual Space Science Award to one recipient at the Science Fair in Dallas. Here’s our second raffle winner with NSSNT member…
ISDC 2011: From the ground up!
Sep 24th
From the ground up! Von Braun Center, Huntsville Alabama May 18 – 22, 2011 The National Space Society’s International Space Development Conference (ISDC) is only place where astronauts, scientists, entrepreneurs, government officials, activists and citizens of this planet who look forward to the opening of the “final frontier” gather each year to discover the future…
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