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Ad Astra ("To the Stars") is the award-winning magazine of the National Space Society, featuring the latest news in space exploration and stunning full-color photography. It is published quarterly and mailed to all National Space Society members as part of their membership benefits, as well as to subscriber libraries, schools, and businesses.

Back Issues

Back issue pages include table of contents, links to book reviews and sample articles, and more.

2011

• Winter (Volume 23 Number 4)
• Fall (Volume 23 Number 3)
• Summer (Volume 23 Number 2)
  • Lunar Resources: Unlocking the Space Frontier
• Spring (Volume 23 Number 1)
  • Steps for Planetary Defense

2010

• Winter (Volume 22 Number 4)
  • Solar Power Satellite Design Competition [PDF]
• Fall (Volume 22 Number 3)
  • The New Face of the Moon [PDF]
• Summer (Volume 22 Number 2)
  • Science on the International Space Station [PDF]
• Spring (Volume 22 Number 1)
  • Racing Through Space: The International Space Station [PDF]

2009

• Winter (Volume 21 Number 4)
  • LCROSS: Finding Water on the Moon [PDF]
• Fall (Volume 21 Number 3)
  • A look at the Augustine Comission Report [PDF]
• Summer (Volume 21 Number 2)
  • Space Tourism [PDF]
• Spring (Volume 21 Number 1)
  • Complete issue available for download
  • How Space Can Improve Life on Earth [PDF]

2008

• Winter (Volume 20 Number 4)
  • Special Report: The Threat of Impact [PDF 1.7 MB]
  • Shackleton Dome: Is a Domed Lunar City Possible?
• Fall (Volume 20 Number 3)
  • Commercial Space Transportation: A Modern Day Everest
• Summer (Volume 20 Number 2)
  • Special Report: Back to the Moon [PDF 4.3 MB]
  • A conversation with NSS Space Elevator Team leader Bert Murray [PDF]
• Spring (Volume 20 Number 1)
  • Special Report on Space-Based Solar Power [PDF 1.5 MB]

2007

• Winter (Volume 19 Number 4)
  • NASA's Dawn Mission: Opening Up Asteroids to Space Settlement?
• Fall (Volume 19 Number 3)
  • Fair Warning, Deadly Response: The Asteroid Threat
• Summer (Volume 19 Number 2)
  • Wanted: Someone to Watch Over Us
• Spring (Volume 19 Number 1)
  • Moon Base: The Next Step in the Exploration of the Solar System
  • Zero G, Zero Tax: Enabling Private Space Enterprise Through Tax Incentives
• See also Ad Astra Online, with web-exclusive content for 2007.

2006

• Winter (Volume 18 Number 4)
  • Belgian Student Wins NSS-NASA Space Settlement Design Contest
• Fall (Volume 18 Number 3)
  • Reaching the "Tipping Point" for Space Tourism
• Summer (Volume 18 Number 2)
  • Mining Near-Earth Asteroids
• Spring (Volume 18 Number 1)
  • Making Sun Shades from Moon Dust: Solution for Climate Change

2005

• Winter (Volume 17 Number 4)
  • Luna Palooza! NASA's Blueprint for Returning to the Moon
• Fall (Volume 17 Number 3)
  • One Nation, Over Regulated: Is ITAR Stalling the New Space Race?
• Summer (Volume 17 Number 2)
  • Nuclear Power: Now More Than Ever, Or Never?
• Spring (Volume 17 Number 1)
  • Special Report on China's Space Program

2004

• "Winter 2005" (Volume 16 Number 4)
  • Inside the Mars Rover Missions
• July-August-September (Volume 16 Number 3)
  • The U. S. Blueprint for Space Exploration: The Aldridge Commission Report
• April-May-June (Volume 16 Number 2)
  • Future Earth Prosperity Will Depend on Resources in Space
• January-February-March (Volume 16 Number 1)
  • The Case for Solar Power from Space

2003

• September-October-November (Volume 15 Number 4)
  • Burt Rutan's Personal Space [PDF]
• June-July-August (Volume 15 Number 3)
  • The 2002 NSS Chapter Awards [PDF]
• March-April-May (Volume 15 Number 2)
  • The Columbia Investigation [PDF]
• January-February (Volume 15 Number 1)
  • Space Elevator: A 21st century solution for space transportation [PDF]

2002

• November-December (Volume 14 Number 6)
  • The New International Space University Campus in Strasbourg
• September-October (Volume 14 Number 5)
  • Diversity and Today's NASA [PDF]
  • The Space Settlement Initiative
• July-August (Volume 14 Number 4)
  • The Future of Space Transportation [PDF]
• May-June (Volume 14 Number 3)
  • Mars on Earth [PDF]
• March-April (Volume 14 Number 2)
  • The Future of Rocket Science [PDF]
• January-February (Volume 14 Number 1)
  • Life in Extreme Environments

2001

• November-December (Volume 13 Number 6)
  • Spacesuits, Firefighters, and Helping Heroes
  • When Terrorists Threatened Apollo [PDF]
• September-October (Volume 13 Number 5)
  • Controlled Environment Systems Research at the University of Guelph [PDF]
• July-August (Volume 13 Number 4)
  • International Space Cooperation: Economy as a Main Driver [PDF]
• May-June (Volume 13 Number 3)
  • Youth for Space in Turkey
• March-April (Volume 13 Number 2)
  • The Spaceship that Came in From the Cold War: The Untold Story of the DC-X
• January-February (Volume 13 Number 1)
  • NSS Envisioned Milestones on the Roadmap to Human Settlement of Space
  • Technological Barriers to Space Settlement
  • Political Barriers to Human Settlement of Space
  • Social Barriers to Human Settlement of Space
  • Economic Barriers to Space Settlement

Some Ad Astra articles from the 1990s

• The Promise of Mars, by Robert Zubrin (May-June 1996)
• The Case for Colonizing Mars, by Robert Zubrin (July-August 1996)
• The Significance of the Martian Frontier, by Robert Zubrin (September-October, 1994)
• The National Space Institute (November-December 1994)
• The L-5 Society (November-December 1994)
• See also: L5 News Back Issues