1997 - George Mueller 1995 - Max Hunter 1993 - Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger Other scholarships and award activities Other scholarships and award activities NSS provides or assists with include the following awards: The Space Pioneer Awards The NSS-ISU scholarship, worth $12,000, to the International Space University. Application deadline is December 31 of each year, for study during the following year. The 2005 recipient was Robert Guinness of St. Louis; EURISY international youth science fiction writing competition (NSS provided US support in 2005), and; Permission to Dream space adventure for students, teachers, and parents from the Space Frontier Foundation which is partly sponsored by NSS. Affiliations The National Space Society is an alliance organization of the Meade 4M Community, the Coalition for Space Exploration, in support of the educational initiatives and outreach of NSS, and a founding executive member of the Alliance for Space Development. See also L5 Society Space advocacy Space colonization Space exploration Vision for Space Exploration Space Kingdom of Asgardia References "National Space Society 'blitzes' Congress on NASA budget" Space.com - Mar. 5, 2007 "National Space Society to Host 26th Annual Conference in Dallas, Convening Pioneers from Government and Private Space Programs" SpaceRef.com - Feb. 21, 2007 GuideStar - National Space Society Information on NSS listed in GuideStar, a national database of nonprofit organizations External links Ad Astra ("To the Stars') The magazine of the National Space Society Island One Society, ISDC conferences archive Space organizations Space advocacy organizations International scientific organizations Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C. Scientific societies based in the United States 501(c)(3) organizations 1987 in science Organizations established in 1987 1987 establishments in Washington, D.C.