Month: January 2026

King Soopers Community Rewards Program

You can help The Deep Space Exploration Society simply by using a King Soopers Loyalty (Rewards) Card! With the King Soopers/City Market Community Rewards, your individual purchases count towards our reward every time you use your Sooper Card* (or use an alternate ID tied to your account).

To sign up, follow these simple instructions:

  • Go to https://www.kingsoopers.com
  • Sign in or enroll to create an account
  • Go to My Account
  • Go to Community and select Kroger Community Reward
  • Look for “The Deep Space Exploration Society” 
  • It’s that easy!
  • You may enroll/link only one organization per card, but you may change your designation at any time.

Note that your family and friends can also sign up to help DSES. This is a Kroger sponsored program, so it’s available in just about any community across the country.

Please Help Spread the Word!

*Some purchases do not apply: Prescriptions (unless out of pocket), Alcohol, Tobacco, Kroger CO. family of gift cards, Postage stamps, Green dot prepaid reloadable products, Money Paks, 1-2-3 rewards reloadable visa prepaid debit card, recharge cards, American Express, Visa, Mastercard, variable load gift cards, bottle deposits, lottery and promotional tickets, Money Orders, Western Union, and sales tax.

King Soopers does not sell, trade, or rent customers’ personal information to outside companies or marketing firms. Call 1-800-576-4377 for more information.

The Deep Space Exploration Society Selected by NASA for Prestigious Volunteer Tracking Program

The Deep Space Exploration Society (DSES) has been selected by NASA to participate in a high-profile volunteer tracking initiative supporting the Artemis II mission. DSES is the sole nonprofit organization from Colorado chosen for this international volunteer effort alongside other private and public institutional partners. It is one of 34 organizations selected worldwide for this project.

Under this program, volunteers from DSES will use their 60-foot radio telescope at the Plishner Radio Telescope site in Kiowa County, Colorado, to passively receive and track radio signals from NASA’s Orion spacecraft as it travels around the Moon during the Artemis II mission. Data collected by DSES volunteers will be shared with NASA for analysis, helping to enhance understanding of tracking capabilities and contribute to future deep space exploration.

Read the DSES Press Release here: Press Release

For information on our activities see the project page at: Artemis II Project

Here is the official announcement from NASA: NASA Selects Participants to Track Artemis II Mission

For more information about the Artemis II mission: NASA Artemis II