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2021 TSRQ1 – U.S. Space Workforce Continues Steady Growth During Pandemic

In 2020, the U.S. space workforce included more than 192,000 workers. Preliminary data suggests that the sector has been resilient to the challenges of the global pandemic, increasing 5% over 2019. More than three-quarters of all space workers are. . .

2020 TSRQ4 – Nation in Review: Germany

Germany’s overall space spending has increased 56% since 2009, and its domestic space spending in 2019 increased more than 30% from 2018, reaching €1.3 billion (US$1.53 billion). Finalized budget information for 2020 German space spending will not be available until early 2021. . .

2021 TSR Q1: 2020 in Launches: Successes, Failures, and Everything in Between

This was the year of the partial success. From the LauncherOne demo to the maiden flight of the KZ-11, 2020 saw explosions and anomalies around the world. Companies such as Virgin Orbit and SpaceX released launch summaries of these failures, emphasizing what went right and what was learned. This is notably different than, say, the…