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2020 TSRQ1 – Economy: New Nations in Space

Since 2012, there has been a significant uptick in the number of developing nations entering the space community annually. From 1957 until 2011, the average number of countries entering orbital space per year was two. Between 2012 and 2019, the average number of countries entering space annually increased to four.

2020 TSRQ1 – Economy Insights: Commercial Activity on the International Space Station

This year marks the 20th anniversary of human habitation on the International Space Station (ISS). That sustained success means NASA and the ISS U.S. National Laboratory, which share American resources on the orbiting facility, have transitioned from merely supporting life in space to . . .

2020 TSRQ1 – As Orbiting Debris Increases, New Technologies Emerge for Tracking, Capturing

As Space Debris Piles Up and Satellite Deployments Grow, Calls for Space Tracking Mount

Relative to the vastness of space, the near collision was frighteningly close. On Jan. 29, 2020, a decommissioned U.S. space telescope and a U.S. experimental payload were hurtling toward each other over Pittsburgh.