2021
S-Network Space Index vs. Benchmark Indexes, Q3 2021
Performance of space company stocks included in the S-Network Space Index for Q3 2021.
S-Network Space Index Weight by Listing Country as of Sept. 30, 2021
This chart shows how space companies included in the S-Network Space Index in Q3 2021 are represented by nation.
Virgin Galactic Stock Performance, Q3 2021
Virgin Galactic (-45%) had been trending upward in Q2 in anticipation of founder Richard Branson’s suborbital spaceflight as part of the first passenger flight by the company, which occurred near the beginning of Q3 on July 11. The momentary stock price peak following the successful flight, and its accompanying media fanfare, quickly disappeared as the company announced the issuance of $500 million in additional shares the following day.
U.S. Employment and Space-Related Employment, Jan. 2020-July 2021
According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the space industry also had a slower initial recovery than total employment (0.96% compared to 3.1% in May 2020) before maintaining growth at a near constant rate since July 2020.
Getting Torqued: NASA, GM Glove Technology Adds Power, Ease to Manual Tasks
Exoskeletons that optimize human movements have been a staple of science fiction for decades, but the needs of astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have brought one such tool to life.
2021 TSRQ3 – Space Industry Workforce Recovers to Pre-Pandemic Levels
The latest employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the U.S. space industry has recovered from the initial pandemic shutdown drop and has surpassed January 2020 employment . . .
2021: Quilty Analytics: Q3 Equity Financing Maintains Record Yearly Trend
The third quarter of 2021 represented the fifth consecutive quarter of elevated transaction activity across the satellite and space markets. In Q3 21, there were . . .
The S-Network Space Index℠ Q3 2021 Performance
The S-Network Space Index℠ tracks a global portfolio of publicly traded companies that are active in space-related businesses such as . . .
2021 TSRQ3 – Six Telescope Launches to Watch this Decade
Barring schedule slips, a half dozen of the most powerful telescopes ever imagined will launch this decade. The most notable, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, is set to launch Dec. 18, 2021, kicking off a new era of cosmology . . .
2021 TSR – Space Symposium Special Edition: Three Dimensions of Building Toward a Sustained Lunar Return
The Moon is re-emerging as a focus for global space exploration activities at a level and tempo that will surpass the peak of lunar activities during the space race of the 1960s and 1970s. Governments and commercial entities . . .