European Multinational Efforts
Space workforce trends in the United States, Europe, Japan, and India


The United States and Europe saw significant growth in private sector space employment from 2022 to 2023, with increases of 6.7% and 9.1%, respectively.
Global workforce growth shows annual overall gains


Annual workforce data shows a net gain of more than 26,000 space workers. That compares to 6,436 added jobs in the prior year comparison. While methodologies differ, tracking annual data provides some insight to the growth of the global workforce.
Government space budgets grow 11% to reach new heights


International government space budgets reached new heights in 2023 with $125 billion spent on space programs, 11% higher than a revised 2022 total of $113 billion.
SNAPSHOT: Global space economy


The global space economy totaled $546 billion in 2022, 8% higher than 2021 — and it could reach $772 billion by 2027, according to Space Foundation analysis.
Space-based research brings billions in value to medicine


Every year, NASA turns $10 billion in research and development funding into roughly 1,000 technology reports and 100 new patents.
Launch Attempts by Country and Category, 2023


The United States launched 11 military missions in the year, including payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office and a new generation of small communications satellites for the Space Development Agency. Russia launched 10 civil government missions in 2023, including Soyuz launches to send crews to the International Space Station, which remains one area of cooperation between the Kremlin and NASA. India made headlines with its successful launch of a lunar probe while the European Space Agency, awaiting its new Ariane-6 launch vehicle, launched three spacecraft including its Euclid space observatory.
Launch Attempts by Select Nations, 2022-2023


The record number of launches came despite delays that pushed the debuts of several long-anticipated launch vehicles into 2024. It was the third consecutive year to shatter launch records, despite a decline in European and Russian launches.
Up to 14 Large Rockets and Tiny Competitors Are Poised for Launch in 2024


Space leaders in 2023 pondered a lack of launch vehicles to lift anticipated swarms of satellites to orbit. But 2024 could bring relief.
As Experts Debate Leap Seconds, Universal Time Tangle Grows in Importance


Time, the measurement that science still has difficulty explaining, has allowed everything from transatlantic exploration to space travel and now is the fabric that holds together financial institutions, supply chains and the internet. But if you counted down the closing seconds of 2023 with New Year’s revelers, you were almost certainly wrong.
ESA’s Euclid Telescope reveals first images of the stars


The European Space Agency released an initial batch of full-color images from its Euclid space telescope, showing the capability of the spacecraft’s 600-megapixel camera, which will be used on Euclid’s planned six-year mission to measure the accelerating expansion of the universe.