United States
Estimated spending for NASA and U.S. national security space, 2005-2025
The Pentagon made up more than a third of global defense spending, with $851 billion in 2024, including a record $30 billion for the Space Force.
Space Force, NASA spending, 2020-2025
With record 2023 Pentagon space budgets, including $30 billion for the Space Force, the United States remained the globe’s top military spender, topping the combined total of the next nine nations.
Non-NASA U.S. civil space spending by agency, 2022-2025
U.S. civil space spending totaled $28 billion in 2023, 5.4% higher than 2022. NASA’s budget is the majority (90%) of this spending. The Department of Commerce has the next highest spending with $1.7 billion, followed by the National Science Foundation ($482 million) and the Department of Energy ($388 million).
NASA commercial contracts awarded, 2016-2023
Through the CLPS initiative, NASA is working with 14 American companies to provide payload integration to, and surface operations on, the Moon. The initiative holds a cumulative maximum contract value of $2.6 billion through 2028.
The S-Network Space Index℠ 2024 H1 Performance
The S-Network Space Index℠ tracks a global portfolio of publicly traded companies that are active in space-related businesses.
Increased launches lead to greater focus on space sustainability
The rate of orbital launches has never been higher. Neither has the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in the past million years. While these numbers are not exactly correlated, the increase in both has coincided with a number of new sustainability-oriented space companies.
The big idea: Pentagon looks to harness speedy space firms
The Pentagon announced a closer relationship to commercial space firms during the 39th Space Symposium in April. Here’s what the new Commercial Space Strategy could deliver.
NOAA finalizes GOES, eyes next generation of forecasting
Increasingly sophisticated weather satellites, such as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES fleet, are providing the timeliest weather and climate analysis ever fielded.
Lunar rovers paving the way for an economy on the Moon
As private companies continue to outpace governments in orbit, national space agencies are increasingly outsourcing and contracting to fulfill their ambitions both near and far.
Long Beach rises with the tide of the space industry
Over the past 20 years, more than a dozen space companies have moved to or started operations in Long Beach. The city’s proximity to research universities, military bases, and one of the largest ports in the nation makes it an attractive location for space companies.