Launch your own exploration: links and interactive content



NASA interactive timeline

50 Images Celebrating NASA's 50th

NASA eClips (educational video segments)

NASA's Station Spacewalk Game

Space Exploration in Colorado

Colorado has the nation’s second largest aerospace economy. The following statistics are furnished by the Colorado Space Coalition:

  • 176,930 ... number of people employed in Colorado in space-related jobs
  • 25.7 ... percent growth in private aerospace employment in Colorado, from 2003-2008 (compared to 11.5 percent nationally)
  • 130+ ... number of aerospace companies operated in Colorado during 2008 (half of these companies employ fewer than 10 people)
  • 9.2 ... approximate percent increase in number of aerospace companies in Colorado from 2003-2008 (compared to approximately one percent nationally)
  • 7 ... number of major aerospace contractors that have significant presence in Colorado (Ball Aerospace, Boeing, ITT Corp., Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, United Launch Alliance)