Space non-profits and societies worldwide

US volunteer-led non-profit — places undergraduate women and gender minorities in paid aerospace internships with senior mentors.

Arlington-based space entrepreneurship network — supports the creation of startups and scale-ups pursuing commercial opportunities in low Earth orbit.

Albuquerque non-profit innovation hub — supports careers in space and deep-tech development in New Mexico.

American private operating foundation — promotes the secure, sustainable and peaceful use of outer space through research, policy and UN engagement.

US non-profit expanding access to space — runs a sponsored citizen astronaut programme and leadership training on the overview effect.

Austin-based non-profit chapter of the Space Force Association — supports the Texas space industry and national security space community.

Texas non-profit space community organisation in Houston — supports networking, workforce and ecosystem building for the state's space industry.

US non-profit advocating human exploration and settlement of Mars — runs analog research stations, an annual convention and student competitions.

American non-profit space advocacy organisation — promotes planetary science and exploration through public outreach, policy advocacy and research grants.

Huntsville space museum and Smithsonian Affiliate — official visitor centre for NASA Marshall and home of Space Camp education programmes.

US non-profit educational foundation for the GEOINT community — runs the annual GEOINT Symposium, certification and training programmes.

Eindhoven University of Technology student team — builds a CubeSat, the first satellite from North Brabant, incl. a mini IVF lab payload.

Dutch volunteer foundation — restored and operates the historic Dwingeloo radio telescope for radio astronomy, amateur space tracking and education.

Dutch TU Delft student team — builds an educational CubeSat whose data inspires primary and secondary school pupils about space.

Dutch student rocketry society at TU Delft — designs, builds and launches sounding rockets and develops solid, liquid and hybrid engines.

Dutch non-profit open-innovation platform for space data technology — runs hackathons, education and remote sensing projects in Noordwijk.

Dutch TU Delft student team — develops a 2.5 kg six-legged autonomous lunar rover and aims to deploy swarms of mini moon rovers.

Dutch space society (Nederlandse Vereniging voor Ruimtevaart) — connects professionals and students through events and its Ruimtevaart magazine.

Dutch space museum and official ESTEC visitor centre in Noordwijk — exhibits flown hardware and runs public space education.

Eindhoven University of Technology student rocketry team — develops reusable rocket technology for future satellite launch applications.

French learned academy — brings together aeronautics and space experts to publish studies and opinions on air and space policy and technology.

French learned society for aeronautics and astronautics — gathers professionals and organises technical conferences such as the Space Propulsion Conference.

French space science centre in Toulouse — runs exhibitions, a planetarium and education programmes on spaceflight and astronomy.

European non-profit association of space agencies and organisations — promotes the use of satellite applications by public authorities, businesses and society.

French science-education association — runs CNES-backed youth and student rocketry, CanSat and balloon programmes alongside wider science activities.

French volunteer-led association for women in the space sector — runs mentorship and leadership programmes and a talent pool across 17 countries.

UK space advocacy society — oldest existing space advocacy organisation, publishing Spaceflight magazine and the JBIS journal from London.

UK space science museum and educational charity in Leicester — runs exhibitions, a planetarium and STEM education programmes on space.

UK space skills think tank and consultancy — runs the Space Census, Space Training Catalogue and SpaceCRAFT competency framework.

UK network of space science and engineering educators — shares teaching resources and good practice across 40+ universities and colleges.

UK not-for-profit space careers platform — job board, career profiles and advice for students and career changers entering the space sector.

UK national student space society — volunteer-run charity organising conferences, rocketry and satellite competitions for students.

Norwegian national student space network — links student rocketry and satellite organisations and runs the annual NORSTEC Summit in Trondheim.

Norwegian student satellite organisation at NTNU — designs and builds CubeSats such as FramSat, sponsored by Norwegian space industry.

Norwegian student rocketry organisation at the University of Oslo — develops liquid-fuelled rockets such as the LOX/ethanol Nansen for education and research.

Norwegian student rocketry organisation at NTNU — designs and launches hybrid and liquid-fuelled rockets with the goal of reaching space.

Norwegian student rocketry organisation at the University of Stavanger — builds liquid-fuelled rockets with the aim of reaching space with Phoenix 2.

Japanese general incorporated foundation — supports space policy, ISS utilisation, outreach and education, and owns the Bisei Spaceguard Center.

Japanese public-interest foundation — receives, processes and distributes Earth observation satellite data for JAXA and runs remote sensing R&D and training.

Japanese non-profit space business organisation — runs the SPACETIDE conference series connecting startups, investors, agencies and industry in Asia.

Japanese learned society for aerospace engineering — publishes aerospace journals, runs technical committees and holds annual space science conferences.

Swiss student space association founded at ETH Zurich — develops hybrid and liquid rocket engines, sounding rockets and CubeSats with about 400 students.

Swiss student association at EPFL in Lausanne — develops the CHESS 3U CubeSat mission to measure Earth's atmospheric composition, supported by eSpace.

Swiss space innovation network hosted at EPFL — connects Swiss industry and academia to foster space technology projects and education.

Austrian student rocketry non-profit in Graz — designs, builds and launches student-developed rockets for competitions and education.

Austrian non-profit space network — runs Mars analog field missions such as AMADEE and develops the Aouda spacesuit simulator.

Canadian non-profit and charity — promotes Canadian involvement in the human exploration and development of the Solar System through outreach and projects.

Canadian student-run space non-profit — runs the CAN-RGX reduced-gravity experiment challenge and hosts the annual Canadian Space Conference.

Danish volunteer-run crewed spaceflight project — develops and launches amateur rockets and capsules, working toward the crewed Spica rocket.

Danish spaceflight society — promotes knowledge of spaceflight through lectures and events, publishes Dansk Rumfart and is Denmark's IAF member.

Greek non-profit for open-source space technology — runs the SatNOGS ground-station network and built UPSat, the first satellite made in Greece.

Student space team supported by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki — develops the AcubeSAT 3U CubeSat under ESA's Fly Your Satellite! programme.

Argentine non-profit space group of young professionals and students — develops a low-cost lunar rover and related exploration technology.

Advances STEM and space education — runs the JAXA KIBO Robot Programming Challenge in Australia and facilitates NASA Space Camp tours for students.

Belgian space discovery centre in Transinne — offers exhibitions, simulators and astronaut camps for schools and the public.

Cypriot non-profit space science organisation — represents Cyprus in IAF and COSPAR and runs the Cyprus Space Research and Innovation Centre.

Ecuadorian civilian space organisation — built the Pegaso and Krysaor CubeSats and supplies space hardware and mission support to satellite projects.

Estonian student satellite non-profit — develops ESTCube CubeSats and the SUTS satellite with the University of Tartu and TalTech.

Finnish astronautical association — promotes space research and activities, runs rocketry projects and publishes the Avaruusluotain magazine.

Aachen student rocketry association of RWTH and FH Aachen — develops hybrid and liquid rocket engines; its STAHR rocket reached 21 km in 2024.

Pan-African space industry directory and network — maps the African space ecosystem across 54 countries, connecting startups, agencies, universities and investors.

Hungarian space outreach society — promotes space science education, runs student competitions and Space Camp selection, and represents Hungary in the IAF.

Icelandic museum of human exploration in Húsavík — documents Apollo astronaut geology training in Iceland and runs astronaut training tours.

Israeli non-profit behind the Beresheet lunar lander — promotes STEM education through deep-space missions.

Pan-African Earth observation programme — provides free, analysis-ready satellite data and tools for decision-making across Africa.

Romanian student-driven space non-profit — runs space education, community events and a CubeSat team selected for ESA's Fly Your Satellite Design Booster.

Slovak space non-profit — popularises astronomy and spaceflight and runs technology projects such as the skCUBE satellite and stratospheric balloons.

South Korean learned society for aerospace engineering — publishes the KSAS journal and IJASS and holds conferences on aeronautics and space science.

Spanish remote sensing association — publishes the Revista de Teledetección and holds a national congress every two years.

KTH student rocketry association in Stockholm — designs and launches student rockets and was the first Swedish team at the European Rocketry Challenge.