The
Universities Space Research Association (
USRA) was incorporated on March 12, 1969 in
Washington, D.C. as a private, nonprofit corporation under the auspices of the
National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Institutional membership in the Association has grown from 49 colleges and universities when it was founded, to the current 105 institutions. All member institutions have
graduate programs in space sciences or technology. Besides the 95 member institutions in the
United States, there are two member institutions in
Canada, four in
Europe, two in
Israel, one in
Australia and one in
Hong Kong.