An actively managed ETF: owns US and foreign companies that earn at least half their annual revenue from space-related business.
NASA, the Tema Space Innovators ETF, is a $1.3 billion ETF whose main story is the orbital economy. It holds 39.2% of the money in ETFs carrying that story, 1st of 44.
The narrative it carries
Its main narrative, at 0.8 of its exposure.
The orbital economy →
Launch, satellites and the space companies around SpaceX, now that it trades publicly.
The band is where this narrative’s level sits among the 22 this week. QUIET means less talked about, not falling.
| # | ETF | SHARE | ASSETS | 1 YEAR | COST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NASA | 39.2% | $1.33bn | – | – |
| 2 | UFOX | 22.5% | $875.0m | +39.8% | 0.30% |
| 3 | UFO | 19.7% | $535.8m | +15.2% | 0.75% |
| 4 | ARKX | 13.6% | $737.1m | +9.8% | 0.75% |
| 5 | WARP | 1.6% | $42.9m | – | 0.50% |
| 39 other ETFs | 3.4% |
Share is each ETF’s slice of the capital carrying this narrative. 1 year is market price total return; cost is the expense ratio. See all 44 ETFs on the narrative page →
Also carries: The defense trade →
Defense contractors, defense technology and the industrial companies around them, paid from government budgets.
FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN
| 1M | 3M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y* | 5Y* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NASA | +9.4% | −14.3% | – | – | – | – |
| The orbital economyits narrative | +6.6% | −9.9% | +16.9% | +18.1% | +38.0% | +13.5% |
| The marketbroad US ETFs | +0.8% | +2.6% | +14.6% | +16.8% | +22.9% | +12.9% |
1M, 3M, 1Y, 3Y, 5Y: one month to five years. YTD: year to date. * A year, annualised. A dash means the ETF has not traded for the whole period. Since it started trading on March 31, 2026: −0.7%.
$10,000 invested March 31, 2026
Total return on the market price, with each distribution reinvested on its ex-date. Not the NAV return the issuer publishes; the two differ when the ETF trades above or below the value of its holdings. The narrative is the asset-weighted return of the unlevered ETFs that carry it. The market is the asset-weighted return of broad US index ETFs. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN
NASA has traded for less than a year, so how it moves against the market is not shown yet.
Risk
How it is built
An unlevered long ETF that owns its holdings directly. It counts toward Share of Narrative.
Narrative exposure
Second narrative: read in the ETF’s own filing.
Common questions
What story is NASA selling?
NASA’s main story is the orbital economy, which covers launch, satellites and the space companies around SpaceX, now that it trades publicly. Its second is the defense trade.
How much of the orbital economy does NASA hold?
NASA holds 39.2% of the money in ETFs carrying that story, 1st of 44.
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