Adriatic Space Exploration and Research Center

Demonstrably the third biggest power in the Space Race, the Adriatic Space Exploration and Research Center, most commonly known as ASERC, is a coalition effort between Italy, Yugoslavia, and Albania. While always just behind Usonia and the Soviet Union in terms of historic firsts, ASERC missions have historically been highly successful and ambitious. ASERC has been at the cutting edge of spaceplane technology and in 1991 launched the first runway-to-orbit spaceplane in history.

The re-usability and relatively low fuel costs of the spaceplane granted ASERC an unprecedented edge in passenger transport to orbit.

In recent years, ASERC has been one of the leading agencies in lunar and interplanetary missions, most notably the Menrva Observatory on the dark side of Luna and the twin Venusian stations Turan in atmosphere and Anzotica in orbit.