- GOVERNMENT SPACE AGENCIES
UNIT 8 – MAJOR SPACE RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS – PART 3
GOVERNMENT SPACE AGENCIES
Country/Region | Agency | Abbreviation |
United States | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA |
Russia | Russian Federal Space Agency | RFSA |
Russia | Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities | Roscosmos |
Europe | European Space Agency | ESA |
Japan | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | JAXA |
France | Centre national d’études spatiales (National Centre for Space Studies) | CNES |
Germany | Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center) | DLR |
Italy | Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (Italian Space Agency) | ASI |
China | China National Space Administration | CNSA |
India | Indian Space Research Organisation | ISRO |
Canada | Canadian Space Agency | CSA |
United Kingdom | UK Space Agency | UKSA |
South Korea | Korea Aerospace Research Institute | KARI |
Algeria | Algerian Space Agency | ASA |
Ukraine | State Space Agency of Ukraine | SSAU |
Argentina | Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales | CoNAE |
Iran | Iranian Space Agency and Iranian Space Research Center | ISA and ISRC |
Spain | Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial | INTA |
Netherlands | Netherlands Space Office | NSO |
Sweden | Swedish National Space Board | SNSB |
Brazil | Agência Espacial Brasileira (Brazilian Space Agency) | AEB |
Pakistan | Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission | SUPARCO |
South Africa | South African National Space Agency | SANSA |
Switzerland | Swiss Space Office | SSO |
Mexico | Agencia Espacial Mexicana (Mexican Space Agency) | AEM |
Belarus | Belarus Space Agency | BSA |
Costa Rica | Asociación Centroamericana de Aeronáutica yel Espacio (Central American Association for Aeronautics and Space) | ACAE |
International | Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum | APRSAF |
Bahrain | Bahrain’s National Space Science Agency | NSSA |
Venezuela | Agencia Bolivariana para Actividades Espaciales (Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities) | ABAE |
Colombia | Comisión Colombiana del Espacio (Colombian Space Commission) | CCE |
Singapore | Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing | CRISP |
Poland | Polska Agencja Kosmiczna (Polish Space Agency) | POLSA |
United Nations | United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs | UNOOSA |
SPACE AGENCIES WITH HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT CAPABILITY
The following table lists down the different space agencies with human spaceflight capability –
Country/Region | Agency | Abbreviation |
United States | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA |
Russia | Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities | Roscosmos |
China | China National Space Administration | CNSA |