Space Agencies
Eliminating the giggle factor . . . creating a public awareness and excitement about outer space development.
At the beginning of the modern space age, there were two space superpowers, the United States and former Soviet Union. Today there are many nations with space agencies. This pattern has continued to grow each year. It is important to notice this trend.
http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/topic/national-space-research-and-development-agency
http://www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction?id=94358
http://www.parliament.gov.za/live/commonrepository/Processed/20090804/67015_2.pdf
http://en.rian.ru/world/20090921/156201253.html
National Space Agencies: Information Links
http://www.hudsonfla.com/spacehdi.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_program
http://www.aip.org/fyi/2004/063.html
Arab Satellite Communications Organization (ARABSAT)
Argentina Space Agency
Austrian Space Agency (ASA)
British National Space Centre
Belgian Office for Scientific
Technical and Cultural Affairs
National Institute for Space Research
Canadian Space Agency
http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/contact.asp
Centre Nationale d'Etudes Spatiales
CNES
China National Space Administration (CNSA)
Dansk Rumforskningsinstitut
European Space Agency
www.esa.int/export/esaCP/ESATE4UM5JC-index_0.html
German Aerospace Center
Indian Space Research Organisation
Italian Aerospace Research Centre
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
National Space Development Agency of Japan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States
Netherlands Agency for Aerospace Programmes
The Netherlands Industrial Space Organization
National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria
Norwegian Space Centre
Pakistan Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission
Poland Space Research Center
Romanian Space Agency
Russian Space Agency
http://www.roscosmos.ru/index.asp?Lang=ENG
South Africa
http://www.space-travel.com/reports/South_Africa_To_Establish_Space_Agency_999.html
Swiss, Space Office (SSO)
Rymdstyrelsen
Swedish National Space Board
www.snsb.se/dyn_aktuellt.asp?languageId=2
Ukraine
http://www.nkau.gov.ua/NSAU/nkau.nsf/indexE?openform
International Space Agencies
Office for Outer Space Affairs
United Nations Office at Vienna
International Space Agency
Space Research Institute (IKI)
Centro para el Desarrollo Technológico Industrial
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aerospacial
Aeronautical Research Institute of Sweden
http://www.satellite-links.co.uk/directory/ffa.html
International Space Stations Research
www.rac.ca/ariss/faqariss2.htm
Copyright 2004-2012 by Edythe E. Weeks