Government Space Agencies

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The following table lists down the major government space agencies of the world −

Country/RegionAgencyAbbreviation
United StatesNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA
RussiaRussian Federal Space AgencyRFSA
RussiaRoscosmos State Corporation for Space ActivitiesRoscosmos
EuropeEuropean Space AgencyESA
JapanJapan Aerospace Exploration AgencyJAXA
FranceCentre national d’étudesspatiales (National Centre for Space Studies)CNES
GermanyDeutschesZentrumfürLuft- und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center)DLR
ItalyAgenziaSpazialeItaliana (Italian Space Agency)ASI
ChinaChina National Space AdministrationCNSA
IndiaIndian Space Research OrganisationISRO
CanadaCanadian Space AgencyCSA
United KingdomUK Space AgencyUKSA
South KoreaKorea Aerospace Research InstituteKARI
AlgeriaAlgerian Space AgencyASA
UkraineState Space Agency of UkraineSSAU
ArgentinaComisión Nacional de ActividadesEspacialesCoNAE
IranIranian Space Agency and Iranian Space Research CenterISA and ISRC
SpainInstituto Nacional de TécnicaAeroespacialINTA
NetherlandsNetherlands Space OfficeNSO
SwedenSwedish National Space BoardSNSB
BrazilAgênciaEspacialBrasileira (Brazilian Space Agency)AEB
PakistanSpace and Upper Atmosphere Research CommissionSUPARCO
South AfricaSouth African National Space AgencySANSA
SwitzerlandSwiss Space OfficeSSO
MexicoAgenciaEspacial Mexicana (Mexican Space Agency)AEM
BelarusBelarus Space AgencyBSA
Costa RicaAsociaciónCentroamericana de AeronáuticayelEspacio (Central American Association for Aeronautics and Space)ACAE
InternationalAsia-Pacific Regional Space Agency ForumAPRSAF
BahrainBahrain’s National Space Science AgencyNSSA
VenezuelaAgenciaBolivariana para ActividadesEspaciales (Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities)ABAE
ColombiaComisiónColombiana del Espacio (Colombian Space Commission)CCE
SingaporeCentre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and ProcessingCRISP
PolandPolskaAgencjaKosmiczna (Polish Space Agency)POLSA
United NationsUnited Nations Office for Outer Space AffairsUNOOSA

 

Space agencies with human spaceflight capability

The following table lists down the different space agencies with human spaceflight capability −

Country/RegionAgencyAbbreviation
United StatesNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA
RussiaRoscosmos State Corporation for Space ActivitiesRoscosmos
ChinaChina National Space AdministrationCNSA
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