The following table lists down the major government space agencies of the world −
|
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'étudesspatiales (National Centre for Space Studies) |
CNES |
|
Germany |
DeutschesZentrumfürLuft- und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center) |
DLR |
|
Italy |
AgenziaSpazialeItaliana (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 ActividadesEspaciales |
CoNAE |
|
Iran |
Iranian Space Agency and Iranian Space Research Center |
ISA and ISRC |
|
Spain |
Instituto Nacional de TécnicaAeroespacial |
INTA |
|
Netherlands |
Netherlands Space Office |
NSO |
|
Sweden |
Swedish National Space Board |
SNSB |
|
Brazil |
AgênciaEspacialBrasileira (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 |
AgenciaEspacial Mexicana (Mexican Space Agency) |
AEM |
|
Belarus |
Belarus Space Agency |
BSA |
|
Costa Rica |
AsociaciónCentroamericana de AeronáuticayelEspacio (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 |
AgenciaBolivariana para ActividadesEspaciales (Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities) |
ABAE |
|
Colombia |
ComisiónColombiana del Espacio (Colombian Space Commission) |
CCE |
|
Singapore |
Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing |
CRISP |
|
Poland |
PolskaAgencjaKosmiczna (Polish Space Agency) |
POLSA |
|
United Nations |
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs |
UNOOSA |
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 |