Government Space Agencies

 

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

 

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