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'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 |
