• Question: How many countries have participate in NASA?

    Asked by Andrew1 to Andrea, Charlie 🚀, Col Op, Kirsty, Vinita on 14 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Kirsty Lindsay

      Kirsty Lindsay answered on 14 Jun 2016:

      NASA is mostly just America, although there are international projects like Hubble.

      ESA has 22 countries as members- Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Canada works on joint projects with ESA too.

    • Photo: Andrea Boyd

      Andrea Boyd answered on 16 Jun 2016:

      Just the United States – NASA is a national agency.

      There are lots of space agencies all around the world. The European Space Agency is the best 😀 http://www.esa.int/ESA

      Australia doesn’t have a space agency 🙁

      Other space agencies:

      Algeria Algerian Space Agency ASAL
      French: Agence Spatiale Algérienne
      Berber: Tafullut Tadzayrit n Tallunt
      Arabic: الوكالة الفضائية الجزائرية‎‎
      Argentina Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Investigaciones Espaciales CNIE
      (National Commission for Space Research) and Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales CONAE (National Space Activities Commission)
      Austria German: Agentur für Luft- und Raumfahrt ALR
      (Aeronautics and Space Agency);
      Azerbaijan Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Milli Aerokosmik Agentliyinin AMAKA
      (Azerbaijan National Aerospace Agency)
      Bahrain Bahrain’s National Space Science Agency NSSA
      Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization SPARRSO
      Belarus Belarus Space Agency
      Belgium Dutch: Belgisch Instituut voor Ruimte-Aëronomie BIRA
      French: Institut d’Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique IASB
      (Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy) BISA
      Bolivia Spanish: Agencia Bolivariana para Actividades Espaciales ABAE
      (Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities)
      Brazil Portuguese: Agência Espacial Brasileira AEB
      (Brazilian Space Agency)
      Bulgaria Bulgarian: Българска академия на науките ИКИ-БАН
      (Space Research Institute, Solar-Terrestrial Influences Institute) Bulgarian Space Agency SRI-BAS
      ИСЗВ-БАН
      STIL-BAS
      Canada Canadian Space Agency CSA
      French: Agence spatiale canadienne ASC
      People’s Republic of China China National Space Administration CNSA
      (Chinese: 国家航天局)
      Colombia Spanish: Comisión Colombiana del Espacio CCE
      (Colombian Space Commission)
      Croatia Croatian: Hrvatska svemirska agencija HSA
      (Croatian Space Agency[citation needed]) CSA
      Czech Republic Czech Space Office (CSO) Ministerstvo dopravy České republiky
      Denmark Danish: Danmarks Rumcenter DRC
      (Danish National Space Center) DNSC
      Egypt National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences NARSS
      (Arabic: الهيئة العامة للاستشعار عن بعد وعلوم الفضاء ‎‎)

      European Space Agency ESA
      (French: Agence spatiale européenne) ASE

      France French: Centre National d’Études Spatiales CNES
      (National Center of Space Research)
      Germany German: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt DLR
      (German Aerospace Center)
      Greece Greek: Ινστιτούτο Διαστημικών Εφαρμογών και Τηλεπισκόπησης ΙΔΕΤ
      (Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing) ISARS
      Hungary Hungarian: Magyar Űrkutatási Iroda MŰI
      (Hungarian Space Office) HSO
      India Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO
      (Hindi: भारतीय अंतरिक्ष अनुसंधान संगठन) इसरो
      Indonesia Indonesian: Lembaga Antariksa dan Penerbangan Nasional LAPAN (National Institute of Aeronautics and Space)
      Iran Iranian Space Agency ISA
      (Persian: سازمان فضایی ایران‎‎)
      Israel Israeli Space Agency ISA
      (Hebrew: סוכנות החלל הישראלית‎‎) סל”ה
      Italy Italian Space Agency ASI
      (Italian: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana)
      Japan Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA
      (Japanese: 宇宙航空研究開発機構)
      Kazakhstan National Space Agency (KazCosmos); NSA (KazCosmos);
      Kazakh Space Research Institute SRI
      Malaysia Malaysian National Space Agency ANGKASA
      (Malay: Agensi Angkasa Negara)
      Mexico Mexican Space Agency AEM
      (Spanish: Agencia Espacial Mexicana)
      Morocco French: Centre Royal de Télédétection Spatiale CRTS
      Berber: Ammas Amrrukan n Tallunt
      (Arabic: المركز الملكي للإستشعار البعدي الفضائي‎‎)
      (Royal Centre for Remote Sensing)
      Netherlands Dutch: Stichting Ruimteonderzoek Nederland SRON
      (Netherlands Institute for Space Research)
      New Zealand New Zealand Space Agency NZSA
      Nigeria National Space Research and Development Agency NASRDA
      North Korea Korean Committee of Space Technology KCST
      (Korean: 조선우주공간기술위원회)
      North Korea National Aerospace Development Administration NADA
      (Korean: 국가우주개발국)
      Norway Norwegian: Norsk Romsenter NRS
      (Norwegian Space Centre) NSC
      Pakistan Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission SUPARCO
      (Urdu: پاکستان خلائی و بالا فضائی تحقیقاتی کمیشن‎) سپارکو
      Peru Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Aeroespacial CONIDA
      (National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development)
      Poland Polish: Polska Agencja Kosmiczna POLSA POLSA
      (Polish Space Agency) POLSA
      Portugal Portuguese: Gabinete do Espaço da FCT
      (FCT Space Office)[citation needed] FCT SO
      Romania Romanian: Agenţia Spaţială Română ASR
      (Romanian Space Agency) ROSA
      Russia Russian: Федеральное космическое агентство ROSCOSMOS
      (Russian Federal Space Agency)
      Saudi Arabia Space Research Institute of Saudi Arabia[citation needed] KACST-SRI
      (Arabic: معهد بحوث الفضاء ‎‎)
      South Africa South African National Space Agency SANSA
      South Korea Korea Aerospace Research Institute KARI
      (Korean: 한국항공우주연구원)
      Spain Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial INTA
      Sweden Swedish: Rymdstyrelsen SNSB
      (Swedish National Space Board)
      Switzerland Swiss Space Office SSO
      Thailand Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency GISTDA
      (Thai: สำนักงานพัฒนาเทคโนโลยีอวกาศและภูมิสารสนเทศ) สทอภ
      Taiwan National Space Organization NSPO
      (Chinese: 國家太空中心)
      Tunisia French: Centre national de la cartographie et de la télédétection CNT
      (Arabic: المركز الوطني للإستشعار عن بعد‎‎)
      (National Remote Sensing Center of Tunisia)[citation needed]
      Turkey Turkish: TÜBİTAK Uzay Teknolojileri Araştırma Enstitüsü (TÜBİTAK UZAY) TÜBİTAK UZAY
      (TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute)
      Turkmenistan Turkmenistan National Space Agency
      Ukraine Ukrainian: Національне космічне агентство України НКАУ
      (National Space Agency of Ukraine) NSAU
      United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA
      Uzbekistan Uzbek State Space Research Agency (UzbekCosmos) USSRA (UzbekCosmos)
      United Arab Emirates Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre MBRSC
      United Kingdom UK Space Agency UKSA
      Vietnam Vietnamese: Viện Công nghệ vũ trụ Việt Nam CNVT or STI
      (Space Technology Institute Vietnam) VAST-STI

      Plus there is the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs UNOOSA
      who make space laws and also run the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space UNCOPUOS where every single country in the world has an equal seat (they don’t have to attend the meeting every year but they always have a seat available)

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