Space Agencies

Worldwide Space Agencies

Revised: Feb. 2009

Most countries are space customers-that is, they use satellites for communications and weather information that are made and launched elsewhere. Most Americans know that the Russians and the Chinese have space programs, but how many would know that Brazil builds and launches sounding rockets and has sent astronauts to the International Space Station? This is a list of resources on the World Wide Web and at the NASA headquarters library of space agencies of nations that have either launched their own satellites or which could easily do so, after some research and development. The list is based on NASA's Office of External Relations list of foreign space agencies, but also includes other nations' space agencies besides those listed therein.

For information on NASA's policies on cooperating with other space agencies, please look at International Cooperation in Space. The NASA HQ library also has resource lists with special details of the space programs of the European Space Agency, India, Japan, Russia, China, and South Korea, so these countries are not included here. If you are a NASA HQ employee, please consider subscribing to our news alerts on international space affairs to keep up with the latest news.

All items are available at the Headquarters Library, except as noted. NASA Headquarters employees and contractors: call (358-0172) or email Library@hq.nasa.gov for information on borrowing or in-library use of any of these items. Members of the public, contact your Local Library for the availibilty of these items. NASA Headquarters employees can request additional materials or research on this topic. The Library welcomes your comments or suggestions about this webpage.

Argentina	Australia	Brazil	Canada	Denmark	France
Germany	Iran	Israel	Italy	The Netherlands	Norway
Spain	Sweden	Taiwan	The Ukraine	United Kingdom

Argentina

National Commission on Space Activities. Dec. 3, 2008. [Feb. 2, 2009].: http://www.conae.gov.ar/eng/principal.html

Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Feb. 2, 2009 [Feb. 2, 2009].: http://www.csiro.au

Brazil

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (National Institue for Space Research). Jan. 23, 2009 [Feb. 3, 2009].: http://www.inpe.br/ingles/index.php

Agencia Espacial Brasileira (Brazilian Space Agency). Jan. 22, 2009 [Feb. 3, 2009].: http://www.aeb.gov.br/

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais. Caminhos para o Espaço: 30 Anos do INPE-Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais-Brasil (Pathways to Space: 30 years of the INPE). Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Secretaria da Ciência e Tecnologia da Presidência da República, 1991.: QB500.266 .B6 C36 1991 BOOKSTACKS

Canada

Canadian Space Agency (CSA). Jan. 29, 2009 [Feb. 3, 2009].: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/default.asp

Gainor, Chris. Arrows to the Moon: Avro's Engineers and the Space Race. Ontario, Canada: Apogee Books, 2001.: TL790 .G35 2001 BOOKSTACKS
Shepherd, Gordon G. Canada's Fifty Years in Space: The COSPAR Anniversary. Burlington, Ont.: Apogee Books,c2008.: TL789.8 .C3 S54 2008 BOOKSTACKS

Denmark

National Space Institute. Aug. 19, 2008 [Feb. 2, 2009]: http://www.space.dtu.dk/English.aspx

France

CNES - Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales. Jan. 20, 2009. [Feb. 2, 2009].: http://www.cnes.fr/web/CNES-en/455-cnes-en.php
__________. Strategic Plan 1999 of Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales. Paris, France: 1999: TL789.8 .F8 C46 1999 BOOKSTACKS

Germany

German Aerospace Center. Jan. 24, 2009. [Feb. 2, 2009].: http://www.dlr.de/en/desktopdefault.aspx

Iran

Iranian Space Agency. July 6, 2008. [Feb. 3, 2009].: http://isa.ir/index.php

Israel

Israel Space Agency. 2006. [Feb. 2, 2009].: http://www.most.gov.il/English/Units/Science/Israel+Space+Agency/

Italy

Agenzia Spaziale Italiana. 2009. [Feb. 2, 2009].: http://www.asi.it/en
Maria, Michelangelo de. Italy in Space: 1946-1988. Noordwijk, Netherlands: ESA Publications Division, 2003.: TL789.8 .I8 M37 2003 BOOKSTACKS

The Netherlands

National Aerospace Laboratory. Jan. 26, 2009 [Feb. 3, 2009].: http://www.nlr.nl/smartsite.dws?id=8650&l=en

Norway

Norwegian Space Centre. Nov. 25, 2008. [Feb. 2, 2009].: http://www.spacecentre.no/english/
Collett, John Peter. Making Sense of Space: The History of Norwegian Space Activities. Boston., MA: Scandinavian University Press, 1995.: QB500 .M34 1995 BOOKSTACKS

Spain

Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial (INTA). 2009. [Feb. 2, 2009].: http://www.inta.es/includes/idiomas.asp?i=en&p=/index.asp
Dorado, Jose M. Spain in Space: A Short History of Spanish Activity in the Space Sector. Noordwijk, Netherlands: ESA Publications Division, 2002.: TL789.8 .S72 D67 2002 BOOKSTACKS

Sweden

Swedish National Space Board. Jan. 26, 2009 [Feb. 2, 2009].: http://www.rymdstyrelsen.se/dyn_aktuellt.asp?languageid=2
Swedish Space Corporation. Jan. 28, 2009 [Feb. 2, 2009].: http://www.ssc.se/?sid=4983
Hultqvist, Bengt. Space, Science and me: Memoirs on Swedish Space Research During the Post-war Period. Noordwijk, The Netherlands: European Space Agency, 2003.: QB460.72 .H8 H85 2003 BOOKSTACKS

Taiwan

National Space Program Office. 2007. [Feb. 2, 2009].: http://www.nspo.org.tw/2005e/

The Ukraine

National Space Agency of Ukraine. Jan. 22, 2009 [Feb. 2, 2009]: http://www.nkau.gov.ua/nsau/nkau.nsf/indexE
Factor, Debra D. Space Activities in the Ukraine. Arlington, VA: ANSER, 1996.: TL789.8 .U37 S63 1996 BOOKSTACKS

United Kingdom

British National Space Center (BNSC). Jan. 8, 2009 [Feb. 2, 2009].: http://www.bnsc.gov.uk/
__________. United Kingdom Space Strategy 1999-2002: New Frontiers. London, UK: BNSC, Information Office, 1999.: TL789.8 .G7 U65 1999 BOOKSTACKS
Gainor, Chris. Arrows to the Moon: Avro's Engineers and the Space Race. Ontario, Canada: Apogee Books, 2001.: TL790 .G35 2001 BOOKSTACKS


	Feb. 2009