Revised: July 2010

Every nation benefits from communications satellites, weather satellites, and other space-based activities, but only a handful actively participate in the grand adventure of outer space. Most Americans know that Russia and the China have space programs, but how many would know that Brazil builds and launches sounding rockets and has sent astronauts to the International Space Station, or that South Africa just founded its own program?

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 for the space programs of India, Japan, Russia, China, and South Korea, so these programs are not included here. The European Space Agency has its own resource list, but as its members can act independently of the ESA, several of Europe's major players are listed here. If you are a NASA HQ employee, please consider subscribing to our news alerts to keep up with the latest news.

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Directories

International Astronautical Federation. July 2010. [July 15, 2010].

http://www.iafastro.org/index.html

 

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. June 2010 [July 15, 2010].

http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/index.html

 

Bond, Peter (ed.). Jane's Space Systems and Industry, 2008-2009. Coulsdon, Surrey, UK: Alexandria, VA: Jane's Information Group, 2008.

TL787 .J28 2008-2009 READY-REF

 

Burleson, Daphne. Space Programs Outside the United States: All Exploration and Research Efforts, Country by Country. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2005.

TL788.3 .B961 2005 BOOKSTACKS

 

Isakowitz, Steven J., Joshua B. Hopkins, and Joseph P. Hopkins, Jr. International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems. Reston, VA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2004.

TL785.8 .L3 I83 2004 READY-REF

 

Wilson, Andrew (ed.). Jane's Space Directory. Coulsdon, Surrey, UK: Alexandria, VA: Jane's Information Group, 2006.

TL787 .I57 2006/2007 READY-REF

Argentina

National Commission on Space Activities. July 2010. [July 12, 2010].

http://www.conae.gov.ar/eng/principal.html

Australia

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). July 2010 [July 12, 2010].

http://www.csiro.au

Brazil

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (National Institue for Space Research). July 2010 [July 12, 2010].

http://www.inpe.br/ingles/index.php

 

Agencia Espacial Brasileira (Brazilian Space Agency). July 2010 [July 12, 2010].

http://www.aeb.gov.br/

 

Programa Nacional de Atividades Espaciais (Brazil). National Program of Space Activities PNAE 2005-2014. Brasilia, PNAE, 2005.

QB500.266 .B6 P76B 2005 BOOKSTACKS

Canada

Canadian Space Agency (CSA). July 2010 [July 12, 2010].

http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/default.asp

 

Shepherd, Gordon G. Canada's Fifty Years in Space: The COSPAR Anniversary. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Apogee Books, 2008.

TL789.8 .C3 S54 2008 BOOKSTACKS

Denmark

National Space Institute. June 2010 [July 13, 2010]

http://www.space.dtu.dk/English.aspx

France

CNES - Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales. June 2010. [July 13, 2010].

http://www.cnes.fr/web/CNES-en/455-cnes-en.php

Germany

German Aerospace Center. July 2010. [July 13, 2010].

http://www.dlr.de/en/desktopdefault.aspx

Indonesia

LAPAN. July 2010. [July 13, 2010].

http://www.lapan.go.id/

Iran

Iranian Space Agency. May 2010. [July 13, 2010].

http://isa.ir/index.php

Israel

Israel Space Agency. 2009. [July 13, 2010].

http://www.most.gov.il/English/Units/Israel+Space+Agency/default.htm

Italy

Agenzia Spaziale Italiana. June 2010. [July 14, 2010].

http://www.asi.it/en

Malaysia

ANGKASA. July 2010. [July 13, 2010].

http://www.angkasa.gov.my/index.php

The Netherlands

National Aerospace Laboratory. July 7, 2010 [July 14, 2010].

http://www.nlr.nl/smartsite.dws?id=8650&l=en

Norway

Norwegian Space Centre. July 12, 2010. [July 14, 2010].

http://www.spacecentre.no/english/

South Africa

Department of Science and Technology. 2010. [July 7, 2010].

http://www.dst.gov.za/

 

Gottschalk, Keith. "South Africa's Space Program", Astropolitics, vol. VIII, no, 1 (Jan. 2010), p. 35-48.

Spain

Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial (INTA). 2009. [July 14, 2010].

http://www.inta.es/Default.aspx

 

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. 2009 [July 14, 2010].

http://www.rymdstyrelsen.se/en/Home/Home/

 

Swedish Space Corporation. July 7, 2010 [July 14, 2010].

http://www.ssc.se/?sid=4983

Taiwan

National Space Program Office. July 2010. [July 14, 2010].

http://www.nspo.org.tw/2008e/

The Ukraine

National Space Agency of Ukraine. June 2010 [July 14, 2010]

http://www.nkau.gov.ua/nsau/nkau.nsf/indexE

United Kingdom

UK Space Agency. July 13, 2010 [July 14, 2010].

http://www.ukspaceagency.bis.gov.uk/default.aspx