space agencies
Orbital exploration bureaus
Space agencies are government organizations responsible for a nation's space exploration, satellite programs, and aerospace research.
NASA (United States), ESA (European consortium), Roscosmos (Russia), and CNSA (China) are among the most prominent.
These agencies conduct scientific missions, develop launch vehicles, and increasingly coordinate with private aerospace companies: The space agency announced plans for a lunar base.
Federal space exploration bureau
- ESAContinental space organization
- SpaceXPrivate rocket manufacturer
- Blue OriginPrivate American spaceflight company
Drifter or space explorer
- probeThorough examination or tool
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- lunarOf the moon
martian · orbit · interstellar · extraterrestrial · lander · flyby · asteroid · comet
Propulsion-driven flying vehicles
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
- telemetryDistant automated data collection
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically
launch vehicle · heat shield · solar panel · docking · reentry · payload · booster · capsule
Sun deity, moonshot namesake
- ArtemisGreek hunting goddess
- HayabusaAsteroid-sampling space probe
- RosettaTrilingual Egyptian artifact
- CassiniSaturn mission namesake
Galileo · Juno · Parker · Gagarin · Gemini · Mercury · Skylab · Mir
Supplying monetary resources
- budgetPlan for spending
- policyAdopted principle of action
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
international treaty · defense · national security · administration · licensing · authorization · procurement · mandate
NASA
Federal space exploration bureau
- ESAContinental space organization
- SpaceXPrivate rocket manufacturer
- Blue OriginPrivate American spaceflight company
rover
Drifter or space explorer
- probeThorough examination or tool
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
lunar · martian · orbit · interstellar · extraterrestrial · lander · flyby · asteroid · comet · moon landing
rockets
Propulsion-driven flying vehicles
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
- telemetryDistant automated data collection
- roboticsAutomaton design field
engineering · launch vehicle · heat shield · solar panel · docking · reentry · payload · booster · capsule · thruster
Apollo
Sun deity, moonshot namesake
- ArtemisGreek hunting goddess
- HayabusaAsteroid-sampling space probe
- RosettaTrilingual Egyptian artifact
Cassini · Galileo · Juno · Parker · Gagarin · Gemini · Mercury · Skylab · Mir · ISS
funding
Supplying monetary resources
- budgetPlan for spending
- policyAdopted principle of action
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
oversight · international treaty · defense · national security · administration · licensing · authorization · procurement · mandate · bilateral agreement
- space industrySpaceX, Blue Origin, NASA, satellites, communication satellites
- space policymilitarization, liability limits, international law, satellite weapons, weapon ban
- astronautsastronaut, cosmonaut, taikonaut, cosmonauts, spacewalker
- public entitiesgovernment agencies, public bodies, state enterprises, public corporations, state agencies
- state assetsfederal land, public lands, state land, gold reserves, currency reserves
space, agency, spacecraft, spaceman, space station, aerospace, spacemen, spacesuit, spacewalk