Space Agencies

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• Which organization was created in 1958 to replace the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)?
• The European Space Agency is an institution of the European Union rather than an independent intergovernmental…
• Which pair of organizations merged to create Japan's JAXA in 2003?
• The Indian Space Research Organisation is commonly abbreviated as ISRO.
• Which agency is responsible for China's main civilian space program?
• Roscosmos is the national space agency and state space corporation of Russia.
• Which space agency is most closely associated with the Ariane launch vehicle program?
• NASA is a military branch of the United States Department of Defense.