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|headquarters = Magnolia Bend, Louisiana, USA | |headquarters = Magnolia Bend, Louisiana, USA | ||
|spaceport = [[Mid-Pacific Launch Center]]<br>[[Wikipedia:Vandenberg Air Force Base|Vandenberg Air Force Base]] | |spaceport = [[Mid-Pacific Launch Center]]<br>[[Wikipedia:Vandenberg Air Force Base|Vandenberg Air Force Base]] | ||
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|administrator = Arthur Monroe<br>[[Ian Rubin]]<br>Harrison Whitford | |administrator = Arthur Monroe<br>[[Ian Rubin]]<br>Harrison Whitford | ||
| − | |budget = US$250 billion ( | + | |budget = US$250 billion (2009) |
|URL = [http://www.lafayetteinc.com/ www.isa.int] | |URL = [http://www.lafayetteinc.com/ www.isa.int] | ||
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| + | The '''International Space Agency''' ('''ISA'''), established in 1975, is an [[Wikipedia:intergovernmentalism|intergovernmental]] organisation dedicated to the [[Wikipedia:Space exploration|exploration of space]], currently with 6 member agencies acting in cooperation. Headquartered in [[Magnolia Bend]], Louisana, ISA has a staff of more than 30,000 with an annual budget of about $250 billion in 2009. | ||
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| + | ISA's space flight program includes human spaceflight, mainly through its [[List of ISA_missions#Space Shuttle program|Space Shuttle program]], the launch and operations of unmanned exploration missions to other planets, the Moon and [[Wikipedia:Andromeda Galaxy|M31]], Earth observations, science, telecommunication as well as maintaining a major [[Wikipedia:spaceport|spaceport]], the [[Mid-Pacific Launch Center]] at [[Gagarin Island]] and designing launch vehicles. The main European launch vehicles, the [[Rubin Design Aerospace|RDA]] [[Wikipedia:Space Shuttle|space shuttle]] and [[Zeus V Launcher]] are operated in conjunction with [[Wikipedia:NASA|NASA]] with ISA sharing in the costs of launching and further developing these launch vehicles. | ||
| + | ISA science missions are based at [[McGregor Space Center]] in Magnolia Bend, which also houses the International Space Training Facility (ISTF) that trains astronauts for future missions. ISA Mission Control is in Geneva, Switzerland, with Space Shuttle missions currently controlled from the [[Wikipedia:Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center|Johnson Space Center]] in Houston, Texas. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Revision as of 22:00, 25 October 2009
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| Established | 1975 |
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| Headquarters | Magnolia Bend, Louisiana, USA |
| Primary spaceport | Mid-Pacific Launch Center Vandenberg Air Force Base |
| Administrator(s) | Arthur Monroe Ian Rubin Harrison Whitford |
| Budget | US$250 billion (2009) |
| Website | www.isa.int |
The International Space Agency (ISA), established in 1975, is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the exploration of space, currently with 6 member agencies acting in cooperation. Headquartered in Magnolia Bend, Louisana, ISA has a staff of more than 30,000 with an annual budget of about $250 billion in 2009.
ISA's space flight program includes human spaceflight, mainly through its Space Shuttle program, the launch and operations of unmanned exploration missions to other planets, the Moon and M31, Earth observations, science, telecommunication as well as maintaining a major spaceport, the Mid-Pacific Launch Center at Gagarin Island and designing launch vehicles. The main European launch vehicles, the RDA space shuttle and Zeus V Launcher are operated in conjunction with NASA with ISA sharing in the costs of launching and further developing these launch vehicles.
ISA science missions are based at McGregor Space Center in Magnolia Bend, which also houses the International Space Training Facility (ISTF) that trains astronauts for future missions. ISA Mission Control is in Geneva, Switzerland, with Space Shuttle missions currently controlled from the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
