Space-faring nations | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 02/05/2019

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00:01:23 1 List of space agencies
00:01:37 2 List of space agencies with launch capability
00:01:48 3 List of space agencies with human spaceflight capability
00:02:00 4 List of space agencies with lunar landing capability
00:02:11 5 Expected and proposed future space agencies
00:02:22 6 Budgets
00:03:11 7 See also



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This is a list of government agencies engaged in activities related to outer space and space exploration. 
As of 2018, 72 different government space agencies are in existence; 14 of those have launch capability. Six government space agencies—the China National Space Administration (CNSA), the European Space Agency (ESA), the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Russian Federal Space Agency (RFSA or Roscosmos)—have full launch capabilities; these include the ability to launch and recover multiple satellites, deploy cryogenic rocket engines and operate space probes. 
The name given is the English version, with the native language version below. The acronym given is the most common acronym: this can either be the acronym of the English version (e.g. JAXA), or the acronym in the native language. Where there are multiple acronyms in common use, the English one is given first.
The date of the founding of the space agency is the date of first operations where applicable. If the space agency is no longer running, then the date when it was terminated (i.e. the last day of operations) is given. A link to the Agency's primary website is also given.