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Brazilian Space Agency - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Brazilian Space Agency (Agência Espacial Brasileira) is the civilian authority in Brazil that is in charge of the country's burgeoning space programme. The first successful rocket was launched on October 23, 2004; it was a VSV-30, or Brazilian Exploration Vehicle, launched on a sub-orbital mission. Because of pressure from the United States over the possible military application of its space program, the program was transferred into civilian control on 10 February 1994. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brazilian_Space_Agency   (223 words)

Brazil - BRAZZIL - Space: Brazilian Astronaut Is Joining Nasa - March 1998 It was not a coincidence that the 1st Brazilian Workshop on Commercial Space Applications should be scheduled during the same period in which the agreement was signed with NASA, permitting Brazilian participation in the Space Station. Today Brazil is a democratic republic, but the Complete Brazilian Space Mission, or (MECB) as it was known, established by those previous military governments, served as the blueprint for the country's current expertise in space technology. Márcio Barbosa, speaking at the commercial space workshop near INPE's headquarters, along with leading Brazilian and international aerospace officials, summed up what Brazil's future agenda for the commercial space arena might be. www.brazzil.com /p26mar98.htm   (1614 words)

CNN - Space station will take wing one piece at a time - Nov. 18, 1998 Japan, meanwhile, is developing a pressurized module for the station, the Italian Space Agency is building re-supply vessels and the Canadian Space Agency has developed a robotic arm that will maneuver humans and hardware around the station. The service module is reportedly close to completion, but the contractors have not been paid by the Russian Space Agency, which is short of funds in a country being strangled by a desperate financial crisis. Not only do they have the experience of manning the Mir space station for the past 12 years, but they are also committed to supplying nearly 50 percent of the modules to be used in the station. cnn.com /SPECIALS/space/station/news/overview   (1495 words)

21 feared dead in Brazilian satellite rocket blast - Aug. 24, 2003 The VLS rocket was the third prototype in a series, a spokesman with the Brazilian Space Agency said. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he "deplored" the accident and "paid homage to the victims and their families," his spokesman said. The prototype rocket was being prepared to launch two Brazilian observation satellites into orbit on Monday when it exploded, virtually carbonizing the bodies of the victims and destroying the satellites. www.inq7.net /wnw/2003/aug/24/wnw_3-1.htm   (484 words)

RIA Novosti - Russia - First Brazilian astronaut to join Russian space mission Brazilian Space Agency President Sergio Gaudenci said the nation was very excited to see Pontes go into space in 2006, as that year would mark the 100th anniversary of fellow countryman Alberto Santos-Dumont's pioneer heavier-than-air powered flight. Remishevsky said the contract's value, which could not be disclosed, was acceptable to the space agencies of both countries, but had yet to be approved by the Brazilian parliament. Viktor Remishevsky, vice president of Russia's Federal Space Agency, said Russia and Brazil had signed an agreement to send Lieutenant Colonel Marcos Pontes to the International Space Station (ISS) in March or April 2006. en.rian.ru /russia/20050902/41282042.html   (235 words)

Brazil is going into space The University Space Research Association, an association of universities that was established by the U.S. Academy of Sciences, sent a letter to the Brazilian Space Agency in which it expressed its enthusiasm about working with our researchers on the launching of small Brazilian satellites. In 1994, the old Brazilian Commission for Space Activities (Cobae) became the Brazilian Space Agency, and its president was a civilian, Luiz Gylvan Meira Filho. The Brazilian Space Program is also involved in partnerships with other countries for the purpose of placing new satellites in orbit. www.fas.org /news/brazil/lat95188.htm   (2879 words)

ISRO and Brazilian Space Agency to Cooperate in Space Activities During their stay in Brazilia, Dr K Kasturirangan and Delegation were received by Ambassador Ronaldo Mota Sardanberg, Minister of Science and Technology, held a bilateral working meeting with the officials of the Brazilian Space Agency and made a presentation of the Indian Space Programme to members of the Superior Council of the AEB. Following is the Joint Communique signed by Dr K Kasturirangan, Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, Department of Space, India and Dr Luiz Gylvan Meira Filho, President of the Brazilian Space Agency at Brazilia, Brazil on March 15, 2000. At the invitation of Dr Luiz Gylvan Meira Filho, President of the Brazilian Space Agency, an Indian Delegation, headed by Dr K Kasturirangan, Secretary, Department of Space, India and Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation - ISRO, visited Brazil from March 13 to 15, 2000. www.isro.org /pressrelease/Mar16_2000_2.htm   (426 words)

IAE - Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço The National Policy on the Development of Space Activities (PNDAE) establishing major principles, objectives, and guidelines for the Brazilian space activities was approved by the President of Brazil and issued as a Presidential Decree on December, 1994. It is mandatory that the Brazilian government keeps supporting the science and technology development, not only for the present necessities but with the vision for the future, allowing Brazil to reduce the technological gap related to other space developed countries. The PNDAE elects as the overall goal for the Brazilian space activities to foster the country's capacity to utilize space resources and techniques - according to Brazilian preferences and criteria - to solve national problems for the benefit of the Brazilian society. www.iae.cta.br /brazilianspaceprogram.htm   (2360 words)

Nuclear and Missile Developments The Brazilian Space Agency, which acquired its first directors in March 1994, is a civilian agency whereas the COBAE was connected to the Brazilian Armed Forces General Staff. The move is an attempt to divorce Brazilian space efforts from its military and thereby ease the "veritable blockade" on the Brazilian space program caused by US suspicion that Brazil is operating a parallel missile program. The Brazilian space launch vehicle (SLV) is expected to put a communications satellite into orbit in 1995. www.nti.org /db/missile/1994/m9404558.htm   (468 words)

Space Today Online - Spaceports Around the World - Brazil The Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) has plans to launch rockets and satellites from Alcantara for other nations, including the U.S., Russia and China. The European Space Agency space launch site is nearby on the Atlantic Coast at Kourou, French Guiana, north of the equator. Brazil's Ministry of Aeronautics has space launch and tracking facilities in northeast Brazil on the country's 4,603-mi.-long Atlantic Ocean coast near Alcantara and Natal, not far south of the equator. www.spacetoday.org /Rockets/Spaceports/Brazil.html   (304 words)

SPACE.com -- Russia Agrees to Launch Brazil's First Astronaut to ISS Marcus Pontes, of the Brazilian Air Force, is slated to ride up to the ISS aboard a Russian-built Soyuz spacecraft with the crew of Expedition 13 under an agreement signed Tuesday between the Federal Space Agency and Brazilian Space Agency (Agéncia Espacial Brasileiria). Brazilian astronaut Marcos Pontes poses for a photograph with Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (left) after the two countries signed a space agreement in Moscow on Oct. 18, 2005. Astrosociology is the study of astrosocial phenomena (social/cultural patterns related to space), a multidisciplinary field open to all scientists and engineers interested in "space and society" issues. www.space.com /missionlaunches/051018_pontes_brazil_iss.html   (586 words)

Russia May Send Brazilian Astronaut to Space in 2006 - NEWS - MOSNEWS.COM The agency head Anatoly Perminov and the head of the Brazilian Defense Ministry’s external relations department, Carlos Augusto Leal Velloso, discussed a “possible flight by the first Brazilian cosmonaut to the ISS next year,” ITAR-TASS news agency quoted the space agency spokesman Vyacheslav Davydenko as saying. U.S. space shuttle flights have been grounded since the February 2003 Columbia disaster, leaving Russian space craft as the only means of transport to the station. The first space mission on a shuttle since the disaster is scheduled to launch on May 15. www.mosnews.com /news/2005/03/05/brazilspace.shtml   (702 words)

SABCnews.com - world/south_america Luiz Bevilacqua, the president of the Brazilian Space Agency, was quoted as saying the accident could have been avoided if Brazil had invested more in its space program. Some of the bodies of the 21 people killed when a Brazilian space rocket exploded before its launch have been so badly damaged that they will need DNA testing to be identified, officials said today. "Space technology is vital for Brazil, that's indisputable," he was quoted as saying by Radiobras agency. www.sabcnews.com /world/south_america/0,2172,64507,00.html   (479 words)

Space Today Online - Brazilian space rockets - a troubled road to space Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told his mourning nation that, despite the VLS-1 VO3 disaster, the space program would keep on trying. The launcher was three days from its scheduled trip to space when fire appeared around the four solid-fuel boosters at the bottom of the upright rocket. Rocket scientists say Alcantara is well placed for space launches because its proximity to the equator requires less fuel to loft a rocket to orbit. www.spacetoday.org /Rockets/Brazil/BrazilRockets.html   (447 words)

Brazilian Space Rocket Explodes, Kills 19 First word of the accident reached Brasilia at the same time as the head of the Brazilian Space Agency was holding a news conference with his Ukrainian counterpart about a deal to launch Ukrainian Cyclone rockets from Alcantara. It was sitting in a large structure on the launch pad at Brazil's tropical Alcantara space base on a jungle peninsula jutting into the ocean when the accident happened at 1:30 p.m. The launch pad is situated in a heavily guarded section of the huge space base. www.rense.com /general40/uusi.htm   (500 words)

Chron.com Brazil launches 1st test rocket since accident Brazil's space agency said it plans to launch the first two operational VSB-30 flights in November 2005 and May 2006 to conduct European experiments at altitudes of up to 155 miles. The United States has 80 percent of the market, while China and Europe have growing stakes. It was less ambitious than last year's third unsuccessful space launch which attempted to put two satellites into low orbit at 470 miles altitude. www.chron.com /cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/space/2864242   (291 words)

BBC NEWS Americas Brazil's flawed space bid exposed But Brazilian government investigators said decisions taken long before the accident led to a breakdown in safety procedures, maintenance and training. Brazil is the only South American country that has a space programme. The explosion was Brazil's worst space programme accident news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/3519866.stm   (327 words)

BBC NEWS World Americas Fatal blast hits Brazil space hopes Just as news of the explosion started emerging, the head of the Brazilian Space Agency was holding a news conference with his Ukrainian counterpart about a deal to launch Ukrainian rockets from Alcantara. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva paid homage to the victims and their families, his spokesman said, adding that the president had reaffirmed Brazil's determination to pursue the space programme. The last two rockets, which took off in 1997 and 1999, were destroyed in the air shortly after lift-off because of technical problems. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/3175131.stm   (463 words)

International Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space: Activities of Member States in 2003 The Brazilian space programme has chosen, from the beginning, to invest in data-collection satellites, which since the 1990s have gained popularity worldwide for their very low cost-benefit rate. Involvement in space activities is crucial to Brazil because of the geographical characteristics of the country, which include the impressive extent of its territory and coastline, its huge Amazonian forest and the large expanses of scarcely populated areas, and the diversity of its climate. The Brazilian programme of sounding rockets provides for their utilization for microgravity experiments with the aim of stimulating interest in and informing the academic community and other interested persons about the microgravity project. www.oosa.unvienna.org /natact/2003/brazil.html   (1359 words)

Guardian Unlimited Special reports Brazilian space rocket blast kills 16. A space rocket exploded on its launchpad last night, days before its planned flight, killing at least 16 people and delivering a massive setback to Brazil's ambitions in space. Brazil began a space programme in the 1970s, focused on meteorology, telecoms, and the environment. The explosion is Brazil's third failure to get into space, in a project that has cost hundreds of millions of dollars. www.guardian.co.uk /space/article/0,14493,1199726,00.html   (327 words)

Peru and Space Agencies Following discussions with a representative of the Institute of Aeronautics and Space at the Aerospace Technology Centre in Brazil on the occasion of his visit to CONIDA, a letter of presentation was addressed to the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), expressing CONIDA’s wish to discuss the possibility of concluding agreements on mutual cooperation in space matters. An agreement was reached that a delegation of CONIDA officials would be received in Santiago during the first quarter of 2004 for the purpose of visiting the installations of the Chile Space Agency and exchanging views on opportunities for mutual cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space. The National Aerospace Research and Development Commission (CONIDA) of Peru has signed a cooperation agreement with the Indian Space Agency and is about to sign a similar agreement with the Space Agency of the Russian Federation. www.globalsecurity.org /space/world/peru/agency.htm   (785 words)

domain - B : indian business : Economy : Infrastrucutre : ISRO to launch Brazilian satellite According to the terms of an agreement signed on January 25,2004, at New Delhi between ISRO and Brazilian Space Agency, the two organisations will conduct joint research in space and atmospheric sciences and also exchange proposals for remote sensing applications. The collaboration between the two space agencies is the outcome of the Framework Agreement signed on the eve of Republic Day between the governments of India and New Delhi for cooperation in the field of outer space. Sinha, minister of External Affairs and Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian president, during his visit to India for the Republic Day celebrations. www.domainb.com /economy/infrastructure/space/20040127_brazilian_satellite.html   (192 words)

RIA Novosti - Business - First Brazilian to set off for ISS onboard Russian craft in spring Viktor Remishevsky, the agency's deputy director, said agreement on the mission had been reached between officials of the Russian and Brazilian space agencies in the Brazilian capital. "Brazil wants the first Brazilian space flight to happen next year, as it will be an important year for us," said Sergio Gaudenzi, the president of the Brazilian space agency. Next year will be a hundred years since Brazilian Santos Dumont made a pioneer flight on a heavier-than-air machine. en.rian.ru /business/20050902/41277894.html   (287 words)

Pravda.RU Russia-brazil: From Niva Cars To Space Mucio Diaz, president of the Brazilian Space Agency, has been staying in Russia for a week, conducting negotiations on the project of joint launch of Russian, Brazilian and Ukrainian satellites. Russia is also of interest to Brazilian businessmen as a potential supplier of equipment for the oil and gas industry, as a country capable of arranging supplies of medical equipment, as well as geological, drilling and research equipment. Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso is to pay an official visit to Moscow on January 14-16. english.pravda.ru /economics/2002/01/14/25495.html   (1904 words)

Indiantelevision dot com's Breaking News : Isro signs MOU with Brazilian space agency Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) and the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) have cleared the decks for increased cooperation. Minister of state (space), Vasundhara Raje and Brazilian minister for science and technology Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg, were present on the occasion. The agreement will also enable exchange of technical and scientific personnel to participate in studies and joint working groups to examine specific uses, according to the Indian space agency. www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k2/mar/mar1.htm   (190 words)

Brazilian Shuttle In the mid-nineties, the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) was created, taking over the project from the military. In the beguinning of 2003, with the Columbia tragedy, the Brazilian Shuttle was ready to participate on the ISS construction effort, carrying out the assembly missions during the period that the American fleet was grounded. During 2002, another two flights were undertaken to qualify more crews in the Brazilian Astronaut Corps and launch commercial satelites. www.familiamalreira.hpg.ig.com.br /shuttle/brashu.html   (820 words)

International Space Station - World Wide Team Under the direction of the Brazilian Space Agency, the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) in San Jose dos Campos is providing six items that in essence constitute attachments devices and a pallet on which experiments and equipment will ride in Space Shuttle missions to the ISS. The Russian Space Agency (RSA) is supplying about 1/3 the mass of the ISS in the form of a Service Module, Universal Docking Module, Science Power Platform, Docking Compartment and Research Modules. The Russian Space Agency provided logistics re-supply and station re-boosting with its Progress and other vehicles, as well as crew tranfers on the Soyuz. www.boeing.com /defense-space/space/spacestation/overview/world_wide_team.html   (642 words)

Indiainfo.com -> News -> India -> India to launch Brazilian micro satellite: ISRO ISRO said it also would conduct joint research in space atmospheric sciences and exchange of proposals for remote sensing applications with the Brazilian space agency AEB. A framework agreement for cooperation in the field of outer space was signed by India and Brazil on Sunday (Jan 25, 2004) by External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha and Brazilian External Relations Minister Celeo Amorim. Besides the framework agreement, an agreement on the programme of cooperation between the two space agencies was also signed by ISRO chairman G Madhavan Nair and AEB president Luiz Bevilaequa. news.indiainfo.com /2004/01/27/2702isro.html   (315 words)

Bizarre Brazil :: Brazilian man in space :: August :: 2005 He was selected to represent the country in the station project by the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) and was trained by the North American Space Agency (Nasa). In an interview by email to ANBA, the lieutenant colonel at the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) said Brazil’s participation in the ISS project will throw light at the technical-scientific knowledge developed in the country and will push national companies interested in exporting high technology. A long way was walked by the Aeronautics lieutenant colonel, who started working at the age of 14 as an electrician at the old Brazilian Federal Railroad System. bizarrebrazil.blogsome.com /2005/08/10/brazilian-man-in-space   (259 words)

Space Agencies In 1971 a joint civilian-military committee, the Brazilian Commission for Space Activities (Comissão Brasileira de Atividades Espaciais - Cobae), was established and placed under the CSN (National Security Council). Created in 1950, the CTA is involved in research and development for the aerospace programs of the FAB (Brazilian Air Force). The Headquarters Agreement for operation in Brazil of the regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (CRECTEALC) was signed in Brasilia on 12 September 2000 by the Government of Brazil and the Secretariat of the Centre. www.globalsecurity.org /space/world/brazil/agency.htm   (771 words)

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