National Space Development Agency of Japan: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Japanese national space agency}}

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| native_name_a = 宇宙開発事業団

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| formed = {{start date and age|1969|10|01}}

| dissolved = {{start date and age|2003|10|01}}

| superseding1 = [[JAXA]]

| type = Space agency

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[[File:Kibo completed view1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''The Japanese Experiment Module, a.k.a. きぼう (Kibō), on the International Space Station''.]]

The {{nihongo|'''National Space Development Agency of Japan'''|宇宙開発事業団|Uchū Kaihatsu Jigyōdan}}, or '''NASDA''', was a Japanese national [[space agency]] established on October 1, 1969 under the National Space Development Agency Law only for peaceful purposes. Based on the Space Development Program enacted by the [[Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology]] (MEXT), NASDA was responsible for developing satellites and launch vehicles as well as launching and tracking them.

The first launch vehicles of NASDA ([[N-I (rocket)|N-I]], [[N-II (rocket)|N-II]], and [[H-I]]) were partially based on licensed technology from the United States, particularly the [[Delta (rocket family)|Delta rocket family]]. The [[H-II]] was the first liquid fuel rocket to be fully developed in Japan.

[[Hideo Shima]], chief engineer of the original [[Shinkansen]] "bullet train" project, served as Chief of NASDA from 1969 to 1977.<ref name="JRTR-Shima">{{Cite journal |last=Shima |first=Hideo |title=Birth of The Shinkansen - A Memoir |journal=Japan Railway & Transport Review |volume=11 |year=1994 |pages=45–48 |publisher=EJRCF |url=http://www.ejrcf.or.jp/jrtr/jrtr03/pdf/f45_shi.pdf |access-date=2020-01-07}}</ref>

[[STS-47|SL-J]] was partially funded by Japan through NASDA; this cooperative Japanese-American mission launched a NASDA astronaut into Earth orbit using the [[Space Shuttle]] in 1992.<ref name=life>[http://lis.arc.nasa.gov/lis2/Chapter4_Programs/SL_J/SL_J_Intro.html NASA - '''Life into Space''' (1995/2000) - Volume 2, Chapter 4, Page: Spacelab-J (SL-J) Payload ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527201342/http://lis.arc.nasa.gov/lis2/Chapter4_Programs/SL_J/SL_J_Intro.html |date=2010-05-27 }} (Book @ [http://lis.arc.nasa.gov/ Life into Space] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104084152/http://lis.arc.nasa.gov/ |date=2011-01-04 }})</ref>

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