State Space Agency of Ukraine, Former National Space Agency of Ukraine

nsau primary missions * development of state policy concepts in the sphere of research and peaceful uses of space, as well as in the interests of national security; * organization and development of space activities in ukraine and under its jurisdiction abroad; * contributing to state national security and defense capability; * organization and development of ukraine’s cooperation with other states and international space organizations. many of the achievements of the soviet union in space were directly connected with ukraine, its high scientific and technical potential and powerful industrial production. numerous ukrainian scientific institutions, design bureaus, industrial enterprises have been involved for many of the most important space victories of the ussr - the first flights in space to the creation and launch of space-rocket complex «energy-buran». therefore, it was natural that on february 29, 1992 the decree of the president of ukraine was created the national space agency o