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The '''Brazilian Space Agency''' ({{lang-pt|Agência Espacial Brasileira}}; '''AEB''') is the [[Brazil]]ian [[agency]] for the country's growing [[Space exploration|space program]]. It runs a [[spaceport]] at Alcântara and a [[launch pad]] at Barreira do Inferno. The Brazilian Space Agency made Brazil a part of the [[International Space Station]] mission.<ref>http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/B/Brazilian_Space_Agency.html Brazilian Space Agency</ref>

==History==

The Brazil Space Program was created in 1961. The Brazilian military had full control of Brazil Space Program. Since the military controlled the program, [[research]] was badly slowed down. Some [[technological]] research was not allowed because other countries were worried about there being more [[nuclear bombs]] and [[ICBM]]s put together.

Brazil launched it's first [[satellite]] that was made only in Brazil on February 9, 1993. The satellite was used to study space.⏎
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On February 10, 1994, The Brazilian Space Program became the Brazilian Space Agency when the Brazilian military stopped running the agency.

In 2003, a [[rocket]] [[explosion|exploded]] and killed 21 people. Brazil was able to [[success]]fully launch its first rocket into [[Outer space|space]] on October 23, 2004. Several other successful launches have followed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3948531.stm|title=Brazil launches rocket into space|date=2004-10-24|access-date=2018-06-12|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724224154/http://space.com/missionlaunches/brazil_launch_041023.html}}</ref><ref&(contracted; show full)
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==External links==
* [http://www.aeb.gov.br/ Official site in Portuguese]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030827103414/http://www.mrree.gub.uy/iiicea/PAISES/Brasil/Brazilian%20Space%20Program98.htm An article on the agency]

[[Category:Space agencies]]