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 [[Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara|Alcântara]], and a [[launch pad]] at [[Centro de Lançamento de Barreira do Inferno|Barreira do Inferno]]. The Brazilian Space Agency has given Brazil a job for [[South America]] and also 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>
The [[Brazilian space program]] became the Brazilian Space Agency on February 10, 1994. Before that, it was run by the [[Military of Brazil|Brazilian military]].
== History ==
In 2003, a [[rocket]] 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>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3948531.stm</ref><ref>{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724224154/http://space.com/missionlaunches/brazil_launch_041023.html}}</ref><ref>http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/19/america/LA-GEN-Brazil-Rocket.php</ref>
On March 30, 2006, Brazilian [[astronaut]] Marcos Pontes became the first Brazilian and the first native [[Portuguese]]-speaking person to go to space. He stayed on the [[International Space Station]] for a week. He landed in [[Kazakhstan]] on April 8, 2006 with the astronauts on [[Expedition 12]].<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4859622.stm</ref>
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