ABOUT ANSA

A public institution for air and space

Founded in 1952, ANSA is the Republic of Ainare's independent civil agency for aeronautics, space science, national space systems and exploration.

REPUBLIC OF AINARE · CIVIL ADMINISTRATION

OUR MISSION

To explore air and space, expand knowledge, and turn discovery into enduring public benefit.

To extend human knowledge and capability beyond the horizon while improving life on Earth.

Established: 18 September 1952
Legal authority: Aeronautics and Space Administration Act of 1952
Headquarters: 1 Meridian Avenue, Averin, Republic of Ainare
Standard time: Ainare Standard Time (AST), UTC−08:00

01MISSION SAFETY

02SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY

03TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE

04PUBLIC SERVICE

05RESPONSIBLE EXPLORATION

06OPEN KNOWLEDGE

ORGANIZATION

Independent authority within an integrated agency

Safety, engineering, science and medical authorities retain review powers outside program cost and schedule lines.

ADMINISTRATOR

CHIEF SCIENTISTCHIEF ENGINEERSAFETY & MISSION ASSURANCECHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER

SCIENCE MISSIONSHUMAN EXPLORATIONSPACE TECHNOLOGYLAUNCH & GROUNDAERONAUTICSCOMMUNICATIONS & DATA

CENTERS & FACILITIES

A national research and flight network

ANSA facilities support missions from laboratory definition through launch, flight control, recovery and long-term data stewardship.

Topographic and bathymetric map of the Republic of Ainare.

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48°52.6′S123°23.6′WGEODETIC REFERENCE

HQ-01

ANSA Headquarters

Averin

Agency leadership, policy, budget, science strategy and independent technical authority.

CHSC

Cape Halcyon Space Center

49°31′S · 121°48′W

Heavy-lift launch, vertical integration, crew processing and ocean recovery control.

VSC

Veyra Spaceflight Center

Veyra Industrial District

Crew spacecraft, landing systems, life support, flight software and mission integration.

AMOC

Arden Mission Operations Complex

Averin East

Continuous human-spaceflight and robotic mission control.

MPTR

A heavy-lift engine undergoing a full-duration static firing at the Meridian Propulsion and Test Range.

Meridian Propulsion & Test Range

South Island Interior

Engine, complete-stage, cryogenic-fluid and structural qualification testing.

FDSC

Farpoint Deep Space Communications Complex

North Reach

34-m and 70-m deep-space antennas, navigation and radio science.

OUR HISTORY

A century of research and flight

ANSA grew from a national aeronautics laboratory into a civil agency operating missions across the Solar System.

192401

National Aeronautical Research Establishment founded

Aviation safety, meteorology and airframe research are consolidated under one public laboratory.

195102

Tern-4 crosses 100 kilometres

The sounding rocket reaches 103.7 km and returns upper-atmosphere measurements.

195203

ANSA established

The Aeronautics and Space Administration Act creates an independent civil agency.

195804

Aster-1 reaches orbit

Ainare's first satellite measures ionospheric conditions and maritime radio propagation.

196205

First crewed orbital flight

Cirrus 3 completes 17 Earth orbits.

196806

First crewed lunar landing

ALEP 7 lands at Mare Fecunditatis on 23 December.

197807

Pelagos begins ocean observations

Long-baseline records of South Pacific temperature, cloud and ice begin.

200108

Horizon-2 core module launched

Long-duration human research and materials science expand in low Earth orbit.

201709

ALEP Renewal Directive approved

ANSA begins development of Asteria-H, Vela and Ardea.

202510

Crew returns to lunar orbit

ALEP 14 completes 63 polar lunar orbits.

Archive photograph from the ALEP 7 lunar landing.

23 DEC 1968MARE FECUNDITATIS

ALEP 7 completes the world's first crewed lunar landing.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY

Plans, performance and reports

ANSA publishes audited performance, budget, safety and scientific-integrity records under the Public Administration Transparency Act.

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