What is Brazilian Space Agency?
[[File:Agência Espacial Brasileira (logo).png|thumb|right]] The '''Brazilian Space Agency''' ({{lang-pt-br|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 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923212913/http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/B/Brazilian_Space_Agency.html |date=2015-09-23 }} Brazilian Space Agency</ref> ==History== The Brazil Space Program was created in 1961 and was controlled by the Brazilian military. Since the military controlled the program, [[research]] there was not much research. Some [[Technology|technological]] research was not allowed because other countries were worried about developing [[ICBM]]s with [[nuclear bomb]]s. Brazil launched it's first Brazilian made [[satellite]] on February 9, 1993. The satellite was used to study space. On February 10, 1994, the Brazilian military stopped running the Space Program, which then became the Brazilian Space 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>{{Cite web |url=http://space.com/missionlaunches/brazil_launch_041023.html |title=SPACE.com -- Brazil Completes Successful Rocket Launch |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=2008-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724224154/http://space.com/missionlaunches/brazil_launch_041023.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/0