1. The United States of America
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or better known as NASA, takes the top spot among all space agencies in the world. Not only does NASA have a budget of $18 billion, but it also has launched thousands of missions in the 57 years it has been around in.
NASA, which is funded by the United States government, has extensive capabilities. It has plenty of astronauts to pride itself with, operates satellites circling the Earth, it has rockets that can come back home with biological material and it has plenty of sounding rockets.
The American space agency has run plenty of manned space programs, including the famous Apollo program which landed men on the Moon and returned them back home safely. There’s also the famous Skylab, which was the first and only independently built space station of the United States, from back in the 60s and 70s, and the Space Shuttle program that run up until a few years ago. Of course, the most famous mission was the creation of the International Space Station in collaboration with other nations, which is still called home by many astronauts who take turns living aboard it.
Its many impressive feats put it at the top of the list of the top 10 countries in space exploration.
