Netherlands Agency for Aerospace Programmes
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The Netherlands Agency for Aerospace Programmes (in Dutch language
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

, Nederlands Instituut voor Vliegtuigontwikkeling en Ruimtevaart (NIVR)) was the official space-exploration
Space exploration
Space exploration is the use of space technology to explore outer space. Physical exploration of space is conducted both by human spaceflights and by robotic spacecraft....

 agency
Government agency
A government or state agency is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency. There is a notable variety of agency types...

 of the Dutch
Kingdom of the Netherlands
The Kingdom of the Netherlands is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with territory in Western Europe and in the Caribbean. The four parts of the Kingdom—Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten—are referred to as "countries", and participate on a basis of equality...

 government until 2009.

Since 1 July 2009, the space-exploration activities of the NIVR are merged into the newly formed Netherlands Space Office
Netherlands Space Office
The Netherlands Space Office is a space-exploration governmental agency of the Netherlands.-Creation:Three Dutch government ministries—the Ministry of Economic Affairs; the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; and the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management—along with the...

 (NSO).

External links

  • nivr.nl, Nederlands Instituut voor Vliegtuigontwikkeling en Ruimtevaart (NIVR) (Netherlands Agency for Aerospace Programmes) official website (website in Dutch language
    Dutch language
    Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

    ). Accessed 12 February 2010.
  • http://www.spaceoffice.nlspaceoffice.nl, Netherlands Space Office
    Netherlands Space Office
    The Netherlands Space Office is a space-exploration governmental agency of the Netherlands.-Creation:Three Dutch government ministries—the Ministry of Economic Affairs; the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; and the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management—along with the...

     (NSO)] official website (website in Dutch language
    Dutch language
    Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

    ; toggle switch to English-language
    English language
    English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

    version offered in top bar). Accessed 12 February 2010.
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