Soyuzcosmos (New Union)



The Union Space Agency (Russian: Союзное космическое агентство Soyuznoye kosmichyeskoye agyentstvo), more commonly refered to as SKA (СКА /'skə/), is an agency of the which is responsible for the space science program and general aerospace. Formed in 1992 to replace the unorganized Soviet space program of the Cold War, into a modern and organized entity. The agency is run by the government and has some backing from the military.