Austrian Space Agency (ALR)

Austrian Space Agency is a government space agency, led by Administrator: Andreas Geisler, established in 1972, operating out of Austria.

The Austrian Space Agency was founded in 1972 and joined the ESA as a member in 1987. In 2005, control of the ALR was transferred to the Austrian Agency for Aerospace. They coordinated the first flight of an Austrian in space with a Soyuz launch in 1990.