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Swiss Space Office (SSO) is the national space program of Switzerland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Swiss Space Office of the SER )〕 It was roughly the 16th highest funded public space agency with a budget of about 110 million USD in the early 2000s. According to Jane's, the SSO is "the administrative unit charged with planning and implementing Swiss space policy", which was defined by the Swiss Federal Council.〔http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Space-Systems-and-Industry/Swiss-Space-Office-SSO-Government--Ministry--Agency-Switzerland.html〕 Located at the SSO facilities is part of the Federal Space Affairs Commission (CFAS) and a chair of the Interdepartmental Committee for Space Affairs (IKAR).〔 Switzerland is also a member of the European Space Agency (''Europäische Weltraumorganisation''), providing 3.30% of the ESA budget in 2005. In addition to the SSO, there is also the SER (State Secretariat for Education and Research). The SER and SSO are public organizations of space activities in Switzerland. Claude Nicollier is a Swiss Astronaut and has been on several missions with the United States space program in the 1990s and is also a member of the European Astronaut Corps. By 2007 he had retired from Swiss space missions to become a professor at EPFL.〔EPFL press release: (Claude Nicollier nommé professeur ordinaire de technologies spatiales ), 28 March 2007.〕 Switzerland's Marc Bertschi became the head of the ESA launcher program in 2007.〔http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/top_news/detail/Swiss_takes_over_as_space_agency_s_rocket_man.html?siteSect=106&sid=7508137&cKey=1171208585000 February 11, 2007 - 10:34 AM ''Swiss takes over as space agency's rocket man''〕 Areas of focus:〔http://www.sbf.admin.ch/htm/themen/weltraum_en.html〕 *Earth Observation *Space Industry / Technology *Space Navigation *Space Science *Human Spaceflight, Exploration and Microgravity *Launchers *Education Activities ==Manned space missions== U.S.-Swiss Space Shuttle missions. * STS-46 in 1992. European Retrievable Carrier EURECA ''Atlantis'' * STS-61 in 1993. Hubble Servicing Mission 2 ''Endeavour'' * STS-75 in 1996. TSS-1R Italian mission ''Columbia'' * STS-103 in 1999. Hubble Servicing Mission 3A ''Discovery'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Swiss Space Office」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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