Editing Novella Islands Bureau of Aerospace Operations

{{Infobox government agency
|headquarters=Novella City, Xeles, Novella Islands
|logo=[[File:NIBAO_Logo.svg|400px]]
|child1_agency=[[Novella Islands Civil Satellite Office]]
|employees=Employees ###
|budget=Budget ###
|chief1_name=Dr. Richard Meyer
|chief1_position=Director
|logo_caption=The logo of the Novellan National Media Directorate
|parent_agency=[[Office of the Minister for Science and Technology (Novella Islands)|Office of the Minister for Science and Technology]]
|minister1_name=Minister for Science and Technology
}}

==Projects==
===Flagship Projects===
Formed from the aftermath of the dissolution of the Communist Union of the Novella Islands and NIBAO's absorbing of the primarily military-focused aerospace programs conducted during the Great War, the initial Flagship Project for the new NIBAO was scheduled as a single 25 -year project. Subsequent projects were realised as 30-year projects, with two running simultaneously, each offset by 15 years from one another.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Planned Years
!Actual Years
!Project
!Purpose
!Status
|-
|1970 - 1995
|1970 - 1998 (Program)<br>1982 - 1998 (Station)
|''Progress''
|Permanently-crewed low Earth orbit space station
| style="background:#CCDDFF;" | <center>Concluded</center>
|-
|1995 - 2025
|1995 - Present (Program)<br>2001 - Present (Telescopes)
|''Horizons''
|Five orbital telescopes, each specialised for a particular spectrum of the electromagnetic spectrum<br>(gamma rays, x-rays, ultraviolet light, visible light, and infrared light)
|{{ya|text=Ongoing}}
|-
|2010 - 2040
|2010 - Present (Program)<br>2023 - Present (Station)
|''Curiosity''
|Permanently-crewed low Earth orbit space station
|{{ya|text=Ongoing}}
|-
|2025 - 2055
|Planned
|''Pioneer''
|Manned Martian landing
|{{maybe|Planned}}
|}
===Supplementary Projects===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Planned Years
!Actual Years
!Project
!Purpose
!Status
|-
|1970 - 1985
|1970 - Present (Program)<br>1975 - Present (Satellites)
|''Grand Tour''
|Planetary science investigation of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto (initial milestones)<br>Heliosphere and interstellar medium investigation (additional milestones)
|{{yes|Ongoing<br>Core milestones met}}
|-
|1975 - 1985
|1975 - 1985 (Program)<br>1980 - 1985 (Spacecraft)
|''Zephyr''
|Crewed orbital flight and reusable cargo shuttle spacecraft
| style="background:#CCDDFF;" | <center>Concluded</center>
|-
|1985 - 1995
|1985 - 1998 (Program)<br>1985 - 1998 (Spacecraft)
|''Zephyr Refit''
|Refit and overhaul of ''Zephyr'' spacecraft
| style="background:#CCDDFF;" | <center>Concluded</center>
|-
|1995 - 2005
|1995 - 2005 (Program)<br>1998 - Present (Satellites)
|''Novellan Orbital Constellation Refit''
| Refit and overhaul of the [[Novellan Orbital Constellation]]
| style="background:#99EEEE;" | <center>Ongoing<br>Administration transferred to Civil Satellite Office</center>
|-
|2010 - 2020
|2010 - Present (Program)<br>2012 - Present (Satellites)<br>2015 - Present (Surface exploration vehicles)
|''Pathfinder''
|Planetary science investigation of Mars<br>Investigation of suitability for ''Pioneer'' project
|{{yes|Ongoing<br>Core milestones met}}
|-
|2015 - 2030
|2015 - Present (Program)
2021 - Present (Spacecraft)
|''Aspire''
|Heavy-lift launch vehicle<br>Crewed orbital flight and reusable cargo shuttle spacecraft
|{{ya|text=Ongoing}}
|}
[[Category:Government Agencies of the Novella Islands]]
[[Category:Space agencies]]