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COSPAR (Committee on Space Research)

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COSPAR (Committee on Space Research) is an organization within the International Council of Scientific Unions, to which the United States belongs through the National Academy of Sciences. COSPAR was formed in 1958 to continue the cooperative research program in space science begun during the International Geophysical Year. It has its headquarters in Paris and holds scientific assembles every two years.