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{{Infobox space agency
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|name          = Mascyllary Aeronautical and Orbital Agency
|native_name   = ''Maskillische Aeronautik- und Orbitalagentur''
|image         = [[File:MAOA Worm logo.png|210px]]
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|caption       = MAOA logo
|acronym       = MAOA
|owner         = {{flagicon|Mascylla}} [[Government of Mascylla]]
|established   = 11 August 1970; 52 years ago
|headquarters  = [[Königsreh]], [[Mascylla]]
|employees     = 14,992 (2019)
|spaceport     = Cape Weimud Space Center, [[Akawhk]]
|motto         = ''Suos Cultores Scientia Coronat''<br>("Knowledge Crowns Those Who Seek Her")
|administrator = Hannah Gutenfeld
|budget        = {{profit}} US$18.43 billion (2020)
|language      = 
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|seal          = Emblem_of_the_MAOA.png
|seal_size     = 150
|seal_cap      = MAOA emblem
}}

The '''Mascyllary Aeronautical and Orbital Agency''' ({{wp|German language|Hesurian}}: ''Maskillische Aeronautik- und Orbitalagentur''), more commonly known as '''MAOA''', is a {{wp|government agency}} of the [[Mascylla|Crowned Republic of Mascylla]] primarly tasked with and engaged in operations of its civil {{wp|space program}}, {{wp|space exploration}}, {{wp|space science}}, and {{wp|aerospace}} and {{wp|aeronautics}} research. The {{wp|space agency}} is subordinate to the Ministry of Education of the Realm of the [[Government of Mascylla|Mascyllary government]], and is headed by an appointed Chief Director as administrator nominated by the [[Prime Minister of Mascylla|Prime Minister]]; the current Chief Director is former astronaut veteran Hannah Gutenfeld (as of 2022).

Established in 1970 in the wake of the [[Great Game (Aurorum)|Great Game's]] [[Space Race (Aurorum)]], MAOA was initially tasked with overseeing the civil development of Mascylla's space program, alongside the space activities of the [[Mascyllary Air Force|Air Force]]. In the 1970s, MAOA led most of the space exploration efforts of the country, including launching the first Mascyllary {{wp|satellite}}, ''Polaris'', in 1971, the second {{wp|human spaceflight|human into orbit}}, [[Lukas Brennzer]], in 1974, and the missions of the {{wp|Project Gemini|''Pionier'' program}} from 1976 to 1978. ''Polaris'' and Brennzer made Mascylla the second country to achieve the capability of orbital launches and the second country to send humans into space, respectively. The [[Sigma program]] was a collaborative effort between MAOA and the [[Dulebian space program|space program]] of the [[People's Republic of Dulebia|PRD]] beginning in 1978, that culminated in the first crewed {{wp|Moon landing|lunar landing}} with [[Sigma 5]] in 1980; the {{wp|Saturn V|Atlant-3}} {{wp|super heavy-lift launch vehicle}}, Sigma {{wp|Command Service Module}} (CSM), {{wp|Lunar Module}} (LM), and Lunar Surface Access Module (LSAM) were all developed either fully or in part by MAOA. Later efforts were mainly concentrated on the establishment and operation of [[Haller Base]] as a {{wp|research station}} on Luna from 1987 to 2009, as well as the semi-{{wp|reusable launch system|reusable}} {{wp|Space Shuttle|''Raumfähre''}} in {{wp|low Earth orbit|low Aurorum orbit}}. Additionally, since 199X, MAOA is a major partner of the X and in development of X.

MAOA has deployed satellites to conduct research on {{wp|Earth science|Aurorum science}}, {{wp|heliophysics}}, and {{wp|astrophysics}} through {{wp|space telescope|space telescopes}}, and operated {{wp|robotic spacecraft}} such as ''Bote'', ''Gobelt'' and ''VESPAGO'' throughout the Iliosar System for planetary and other astrophysical studies. Cape Weimud Space Center (CWSC) on [[Akawhk]] is the primary {{wp|spaceport}} for crewed and uncrewed space missions, and the Old State Chancellery (''Alte Landeskanzlei'') in [[Königsreh]] is the MAOA administrative {{wp|headquarters}} since 1979; its {{wp|mission control center}} (MCC) is located in Dockfurt.

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