High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency (EXA) (Spanish: Agencia Espacial Civil Ecuatoriana) is the organization in charge of administering and executing the Ecuadorian civilian space program and conducting scientific research on space and planetary sciences. It is a non-profit NGO with 100% civilian operation capital through private funding and self-sustained. It was established on November 1, 2007 and includes the first Ecuadorian trained astronaut, Ronnie Nader, among its staff members.