International Aeronautics and Space Administration

The (IASA) is an agency of several global governments (in particular the United States and Australia) responsible for the world's growing space program. The IASA has acted as the forerunner to the space program and launched a series of missions which included space walks, lunar exploration, extra-vehicular activity (EVA) and scientific experiments. In its heyday, one of the IASA's most celebrated astronauts was Colonel Jack Crichton, a contemporary of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.

In 1999, Jack's son John Crichton followed in his father's footsteps towards greatness. Along with his childhood friend Douglas "DK" Knox, John developed a theory which involved using the Earth's gravitational pull to increase propulsion on a spacecraft. To put his theory to the test, John designed the Farscape-1 space module.

Members

 * Douglas Knox
 * Jack Crichton
 * John Crichton
 * Pete Maxwell

Notes & Trivia

 * Originally, the IASA was intended to reflect NASA, but as NASA wanted script approval on any episodes using its name or logo, executive producers Rockne S. O'Bannon and Brian Henson decided to change it to the IASA.