National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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3.6
- proper noun
- /ˈnæʃənəl ˌɛəroʊˈnɔtɪks ənd speɪs ədˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən/
- Formal
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Administración Nacional de Aeronáutica y del Espacio
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration conducts important research in aeronautics and space exploration.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Examples
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Then he joined a federal agency that would become the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA.
Blog text (29) -
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has spent billions of dollars trying to learn more about it.
Fiction book (2000) -
Scientific agencies like the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Institutes of Health function in a similar way.
Academic text (1997) -
During the summers after my sophomore and junior years, I went to Stanford and did research with a civil engineering professor through the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Sharp Plus Program.
Academic text (2007) -
The article was provided through the courtesy of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Academic text (2007) -
Working within NACP are federal entities such as the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Energy, and Defense; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the National Science Foundation; and the U.S. Geological Survey, as well as several universities.
Academic text (2006) -
Teleradiology took place during the same time frame in a collaborative effort between Lockheed, the U.S. Public Health Service, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Academic text (2015) -
Ann Druyan served for ten years as secretary of the Federation of American Scientists and as creative director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Voyager Interstellar Message Project.
Academic text (2000) -
Further portions of the emerging heterogeneous computer communications "backbone" (primary transmission infrastructure) were contributed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the U.S. Department of Energy under the rubrics of NSINET and ESNET.
Academic text (1997) -
Many scientists are excited about the missions planned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the next decade.
Synonyms
539
3.0
A United States government agency that explores space and studies air travel
10
3.4
An organization that plans and runs missions to explore and use outer space
Surface Forms
Morphology
national + aeronautics + and + space + administration
The phrase is a literal compound name: 'national' (country-level) + 'aeronautics and space' (fields of activity) + 'administration' (an agency or governing body), so the overall meaning 'a government agency responsible for aeronautics and space' is directly derivable from the constituents. This naming pattern (Country + field(s) + administration/agency) is common cross-linguistically and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows the component words.
Etymology
National Aeronautics and Space Administration literally names the agency's job: National means for the whole country, Aeronautics is about making and flying 'planes', Space is work beyond the Earth, and Administration means a 'government agency' that runs programs. So, the name refers to the United States government body that runs the country's civilian space and aircraft programs.