NASA
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- proper noun
- /ˈnæsə/
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NASA
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, known as NASA, was established in 1958 to lead the U.S. civilian space program.
- a NASA mission
- NASA satellites
- NASA scientists
I was born the same week that NASA was founded.
- I was born the same week that NASA was founded.
- The next destination for NASA thinking further out is Mars.
- You worked at JPL at NASA, you worked at Apple.
- Huntsville is the home of NASA, one of their homes.
- That's like saying I joined NASA, but I'm going to Georgia.
- And they got funding from NASA and decided to.
Examples
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From the time of the first NASA mission, it became evident... that being in space has a profound effect on the human psyche.
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We're cutting back spending, but NASA actually spent $28 million to develop a fountain pen that would write upside down in space in zero gravity.
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And with that, the United States space program known as NASA was born.
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By the way, NASA is now open for business.
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I was born the same week that NASA was founded.
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The next destination for NASA thinking further out is Mars.
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As mentioned previously, NASA has free educator resources online on their website.
Academic text (2013) -
Another question raised by the new figures is where will NASA find the new scientifically trained staff?
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For example, one tweet read, "NASA ranked #1 in job satisfaction in the 2012 Fed."
Academic text (2015) -
I just saw Steve Ellis of NASA Ames Research Center.
Synonyms
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A United States government agency that runs the country's space program and studies air and space
Surface Forms
Morphology
NASA = N + A + S + A
NASA is an initialism/acronym formed from the initials of a multiword name; the individual letters do not convey the meaning to learners, so the form is not transparently compositional.
Etymology
NASA comes from the first letters of the words National, Aeronautics, and Space Administration. The part Aeronautics means 'air' and 'flying' and Space means the area beyond Earth, so NASA is the U.S. government agency for space and flight research.