space agency
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3.4
- noun
- /speɪs ˈeɪdʒənsi/
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agencia espacial
- The space agency is planning a mission to Mars in the next decade.
- NASA and other space agencies
The European Space Agency, NASA, many other suppliers of data and many local suppliers, the UN.
- The European Space Agency, NASA, many other suppliers of data and many local suppliers, the UN.
- This is issued by the European Space Agency and it is a little, there's some subtle differences between the ESA approach and the NASA approach.
- And then as the space agency start traveling further out, the same studies will have to be repeated to see if these things are reproducible.
- The European Space Agency, S Tech has a similar facility in, in Nordbike in, in the Netherlands.
Examples
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OK, so finally, the last mission I want to give a plug to is another European Space Agency mission, and it's called LaGrange.
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After a bitter battle in the House over the space station, Congress allowed the space agency $2.1 billion for yet another redesign and for further development.
Academic text (1993) -
Mr. Von Green, what is the space agency doing about this?
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I'm with the space agency.
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...she thinks I'm off doing a training exercise with the Japanese space agency.
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Any rescue system the space agency has long since calculated...
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Curiosity's trip is the most expensive mission the space agency has conducted to date.
Blog text (1) -
Both private space companies and national space agencies are working together in different areas and complementing each other.
Blog text (5) -
The European Space Agency, NASA, many other suppliers of data and many local suppliers, the UN.
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The space agency's basic science portfolio would grow by a more modest 11.5% to $5 billion.
Academic text (2011)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'space' (outer space) + 'agency' (an organization/authorized representative) yields an organization concerned with space activities. This noun–noun compounding is a transparent and cross‑linguistically common pattern (e.g., agencia espacial, agence spatiale), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Space agency comes from putting together space (the area beyond Earth) and agency (a group that works for others); imagine a busy office that plans rocket launches and sends satellites into space. That's why it means 'an organization that plans and runs projects in outer space'.