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N.A.S.A., NASA, Nasa|ˈnæsə|
[Acronym f. the initial letters of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, set up in 1958.]
A body responsible for organizing research in extraterrestrial space conducted by the United States.
1958Aviation Week 14 Apr. 25/1 The President's recommendations and proposed legislation to create NASA, using NACA as a nucleus, were sent to Congress before the Easter recess. 1958D. Eisenhower in N.Y. Times 30 July 10/7 The present National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics..will provide the nucleus of the N.A.S.A. 1965Economist 4 Sept. 873/2 The Manned Orbiting Laboratory, a project which President Johnson has decided to entrust not to Nasa but to the Air Force. 1969Times 13 June 7/6 N.A.S.A.'s Apollo applications programme has reached an advanced stage of discussion. |