NASA
Americannoun
acronym
Usage
What is NASA? NASA is short for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a civilian agency of the United States government that specializes in space exploration and research about flight and aircraft. Aeronautics is the science of flight. Although NASA is most known for space travel and research, it also researches things like supersonic flight, energy-efficient aircraft, and drones. Over the years, NASA has advanced space exploration and made many contributions to science. Its notable programs and missions have included astronaut moon landings, Mars rovers, satellites around planets, and interstellar telescopes. One of NASA’s earliest and most famous programs was the Apollo program, which put the first person on the moon on July 20, 1969. NASA runs numerous missions and programs at its facilities across the United States.
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For one thing, it is my job, as an energy and sustainability expert who has studied U.S. climate resilience under a grant from NASA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
This work is supported by NASA, STScI, and NSF.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
The spacewalk is scheduled to start at 1235 GMT and last six and a half hours, with the goal of replacing a space-to-ground antenna on the orbital complex, according to NASA.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
This research was supported, in part, by the MIT Department of Physics, NASA, and the Space Telescope Science Institute.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
During all the time I worked at NASA, I never looked for any personal credit—I was always a member of a team.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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