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NACA

American  
Or N.A.C.A.
  1. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.


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Another portal to homeownership Harris recommends is the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, also known as NACA.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2022

By 1949 Dorothy Vaughan had become the first African-American section head within the NACA, of the female-only, segregated West Area computing unit at Langley, which Johnson joined as a “computer” four years later.

From The Guardian • Feb. 24, 2020

The NACA, however, was not the only rocketry program.

From The Verge • Jun. 24, 2018

He left the military in 1939 to join NACA, the early aeronautics research branch, and helped develop flight instrumentation for military aircraft during World War II.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2017

The night before my first day of work at NACA, I touched up my navy-blue tweed pleated skirt and jacket and checked my stockings to make sure they didn’t have any runs.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

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