NASA

[nas-uh]

noun

1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration: the federal agency that institutes and administers the civilian programs of the U.S. government that deal with aeronautical research and the development of launch vehicles and spacecraft.

NASA

/ ˈnæsə /

acronym

1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Example Sentences

A lunar-lander version of Starship in development is a key element of NASA’s Artemis mission to land Americans back on the moon in a space race with the Chinese.

From Los Angeles Times

He has previously served as the pilot of NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station as part of Expedition 64.

From BBC

NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatories have produced groundbreaking data about global warming and crop health.

From Los Angeles Times

Now McArthur, 54, is retiring from NASA, where she has served for more than two decades as an astronaut and senior leader at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Houston.

From Los Angeles Times

Therrien was wild and experimental in the 1970s, as part of a feral community of artists who interacted and shared ideas with scientists at Caltech and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

From Los Angeles Times

When To Use

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.