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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The company needs to get Starship regularly flying to handle lunar missions for NASA, fortify its Starlink network and to deploy AI data centers in space, which Musk said could come as soon as 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Officials said Meir completed four spacewalks — bringing her career total to seven, the third-most by a woman at NASA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
This work is supported by NASA, STScI, and NSF.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
New research from the University of Copenhagen, conducted in collaboration with NASA, offers a possible explanation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
When Webb got up to speak, he announced that Jerrie Cobb had been named a consultant for NASA.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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