National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration - an independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight

NASA

independent agency - an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

NASA awards contract to KBRwyle to support range operations at agency's flight facility in Wallops

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) should be immediately contacted to get its records straight, else it can be sued for copy rights violations.

Fawad's Hubble

[USA], Apr 2 (ANI): The United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Monday (local time) called India's successful anti-satellite test (A-SAT) as "unacceptable".

India's A-SAT test unacceptable: NASA

Teams iNON and Space Force will represent the country in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Apps Global Challenge (Photo courtesy of Animo Labs via Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN)

2 PH teams to participate in NASA's Space Apps Global Challenge

It is quite interesting and encouraging to see America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) getting engaged in a mission to the Sun through the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft.

Mission to the sun

'We would like to thank President Trump for his support of the agency in signing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization Act of 2017,' the agency said in a statement.

NASA thanks Trump for signing Transition Authorization Act

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (http://www.nasa.gov), 300 East Street Southwest, Washington, DC 20546, 2013, 293 pages, ISBN 978-1-62683-009-7.

NASA's First A: Aeronautics from 1958 to 2008

space shuttle Atlantis returned to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday morning, completing the last space shuttle mission, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said.

Atlantis returns to Earth completing last U.S. space shuttle mission

27, 2011, SPA -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said Tuesday that preparations for the space shuttle EndeavourEaAoEoCUuEoC[currency]Aos launch were on track and the weather looks good for liftoff later this week.

Shuttle Endeavour Launch Expected to be on Schedule, NASA Says

Agency Affected: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

International Space Station: Significant Challenges May Limit Onboard Research

Goodyear Tire & Rubber (www.goodyear.com), Akron, OH, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have developed an airless tire to transport large, long-range vehicles across the surface of the moon.