NASA

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NASA [NASA] BrE [ˈnæsə] NAmE [ˈnæsə] abbreviation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (a US government organization that does research into space and organizes space travel)

Culture:
NASA’s office is in Washington, DC, and the main centres include the John F Kennedy Space Center at ↑Cape Canaveral, ↑Florida, the ↑Lyndon B Johnson Space Center near ↑Houston, ↑Texas, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. NASA was established in 1958 by President Eisenhower to replace the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).
See also ↑Apollo program, See also Challenger, See also ↑Skylab, See also ↑space shuttle
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