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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), civilian agency of the U.S. federal government with the mission of conducting research and developing operational programs in the areas of space exploration , artificial satellites (see satellite, artificial ), rocketry, and space telescopes (see Hubble Space Telescope ) and observatories. It is also responsible for international cooperation in space matters. NASA came into existence on Oct. 1, 1958, superseding the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA), an agency that had been oriented primarily toward laboratory research.... Read more
NASA
A Dictionary of World History

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) A civilian agency formed in 1958 to coordinate and direct the whole of aeronautical and space research in the USA. Its headquarters are in Washington, DC. As well as collaborating with industry and universities, NASA also maintains and ...

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
World Encyclopedia

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) US government agency that organizes civilian aeronautical and space research programmes. It has departments throughout the USA. The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, is responsible for manned space flights. Space rockets, ...

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Close to five decades of expanding our frontiers: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.(Opinion & Editorial)
Manila Bulletin; 7/29/2007; 314 words ; ... established the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in ... out of the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, which had ... exploration of space through various ... years old, National Aeronautics and Space Administration is only ... Read more
NASA: fine tuning of momentum. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration budget)
Science News; 2/9/1985; Eberhart, Jonathan; 503 words ; The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's requested ... for a U.S. space station, a ... FY '85, the administration sought, and ... mean that the administration is tempering ... fact, U.S. space station advocates ... Read more
NASA uses 3D ultrasound to study effects of space flight on heart.(ULTRASOUND)(Philips Medical Systems' iE33 echocardiography system used by National Aeronautics and Space Administration )(Brief article)
Medical Imaging; 2/1/2007; Vasko, C.; 312 words ; The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is using an ... evaluate the effects of space travel on astronauts ... studying the hearts of space shuttle astronauts ... on the International Space Station, as well as ... Read more
NASA Expands Test Facility.(National Aeronautics Space Administration, Kennedy Space Centre)(Brief Article)
Products Finishing; 9/1/2001; 75 words ; The National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the U.S. has expanded its Kennedy Space Centre Beach Corrosion Test Site, Cape Canaveral, FL. The site now includes an atmospheric test site, an on-site corrosion laboratory ... Read more
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION TURNS 40
Regulatory Intelligence Data; 9/30/1998; INDSTRY GROUP 91; 787 words ; ... created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on October ... pressures of national defense ... this period, space exploration ... known as the space race. From ... absorbing the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics intact, including ... notably the ... Read more
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (contracts with Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum for design of Earth System Science Building) (Brief Article)
Building Design & Construction; 12/1/1994; 58 words ; The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has commissioned A/E Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum to design an Earth System Science Building at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The 290,000-sq.-ft. office/laboratory facility, which will allow NASA to consolidate a ... Read more
Foam grounds shuttle; NASA researching future options for foam insulation on shuttle.(US newslines)(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Urethanes Technology; 10/1/2005; White, Liz; 617 words ; KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA -- The US space agency NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has grounded its fleet of space shuttles, following ... insulation on the space shuttle external ... administrator for Space Operations, at the ... so good that the ... Read more
NASA produces discs to further study of Greenhouse Effect. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Information Today; 9/1/1992; 449 words ; The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), working though the National Technical Information ... at the Goddard Space Flight Center ... Robert A. Hurley, national sales manager ... project through the National Technical Information ... Read more
Applied idea management. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration lead engineer Jeff Jenner manages a hardware development team)
Mechanical Engineering-CIME; 2/1/1992; Barr, Vilma; 787 words ; ... position with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research ... Lead engineer for Space Station Freedom animal ... NASA at the Kennedy Space Center on launch ... Astronautics Co.'s Kennedy Space division, primarily ... Read more
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES NASA Stennis Seeks H2 Partners.(National Aeronautics and Space Administration, hydrogen)(Brief Article)
Fuel Cell Technology News; 5/1/2005; 234 words ; The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Stennis Space Center in Biloxi, MI (Stephen ... Brettel, Program Manager, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi 39529 ... sphere. Each test firing of the Space Shuttle main engine uses 55 ... Read more

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