NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight

Synonyms:

NASA; National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("National Aeronautics and Space Administration" is a kind of...):

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