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United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration

An independent Federal agency established in 1958. It conducts research for the solution of problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere and develops, constructs, tests, and operates aeronautical and space vehicles. (From U.S. Government Manual, 1993)

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Abstract

An independent Federal agency established in 1958. It conducts research for the solution of problems of flight within and outside the Earth's atmosphere and develops, constructs, tests, and operates aeronautical and space vehicles. (From U.S. Government Manual, 1993)

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • NASA
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

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  1. I01w.409w.418w.750.984w
  2. N03w.540w.348w.500w.500.984w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018557. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018557
  2. United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA
  3. United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23548