nasa

«nasa» in Mova's school dictionary: NASA: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

proper noun (NASA)

meaning for a pupil

NASA: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the space agency of the United States, which sends astronauts, rockets and probes into space. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons about space, NASA is mentioned for Moon landings, Mars rovers, space telescopes and the International Space Station. It is an acronym said as one word («NAS-uh»). Phrases: NASA scientists, a NASA mission, NASA astronauts.

examples

• NASA sent astronauts to the Moon. tree →
• NASA's rover is driving on Mars. tree →
• My brother wants to work for NASA. tree →
• NASA scientists study pictures from space telescopes. tree →
• We watched a NASA rocket launch online. tree →
• NASA works with other countries on the space station. tree →
• The NASA website has photos of the planets. tree →

note

Acronym: written in capital letters, NASA. Said as a word, not letter by letter. Other space agencies: ESA (Europe), CSA (Canada), UKSA (UK), the Australian Space Agency.

In the corpora

• Some websites are reliable, like those of NASA, museums or the NHS, and many are not.
• Japanese probes brought back dust from the asteroids Itokawa and Ryugu, and NASA's OSIRIS-REx returned samples from Bennu in 2023.
• NASA's Europa Clipper launched in 2024 and should reach Jupiter in 2030 to study whether Europa could support life.
• NASA's Dragonfly is a nuclear-powered drone helicopter due to launch in 2028 and fly between sites on Titan in the 2030s.
• Andy Thomas flew in 1996 as the first Australian-born NASA astronaut.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «nasa» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.