Korean slang profile
NASA
nasa
U.S. aeronautics and space agency
A Roman-letter abbreviation for 미 항공우주국 (U.S. aeronautics and space agency) used in the article of the time.
- Expanded form
- 미 항공우주국미 항공우주국 (U.S. aeronautics and space agency)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 22, 1998
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
당시 신문은 미국 항공우주국을 NASA로 소개했다.
The newspaper of the time introduced the U.S. aeronautics and space agency as NASA.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
The body of a 1998 서울신문 article pairs the Korean name “미 항공우주국” with “NASA”. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The Korean name and abbreviation in the 1998 article were compared. The spelling of the time is recorded; the full original-language form, the institution’s current name, and first use were not separately verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- ’98 히트상품:Ⅲ (서울신문)Published Dec 22, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026