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European Space Agency, ESA (s) (noun) (no pl)
The organization of European countries which is dedicated to the exploration of space research and technology: The European Space Agency was founded in 1975 with its headquarters in Paris, France.
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U.S. agency offers start-up fund to inventors aiming for the stars
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"The U.S. government agency that helped invent the Internet now wants to do the same for travel to the stars."

—International Herald Tribune, August 18, 2011; page 1.
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