宇航局

yǔhángjú

noun #17,597

Meanings

Literally "space-navigation-bureau."

HSK 6

中国的宇航局在太空探索方面取得了巨大进步。

Zhōngguó de yǔhángjú zài tàikōng tànsuǒ fāngmiàn qǔdé le jùdà jìnbù.

China's space agency has made great progress in space exploration.

HSK 7-9

美国宇航局发射了一颗新卫星。

Měiguó Yǔhángjú fāshè le yī kē xīn wèixīng.

NASA launched a new satellite.

usage

NASA is called 美国宇航局 or abbreviated 美宇航局. China's space agency is officially called 国家航天局 (CNSA), not 宇航局, though 宇航局 is used colloquially.

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