directorate
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JPL oversees the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington as part of the agency's Mars Exploration Program.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
“I think we can all agree, particularly today, that landing on the moon is extremely hard,” Nicky Fox, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, said at a press conference after Athena landed.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
During the Iran hostage crisis, William Daugherty, a newly minted case officer in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations, was kept there, in a 4-foot-wide cell lit 24 hours by a dim, dangling bulb.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
According to the Norwegian Offshore Directorate, Norway's undiscovered resources are estimated at 3.48 billion cubic meters of equivalent oil and gas, 60 percent of which are believed to be in the Barents Sea.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
The telegram ordered Gordievsky to return to Moscow to discuss his new job with none other than the chairman of the KGB and the head of the First Chief Directorate.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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