noun
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science; ISAS
A Japanese research institute; part of JAXA since 2003. The name is a proper noun.
宇宙科学研究本部は、日本の宇宙科学の中心的な研究機関です。
The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science is a central research institution for space science in Japan.
Compound of 宇宙 (uchū, 'space'), 科学 (kagaku, 'science'), 研究 (kenkyū, 'research'), and 本部 (honbu, 'headquarters').