Fact Check: NASA In Hebrew Does NOT Translate To 'To Deceive'

Does NASA translated from Hebrew mean "to deceive" in English? No, that's not true: NASA is an English-language acronym that stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In Hebrew, there is a word that is pronounced like "nasa," but it means to lift, to carry, and to bear. A University of Washington professor of Jewish literature, whose research focuses on the study of the Hebrew language, told Lead Stories that Hebrew has "multiple ways to express the concept 'deceive' but none that I know of sound like nasa."