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National Socialist Program
The National Socialist Program (25-Punkte-Programm, Twenty-Five Point program) was the NSDAP's party platform, presented by Hitler and Drexler in Munich on February 24, 1920, never altered, combining antisemitism, nationalism, and anti-capitalist demands.
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges
The National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges is an American nonprofit, chartered in Massachusetts in 1954, that preserves covered bridges and publishes the World Guide to Covered Bridges.
National Society of Black Engineers
The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is an American nonprofit founded in 1975 at Purdue University that supports Black engineering students and professionals, with nearly 26,000 members.
National Society of Black Physicists
The National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) is an American professional society founded in 1977 at Morgan State University to promote African American physicists and physics students.
National Solar Radiation Data Base
The National Solar Radiation Data Base (NSRDB) is a free, publicly available collection of hourly solar radiation and meteorological data produced by NREL for solar energy planning.
National Solar Thermal Test Facility
The National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) is a U.S. Department of Energy facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, run by Sandia National Laboratories for concentrating solar power research.
National Sovereign Conference (Niger)
National Sovereign Conference of Niger (Conférence nationale souveraine), 29 July-3 November 1991: 1,200 delegates in Niamey suspended the 1989 constitution, dissolved the assembly, installed Amadou Cheiffou's 15-month transition, and led to 1993's first elected president, Mahamane Ousmane.
National Space Centre
The National Space Centre is a visitor attraction, education and research facility in Leicester, England, opened in 2001, with the Sir Patrick Moore Planetarium and a 42-meter Rocket Tower.
National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program
Space Grant, formally the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, is a NASA-administered network of 52 state-based consortia supporting space science and engineering education since 1989.
National Space Program (Algeria)
The National Space Program (Programme Spatial National, PSN) is Algeria's state program for developing and operating its Earth observation and telecommunications satellites, run by the Algerian Space Agency.
National Space Society
The National Space Society is an independent, nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to creating a spacefaring civilization; formed in 1987, it runs the annual International Space Development Conference.
National speed skating records
National speed skating records are the fastest officially ratified times by a country's skaters on long-track distances, maintained by national federations such as the Dutch KNSB.
National Speleological Society
National Speleological Society (NSS), founded 1941, US non-profit for cave study, conservation, and caving; 8,000+ members, 250+ grottos, 23+ preserves, publishes NSS News and Journal of Cave and Karst Studies from Huntsville, Alabama.
National Speleological Society Convention
The National Speleological Society Convention is the week-long annual summer gathering of the NSS, America's largest caving organization, combining caving trips, scientific sessions, and competitions.
National Spherical Torus Experiment
NSTX (National Spherical Torus Experiment) is a magnetic confinement fusion device at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory that tests the spherical tokamak, a compact, apple-shaped alternative to conventional tokamaks.
National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade
The National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade is a spherical tokamak fusion facility at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, the largest of its kind in the United States.
National Sports Day
National Sports Day is a national observance dedicated to sport held in several countries, including India on 29 August to honor hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand, Qatar, and Japan.
National Stadium
National Stadium: name for a country's flagship arena, e.g. Milliy Stadioni (Bunyodkor Stadium) in Tashkent, 34,000 seats, opened 2012, renamed Milliy 2018, reverted 2021; also Estádio Nacional Portugal and Beijing's Bird's Nest.
National Stadium, Karachi
National Stadium, Karachi, also National Bank Cricket Arena since 2022, is Pakistan's largest cricket ground (about 35,000 seats), opened 1955, hosting 47 Tests and 58 ODIs and the Champions Trophy 2025 opener.
National Stadium, Singapore
National Stadium, Singapore: 55,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Kallang, opened 2014 as centrepiece of the Singapore Sports Hub (renamed The Kallang, 2025); world's largest free-spanning dome, retractable roof, host of NDP, football, and major concerts.
National Statistical Commission
The National Statistical Commission (NSC) is the apex body for India's official statistics, created by a government resolution in 2005 under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
National statistical offices of Africa and the Middle East
A survey of the principal national statistical offices of Africa and the Middle East, including Statistics South Africa, Kenya's KNBS, Nigeria's NBS, and Egypt's CAPMAS.
National statistical system
A national statistical system is the set of institutions in a country that produce official statistics, centered on the national statistical office and bound by statistical law.
National Statuary Hall Collection
The National Statuary Hall Collection is 100 statues, two per U.S. state, in the U.S. Capitol, authorized in 1864 and placed in the Old Hall of the House; replaceable since 2000.
National Stock Exchange of India
The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) is a fully electronic stock exchange established in 1992 that dominates Indian equities and derivatives trading and runs the Nifty 50 index.
National Strategic Computing Initiative
The National Strategic Computing Initiative is a US federal program, established in 2015 by executive order, to coordinate high-performance computing research and development across federal agencies.
National Structural Code of the Philippines
The National Structural Code of the Philippines (NSCP) is the country's structural design standard, published by ASEP and legally enforceable under the National Building Code.
National student physics associations
National student physics associations are federations of university societies that link local groups into a global network. The International Association of Physics Students (IAPS) is the primary umbrella body.
National Student Television Festival
A national student television festival is a countrywide competition for student television, such as the UK NaSTA awards or the American College Television Awards and STN Nationals.
National Supercomputing Mission
The National Supercomputing Mission is a Government of India program launched in 2015 to connect academic and research institutions through a national grid of supercomputers, with a budget of Rs 45 billion.