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Able (1920 automobile) The Able was a small France, French cyclecar made in Avignon by Paul Toulouse, built between 1920 and 1927. It was a fairly ordinary 4-cylinder light car that utilized engines from companies such as S.C.A.P., SCAP, Chapuis-Dornier and CIME, r ...
, a small French cyclecar *
Able (rocket stage) Able rocket stage, is the second stage in the Vanguard rocket cutaway view Able rocket stage engine in the foreground The Able rocket stage was a rocket stage manufactured in the United States by Aerojet as the second of three stages of the V ...
, an upper stage for Vanguard, Atlas, and Thor rockets *
Able (surname) Able is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Forest Able (born 1932), American basketball player * George Graham Able (born 1947), British educationalist * Whitney Able (born 1982), American actress and model See also * Abel ( ...
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ABLE account An ABLE account, also known as a 529 ABLE or 529A account, is a state-run savings program for eligible people with disabilities in the United States. Rules governing ABLE accounts are codified in Internal Revenue Code section 529A, which was enacte ...
, a U.S. savings plan for people with disabilities *
Able UK Able UK is a British industrial services company specialising in decommissioning of ships and offshore installations. Overview Able UK is a British industrial services company, operating primarily in the marine decommissioning and recycling bu ...
, British ship breaking and recycling company *
Able, Colorado Able is an extinct town located in Bent County, Colorado, United States. The townsite is located at at an elevation of . History Able was founded around 1924 at the site once also known as the "Martin" railroad stop. Able never had a post o ...
, a community in the United States *
Association for Better Living and Education The Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE) is a non-profit front organization headquartered in Los Angeles, California, established and operated by the Church of Scientology. It states that it is "dedicated to creating a better futur ...
, a non-profit Church of Scientology organization *
Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission The Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission, often referred to as the ABLE Commission, is an agency of the state of Oklahoma Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United ...
, a.k.a. Able Commission * USNS ''Able'' (T-AGOS-20), a U.S. Navy oceanographic survey ship * Able space probes, probes in the
Pioneer program The Pioneer programs were two series of United States lunar and planetary space probes. The first program, which ran from 1958 to 1960, unsuccessfully attempted to send spacecraft to orbit the Moon, successfully sent one spacecraft to fly by the ...
* Able, a U.S. 1946 nuclear weapon test, part of
Operation Crossroads Operation Crossroads was a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity on July 16, 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices sinc ...
* Able, one of the first two
monkeys in space Before humans went into space in the 1960s, several other animals were launched into space, including numerous other primates, so that scientists could investigate the biological effects of spaceflight. The United States launched flights co ...
to return to Earth alive * The first letter of the Able-Baker
spelling alphabet A spelling alphabet (#Terminology, also called by various other names) is a set of words used to represent the Letter (alphabet), letters of an alphabet in Speech, oral communication, especially over a two-way radio or telephone. The words chosen t ...


See also

* Hurricane Able, three hurricanes in the early 1950s * Abel (disambiguation) * Ability (disambiguation) * Ables (disambiguation) {{disambiguation