Shuttle-Mir History/References/Glossaries

Glossary of NASA Acronyms and Abbreviations

NAME	MEANING
ADSF	Automated Directional Solidification Furnace
AFSCN	Air Force Satellite Control Network
A/L	Approach and Landing
ALT	Approach and Landing Test (Program)
AMU	Astronaut Maneuvering Unit
AOA	Abort Once Around
APS	Alternate Payload Specialist
APU	Auxiliary Power Unit
ARC	Aggregation of Red Blood Cells
ASE	Airborne Support Equipment
ATE	Automatic Test Equipment
ATO	Abort to Orbit

BFC	Backup Flight Control (System)
BOC	Base Operations Contract

CAPCOM	Capsule Communicator
CCAFS	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
CCMS	Checkout, Control and Monitor Subsystem
CCTV	Closed Circuit Televison
CDR	Commander
CDMS	Command & Data Management Systems Officer
CDS	Central Data System
CFES	Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System
CIC	Crew Interface Coordinator
CIE	Communications Interface Equipment
CITE	Cargo Integration Test Equipment
CTS	Call to Stations

DCC	Data Compution Complex
DCR	Design Certification Review
DCS	Display Control System
DIG	Digital Image Generation
DFI	Development Flight Instrumentation
DFRF	Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Facility
DMC	Data Management Coordinator
DMOS	Diffusive Mixing of Organic Solutions
DOD	Department of Defense
DOP	Diver Operated Plug
DPS	Data Processing System

EAFB	Edwards Air Force Base
ECLSS	Environmental Control & Life Support System
EECOMP	Electrical, Environmental & Consumables Systems Engineer
EI	Entry Interface
ELRAD	Earth Limb Radiance
EMU	Extravehicular Mobility Unit
ESA	European Space Agency
ESMC	Eastern Space and Missile Center
ET	External Tank
EVA	Extravehicular Activity
FAO	Flight Activities Officer
FAWG	Flight Assignment Working Group
FBSC	Fixed Base Crew Stations
F/C	Flight Controller
FCT	Flight Crew Trainer
FCTS	Flight Crew Trainer Simulator
FD	Flight Director
FDF	Flight Data File
FDO	Flight Dynamics Officer
FOD	Flight Operations Directorate
FOE	Flight Operations Engineer
FOPG	Flight Operations Planning Group
FOSO	Flight Operations Scheduling Officer
FR	Firing Room
FRC	Flight Control Room
FRCS	Forward Reaction Control System
FRF	Flight Readiness Firing
FRR	Flight Readiness Review
FSE	Flight Simulation Engineer
FSS	Fixed Service Structure

GAS	Getaway Special
GC	Ground Control
GDO	Guidance Officer
GLS	Ground Launch Sequencer
GN	Ground Network
GNC	Guidance, Navigation & Control Systems Engineer
GPC	General Purpose Computer
GSE	Ground Support Equipment
GSFC	Goddard Space Flight Center

HAC	Heading Alignment Circle
HB	High Bay
HMF	Hypergolic Maintenance Facility
HPPF	Horizontal Payloads Processing Facility
HUS	Hypergolic Umbilical System

IECM	Induced Environment Contamination Monitor
IEF	Isoelectric Focusing Experiment
IG	Inertial Guidance
ILS	Instrument Landing System
IMF	In Flight Maintenance
IMU	Inertial Measurement Unit
INCO	Instrumentation & Communications Officer
IRCFE	Infrared Communications Flight Experiment
IRIG	Interrange Instrumentation Group
ISP	Integrated Support Plan
IUS	Inertial Upper Stage
IVA	Intravehicular Activity

JPL	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JSC	Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
KSC	John F. Kennedy Space Center
LC	Launch Complex
LCC	Launch Control Center
LCS	Launch Control System
LDEF	Long Duration Exposure Facility
LETF	Launch Equipment Test Facility
LOX	Liquid Oxygen
LPS	Launch Processing System
LSA	Launch Services Agreement
LWG	Logistics Working Group

MBCS	Motion Base Crew Station
MCC	Mission Control Center
MD	Mission Director
MDD	Mate/Demate Device
ME	Main Engine
MECO	Main Engine Cutoff
MET	Mission Elapsed Time
MLE	Mesoscale Lightning Experiment
MLP	Mobile Launch Platform
MLR	Monodisperse Latex Reactor
MLS	Microwave Landing System
MMACS	Maintenance, Mechanical Arm & Crew Systems Engineer
MMPSE	Multiuse Mission Payload Support Equipment
MMSE	Multiuse Mission Support Equipment
MMU	Manned Maneuvering Unit
MOD	Mission Operations Directorate
MOP	Mission Operations Plan
MPGHM	Mobile Payload Ground Handling Mechanism
MPPSE	Multipurpose Payload Support Equipment
MPS	Main Propulsion System
MS	Mission Specialist
MSBLS	Microwave Scanning Beam Landing System
MSCI	Mission Scientist
MSFC	George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
MSS	Mobile Service Structure
MST	Mobile Service Tower
MUM	Mass Memory Unit Manager

NASCOM	NASA Communications Network
NBT	Neutral Buoyancy Facility
NIP	Network Interface Processor
NOCC	Network Operations Control Center
NSRS	NASA Safety Reporting System
NSTL	National Space Technology Laboratories
NSTS	National Space Transportation System

OAA	Orbiter Access Arm
OC	Operations Coordinator
O&C	Operations and Checkout (Building)
OAST	Office of Aeronautics & Space Technology
OFI	Operational Flight Instrumentation
OFT	Orbiter Flight Test
OMBUU	Orbiter Midbody Umbilical Unit
OMRF	Orbiter Maintenance & Refurbishment Facility
OMS	Orbital Maneuvering System
OPF	Orbiter Processing Facility
OSF	Office of Space Flight
OSS	Office of Space Science
OSSA	Office of Space Science and Applications
OSTA	Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications
OV	Orbiter Vehicle

PACE	Prelaunch Automatic Checkout Equipment
PAM	Payload Assist Module
PAYCOM	Payload Command Coordinator
PCG	Protein Crystal Growth Experiment
PCR	Payload Changeout Room
PDRS	Payload Deployment & Retrieval System
PGHM	Payload Ground Handling Mechanism
PHF	Payload Handling Fixture
PIP	Payload Integration Plan
PLSS	Portable Life-Support Subsystem
PLT	Pilot
POCC	Payload Operations Control Center
POD	Payload Operations Director
PPE	Phase Partitioning Experiment
PRC	Payload Changeout Room
PRF	Parachute Refurbishment Facility
PRSD	Power Reactant Storage & Distribution
PS	Payload Specialist
PVTOS	Physical Vapor Transport of Organic Solids

R&D	Research Development
RCS	Reaction Control System
RMS	Remote Manipulator System
RPS	Record Playback Subsystem
RSS	Rotating Service Structure
RTLS	Return to Launch Site

SAEF	Spacecraft Assembly & Encapsulation Facility
SAIL	Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory
SCA	Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
SCAMMA	Station Conferencing & Monitoring Arrangement
SCAPE	Self-Contained Atmospheric Protection Ensemble
SID	Simulation Interface Device
SIP	Standard Interface Panel
SIT	Shuttle Interface Test
SL	Spacelab
SLF	Shuttle Landing Facility
SMAB	Solid Motor Assembly Building
SMCH	Standard Mixed Cargo Harness
SMS	Shuttle Mission Simulator
SN	Space Network
SPIF	Shuttle Payload Integration Facility
SPOC	Shuttle Portable On-Board Computer
SRB	Solid Rocket Booster
SRBDF	Solid Rocket Booster Dissassembly Facility
SRM	Solid Rocket Motor
SRM&QA	Safety, Reliability, Maintainability & Quality Assurance
SSC	John C. Stennis Space CenterSSCP Small Self-Contained Payload
SSIP	Shuttle Student Involvement Program
SSP	Standard Switch Panel
SSME	Space Shuttle Main Engines
SST	Single System Trainer
STA	Shuttle Training Aircraft
STS	Space Transportation System

T	Time
TACAN	Tactical Air Navigation
TAEM	Terminal Area Energy Management
TAL	Trans-Atlantic Abort Landing
TDRS	Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
TPAD	Trunnion Pin Acquisition Device
TPS	Thermal Protection System
TSM	Tail Service Mast

UHF	Ultra-high Frequency
UV	Ultra-violet

VAB	Vehicle Assembly Building
VLF	Very Low Frequency
VPF	Vertical Processing Facility

WCS	Waste Collection System
WSMC	Western Space & Missile Center
WSMR	White Sands Missile Range
WSSH	White Sands Space Harbor

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