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GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS



AFSCN   Air Force Satellite Control Network
A/L     Approach and Landing
ALT     Approach and Landing Test
AMU     Astronaut Maneuvering Unit
AOA     Abort Once Around
APS     Alternate Payload Specialist
APU     Auxiliary Power Unit
ASE     Airborne Support Equipment
ATE     Automatic Test Equipment
ATO     Abort to Orbit

BFC     Backup Flight Control
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 Computation Complex
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
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
IG      Inertial Guidance
ILS     Instrument Landing System
IMF     In Flight Maintenance
IMU     Inertial Measurement Unit
INCO    Instrumentation & Communications Officer
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
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 Bouyancy 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
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
PRC     Payload Changeout Room
PRF     Parachute Refurbishment Facility
PRSD    Power Reactant Storage & Distribution
PS      Payload Specialist

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&QA  Safety, Reliability, Maintainability and Quality Assurance
SSCP    Small Self-Contained Payload
SSIP    Shuttle Student Involvement Project
SSP     Standard Switch Panel
SSME    Space Shuttle Main Engines
SSC     John C. Stennis Space Center
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      Ultraviolet

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

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

