3AAL

Three-Axis Acoustic Levitator

A

Ampere

A&R

Automation and Robotics

AADSF

Advanced Automated Directional Solidification Furnace

AAL

Aero-acoustic Levitation

Ab

Amyloid Beta of Alzheimer’s disease

AC&S

Altitude Control and Stabilization

ACA

Attitude Control Assembly

ACC

Aft Cargo Carrier

ACCG

American Conferences of Crystal Growers

ACES

Acoustic Containerless Experiment System

ACPF

Acoustic Containerless Processing Facility

ACRT

Accelerated Crucible Rotation Technique

ACS

Attitude Control System

ADA

Advanced Development Activity

ADA

DOD High-Level Programming Language

ADC

Advanced Diagnostics for Combustion

ADH

Advanced Development Hardware

ADP

Acceptance Data Package

ADP

Advanced Development Program

ADSF

Automated Directional Solidification Furnace

AEO

Assurance Engineering Office

AFD

Aft Flight Deck

AFEQ

Adiabatic Fast Equilibration

AFM

Atomic Force Microscopy

AFT

Advanced Furnace Technology

AGHF

Advanced Gradient Heating Firnace

AIAA

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

ALF

Acoustic Levitator Furnace

Al-Gr

Aluminum-Graphite

ALU

Advanced Levitation Unit

AME

Acceleration Monitoring Experiment

AMO

Assurance Management Office

AO

Announcement of Opportunity

AOMS

Advanced Optical Monitoring Systems

APCF

Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility

APCG

Advanced Protein Crystal Growth

APCGF

Advanced Protein Crystal Growth Facility

APM

Attached Payload Module

AR

Acceptance Review

ARC

Aggregation of Red Blood Cells (Australia)

ARC

Ames Research Center

ARCS

Atomic Reference Clock in Space

ARF

Animal Research Facility

ARIS

Active Rack Isolation System

ASCG

Automatic Solution Crystal Growth

ASCO

Specific Change Order

ASTP

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

ATAC

Advanced Technology Advisory Committee

ATCS

Active Thermal Control Subsystem

ATD

Advanced Technology Development

ATE

Automatic Test Equipment

ATP

Authority to Proceed

ATSS

Space Transportation System and Spacelab

AUE

Alloy Undercooling Experiment

AVCG

Automatic Vapor Crystal Growth

B/L

Baseline

BASE

Binary Alloy Solidification Experiment

BBO

Beta barium Borate (a nonlinear crystal used in frequency doubling)

BBU

Bubble Behavior Unit (Japan)

BCC

Body Centered Cubic Crystal Structure

BCL

Battelle Columbus Laboratories

BCS

Bardeen, Cooper, and Schreifer (after the inventors of the theory of superconductivity)

BDPU

Bubble, Drop and Particle Unit

BEC

Bose-Einstein Condensation

BEM

Boundary Element Method

BEST

Boundary Effects on the Superfluid Transition

BF

Biotechnology Facility

BI

Boundary Integral Technique

BI0

Space Bioreactor

BIM

Boundary Integral Methods

BIPM

Bureau International des Poids et Mesures

BiSn

Bismuth-Tin Crystal Growth

BIU

Bus Interface Unit

BLIIRA

Blue Light Induced Infrared Absorption

BOUnCES

Bubbles Observed Undergoing Collision Exchange in Shear

BRE

Blood Rheology Equipment

BRYNTRN

Baryon Transport Code

BTF

Biotechnology Facility

BTS

Biotelemetry System

C

Celsius

C&T

Communications and Tracking

C/C

Carrier/Container

C/O

Checkout

CAD

Computer-Aided Design

CADAP

Computer-Aided Dendrite Analysis Program

CAE

Computer-Aided Engineering

CAG

Cluster and Array Generator

CAG

Commercial Advocacy Group

CAM

Computer-Aided Manufacturing

CAP

Crew Activity Plan

CAP

Customer Accommodation Plan

CAST

Casting and Solidification Technology

CBE

Chemical Beam Epitaxy

CCB

Change Control Board

CCB

Configuration Control Board

CCD

Charge-Coupled Device

CCDS

Centers for the Commercial Development of Space

CCM

Coordiante Measuring Machine

CCTV

Closed Circuit Television

CDG

Concept Development Group

CDMS

Command and Data Management System

CDOT

Colloidal Disorder-Order Transitions

CDR

Critical Design Review

CDS

Cell Dynamic Systems

CDSF

Commercially Developed Space Facility

CEI SPEC

Contract End Item Specification

CELSS

Controlled Environment and Life Support System

CER

Cost Estimate Relationships

CET

Combined Environmental Test

CF

Constant Flux

CFES

Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System

CFIF

Continuous Flow Isoelectric Focusing

CFLSE

Critical Fluid Light Scattering Experiment

CFM

Candle Flames in Microgravity

CFTE

Critical Fluid Thermal Equilibration Experiment

CFVME

Critical Fluid Viscosity Measurement Experiment

CGF

Crystal Growth Furnace

CGH

Coupled Growth in Hypermonotectics

CHEX

Confined Helium EXperiment

CHF

Continuous Heating Furnace (Japan)

CHM

Cryogenic Hydrogen Maser

CI

Customer lntegration

CIO

Customer Integration Office

CIEF

Continuous Isoelectric Focusing

CIP

Customer Integration Panel

CITE

Cargo Integration Test Equipment

CLDFlame

Coflow Laminar Diffusion Flame

cm

Centimenter

CM-1

Combustion Module

CMDSF

Crystals, Monomers, Deposition and Separation Facility

CMG

Control Moment Gyro

CNES

Centre Nationale d’Études Spatiales

CO

Contracting Officer

CoDR

Conceptual Design Review

COLLIDE

Collisions Into Dust Experiment

COMLAB

Commerce Lab

COMM

Commercial Missions

COS

Co-Orbiting Satellite

COTR

Contracting Officer Technical Representative

COTS

Commercial Off The Shelf

CPF

Critical Point Facility

CPL

Capillary Pumped Loop

CPSE

Common Payload Support Equipment

CPVT

‘Contactless’ Physical vapor Transport

CRIM

Commercial Refrigerator/Incubator Module

CRLR

Carbon-based Reduction of Lunar Regolith

CRR

Cargo Readiness Review

CRT

Character Recognition Terminal

CRU

Catalytic Research Unit

CSA

Canadian Space Agency

CSC

Consulting Support Center

CSD

Comparative Soot Diagnostics

CSD

Contract Start Date

CSLM

Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures

CSS-IPS

Common Support System-Integrated Payload System

CT

Constant Temperature

CT

Computed Tomography

CTE

Coefficient of Thermal Expansion

CTL

Communications Test Lab

CVB

Constrained Vapor Bubble

CVBHX

Constrained Vapor Bubble Heat Exchanger

CVD

Chemical Vapor Deposition

CVDA

Commercial Vapor Diffusion Hardware

CVS

Coupled Vibrational Stirring

CVTE

Chemical Vapor Transport Experiment

CVX

Critical Viscosity of Xenon

CW

Continuous Wave

DACS

Digital Acquisition and Control System

DARA

Deutsche Agentur für Raumfahrtangelegenheiten [German Space Agency]

DARTFire

Diffusive and Radiative Transport in Fires

DAS

Data Acquisition System

DBMS

Data Base Management System

dc

Direct Current

DC/PCG

Dynamically Controlled Protein Crystal Growth

DCAM

Diffusion-controlled Crystallization Apparatus for Microgravity

DCC

Diffusion Cloud Chamber

DCDU

Digital Cassette Data Unit

DCE

Droplet Combustion Experiment

DCF

Droplet Combustion Facility

DCR

Design Certification Review

DCR

Drawing Change Request

DCVA

Dimethyl Dicyanovinyl Aniline

DDC

Dynamic Decompression and Cooling

DDF

Directors Discretionary Fund

DDM

Data Display Module

DDM

Drop Dynamics Module

DDS

Data Display System

DDT&E

Design, Develop, Test, and Evaluation

DDU

Data Display Unit

DEL

Delivery

DEP

Dedicated Experiment Processor

DFRC

Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center

DFVLR

Deutsche Forshungs-und Versuchsanstait fur Luft-und

DGZE

Density Gradient Zone Electrophoresis

DIC

Differential Interference Contrast

DIF

Data Interchange Format

DLR

The German Aerospace Research Establishment

DLS

Dynamic Light Scattering

DMI

Diffusion Module Insert

DMOS

Diffusive Mixing of Organic Solutions

DMS

Data Management System

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

DOC

Discipline Operations Center

DOD

Department of Defense

DOMSAT

Domestic Satellite

DPA

Data Processing Assembly

DPD

Double Plasma Device

DPIMS

Diffusion Processes in Molten Semiconductors

DPM

Drop Physics Module

DPRO

Defense Procurement Resident Office

DPSs

Dynamic Power Systems

DR

Data Requirement

DSC

Differential Scanning Calorimetry

DSF

Directional Solidification Furnace

DSFP

Directional Solidification Furnace with Pulsing

DSVT

Directional Solidification and Vapor Transport

DT/DT

Drop Tube/Drop Tower (Facility)

DTA

Differential Thermal Analysis

DTA

Development Test Article

DTA

Differential Thermal Analysis

DTD

Droplet Technology Demonstration

DTF

Drop Tube/Tower Facility

DTO

Detailed Test Objective

DVT

Developmental Vibration Test

DWG

Discipline Working Group

DWS

Diffusing Wave Spectroscopy

EAC

Experiment Apparatus Container

EALK

External Airlock

EAPVT

Effusive Ampoule Physical Vapor Transport

EBF

Electron Bombardment Furnace

ECAS

Experiment Computer Applications Software

ECE

Experiment Checkout Equipment

ECG

Electroepitaxial Crystal Growth (MRA)

ECLSS

Environmental Control/Life Support System

ECOS

Experiment Computer Operational Software

ECP

Electromagnetic Containerless Processing

ECS

Energy Conversion Subsystem

ECS

Environmental Control Subsystem

ED

Engineering Directorate

EDB

Electrodynamic Balance

EDEP

Electrodeposition (UAH)

EDM

Engineering Development Model

EDM

Electric Dipole Moment

EDO

Extended Duration Orbiter

EDR

Engineering Design Review

EDS

Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy

EDSE

Equiaxed Dendritic Solidification Experiment

EEE

Electronic, Electrical, Electromechanical

EEP

Experiment Electronic Package

EEVT

Electrophoresis Equipment Verification Test

EGSE

Electrical Ground Support Equipment

EHD

Electrohydrodynamic

EICG

Electronic/lnfrared Crystal Growth

EIRD

Experiment Interface Requirements Document

ELF

Electrostatic Levitation Furnace

ELMS

Evolution of Local Microstructures

ELV

Expendable Launch Vehicle

EM

Engineering Model

EM

Electron Microscopy

EM

Experimental Module

EMC

Electromagnetic Compatibility

EMDI

Extended Mission Duration Items

EMI

Electromagnetic Interference

EML

Electromagnetic Levitator

EMS

Engineering Master Schedule

EMS

Experiment Mounting Structure

EMU

Extravehicular Maneuvering Unit

EMU

Extravehicular Mobility Unit

EOM

Earth Observation Mission

EOM

Engineering Operations Manual

EOS

Earth Observing System

EOS

Electrophoresis Operations in Space (MDAC)

EOSC

Electro Optical Single Crystals

EPDP

Experiment Power Distribution Box

EPROM

Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory

EPS

Electrical Power System

EPS

Electrostatic Position Sensor

ER

Electrorheological Response

ERD

Experiment Requirements Document

ERE

Extensional Rheology Experiment

ESA

European Space Agency

ESD

Electrostatic Discharge

ESE

Electrical Support Equipment

ESL

ElectroStatic Levitator

ESM

Experiment Service Module

ESPS

Experiment Segment/Pallet Simulator

ESRO

European Space Research Organization

ESS

Energy Storage Subsystem

ESS

Experiment Subsystem Simulator

ET

External Tank

ETE

External Test Equipment

EU

Electronics Unit

EURECA

European Retrievable Carrier

EVAS

Extravehicular Activity System

EXACT

Experiments Along Coexistence near Tricriticality

EXP

Experiment

EXPRESS

Expedite the Processing of Experiments to Space Station (Rack)

FA

Flight Accommodation

FAR

Final Acceptance Review

FAWG

Flight Assignments Working Group

FCA

Flow Control Assembly

FCC

Face Centered Cubic Crystal Structure

FDD

Flight Data Document

FDE

Fluid Dynamics Experiment

FDF

Flight Data File

FDOR

Final Design and Operations Review

FDR

Final Design Review

FDSMM

Fluid Dynamics and Solidification of Metallic Melts

FEA

Fluids Experiment Apparatus

FECO

Fringes of Equal Chromatic Order

FEP

Front End Processor

FES

Flash Evaporator System (an Orbiter subsystem)

FES

Fluids Experiment System

FES/VCGS

Fluid Experiment/Vapor Crystal Growth System

FF

Free Flyer

FFDF

Fluid Physics and Dynamics Facility

FFEU

Free-Flow Electrophoresis Unit

FFFT

Forced Flow Flamespread Test

FGM

Functionally Graded (or Gradient) Material

FHA

Flight Hardware Availability

FM

Frequency Modulation

FMEA-CIL

Failure Modes and Effects Analyses/Critical Items List

FMPT

First Material Processing Test (Japan)

FO

Functional Objectives

FOAM

Foam Optics And Mechanics

FOR

Flight Operations Review

FORT

Far Off Resonance Optical Atom Trap

FOV

Field of View

FPDF

Fluid Physics/Dynamics Facility

FPE

Fundamental Phenomena Experimentation

FPM

Frontal Polymerization in Microgravity

FRB

Failure Review Board

FRE

Functional Requirements Envelope

FRR

Flight Readiness Review

FS

Factor of Safety

FSD

Fabrication Support Division

FSDC

Fiber Supported Droplet Combustion

FSDM

Free Surface Deformation Measurement System

FSS

Flight Support System

FSUWG

Facility Science Users Working Group

FTIR

Fourier Transform Infrared

FU

Flight Unit

FY

Fiscal Year

FZCGF

Float Zone Crystal Growth Facility (Battelle)

FZES

Float Zone Experiment System

g

Gravity

g₀

Normal Gravity Acceleration at Sea-Level

GaAs

Gallium Arsenide

GAC

Grumman Aerospace Corporation

GAS

Get-Away-Special

GAS Can

Get-Away Special Canister

GBX

Glovebox

GCA

Glass Capillary Array

GCE

Ground Control Experiment

GCEL

Ground Control Experiment Laboratory

GC-MS

Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer

GCR

Galactic Cosmic Rays

GDFE

Gas-Jet Diffusion Flames Experiment

GEF

Gas Evaporation Experiment Facility (Japan)

GEM

Generic Experiment Module

GEO

Geosynchronous Earth Orbit

GERME

Groupe D'Etude et Recherches, Sur Test Materieux Dans

GEVS

General Environmental Verification Specification

GFE

Government Furnished Equipment

GFFC

Geophysical Fluid Flow Cell

GFGAS

Gradient Furnace for Get Away Special

GFP

Glass Fiber Pulling

GFP

Government Furnished Property

GFV

Gross Field Velocimetry

GH

Growth Hormone

GHF

Gradient Heating Facility

GHF

Gradient Heating Furnace (Japan)

GIDEP

Government/Industry Data Exchange Program

GIFFTS

Gravitational Influences on Flammability and Flamespread

GIRD

Ground Integration Requirements Document

GMM

Giant Magnetostrictive Materials

GMSF

Growth and Morphology, Boiling, and

Critical Fluctuations of Phase Separating Supercritical Fluids

GMT

Greenwich Mean Time

GN&C

Guidance, Navigation and Control

GOR

Ground Operations Review

GP-B

Gravity Probe B

GPC

General Purpose Computer

GPF-1&2

General Purpose Furnace

GPRF-G

General Purpose Rocket Furnace-Gradient

GPRF-I

General Purpose Rocket Furnace -Isothermal

GPS

Global Positioning System

GPU

Ground Power Unit

GSE

Ground Support Equipment

GSFC

Goddard Space Flight Center

GT

Ground Test

H/W

Hardware

HAB

Habitability

HAL

High-Temperature Acoustic Levitator

HAL/S

High-Order Programming Language for Spacelab Usage

HB

Hydrogen Bond

HCS

Homodyne Correlation Spectroscopy

HDR

High Data Rate

HDRR

High Data Rate Recorder

HDW

Hardware

He-3 (³HE)

The isotope of helium having atomic weight 3

He-4 (⁴HE)

The isotope of helium having atomic weight 4

He-I

Helium I, or normal helium

He-II

Helium II, or superfluid helium

HGCS

Human Granulocyte Colony Stimulating

HGDS

High Gradient Directional Solidification

HGFQ

High Gradient Furnace with Quench

HGS

Holographic Ground System

HH-G

Hitchhiker (Goddard)

HH-M

Hitchhiker (MSFC)

HHVT

High Resolution, High Frame Rate Video Technology

HIA

Holographic Imaging Apparatus

HM

Habitation Module

HMF

Health Maintenance Facility

HOSC

Huntsville Operations Support Center

HPA

Handling and Positioning Aid

HPCG

Hand-held Protein Crystal Growth

HPF

Heat Pipe Furnace

HPIR

Heat Pipe Radiator

HQ

Headquarters

HRAP

Heat Rejection Augmentation Package

HRF

Human Research Facility

HRM

High Rate Multiplexer

HRT

High-Resolution Thermometer

HTBF

High Temperature Bridgman Furnace

HTC

Heat Transfer Cell

HTFT

High Temperature Furnace Technology

HTGPF

High Temperature General Purpose Furnace

HTM

High Temperature Materials

HTS

High Temperature Superconductors

HX

Heat Exchanger

Hz

Hertz (Cycles per Second)

HZE

High Charge and Energy Ions

IAI

Image Analyzing Interferometer

IBSE

Initial Blood Storage Experiment

ICD

Interface Control Document

ICD

Interface Control Drawing

ICE

Interface Configuration Experiment

ICF

Isothermal Casting Furnace

IDE

Initial Design Evaluation

IDGE

Isothermal Dendritic Growth Experiment

IDMS

Information and Data Management System

IEF

Isoelectric Focusing Experiment

IF

Intermediate Frequency

IFEA

Integrated Furnace Experiment Assembly

IFF

Isoelectric Focusing Facility

IFFD

Internal Flows in Free Drops)

IFM

Interface Measurements

IG

Igloo (Spacelab Pallet Missions)

IGI

Industrial Guest Investigator

IH/SR

Integration Hardware/Software Review

IHF

Isothermal (Japan)

II

Industrial Investigator

IIA

Instrument Interface Agreements

IM

Interface Measurements

IMF

Image Furnace (Japan)

IML

International Microgravity Laboratory

IMU

Inertial Measurement Unit

INEPT

EN Engineering Panel Telemail

IOC

Initial Operating Capability

IOC

Initial Orbiting Capability

IOU

Input/Output Unit

IPF

Interface Pattern Formation

IPL

Integrated Payload

IPRD

Integrated Payload Requirements Document

IPS

Instrument Pointing System

IPSIDS

Interface Pattern Selection in Directional Solidification

IR&D

Independent Research and Development

IRD

Interface Requirements Document

IRIG

Inter-Range Instrumentation Group (time format in Spacelab)

IRR

Initial Requirements Review

IRR

Integration Readiness Review

IRR

Interface Requirements Review

IRSM

Incubator Refrigerator Storage Module

ISA

Inertial Sensor Assemblies

ISC

International Space Corporation

ISET

Intercenter Systems Engineering Team

ISF

Industrial Space Facility

ISPR

International Standard Payload Rack

ISR

Interim Systems Review

ISRU

In-Situ Resources Utlization

ISS

International Space Station

ISSP

Information System Strategic Plan

ISTF

Integrated Services and Test Facility (Canada)

ITIP

International Technology Integration Panel

ITUS

Integrated Thermal Utility System

IVA

Intravehicular Activity

IWG

Investigator Working Group

JCA

Joint Cooperative Agreement

JEA

Joint Endeavor Agreement

JEM

Japanese Experiment Module

JIS

Joint Integration Simulation

JPL

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

JSC

Johnson Space Center

JSLWG

Joint Spacelab Working Group

JURG

Joint User Requirements Group

K

Kelvin

KBPS

Kilobytes Per Second

kg

Kilogram

KSC

Kennedy Space Center

LAB

Laboratory

LAN

Local Area Network

LaRC

Langley Research Center

LASS

Large Amplitude Space Simulator

LBTF

Langmuir-Blodgett Trough Facility

LCA

Low Volume Fraction Entropically Driven Colloidal Assembly

LCP

Liquid Crystalline Polymer

LDEF

Long Duration Exposure Facility

LDF

Liquid Drop Experiment Facility (Japan)

LDR

Large Deployable Reflector

LDR

Low Data Rate

LDV

Laser Doppler Velocimetry

LED

Light Emitting Diode

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

LeRC

Lewis Research Center

LFI

Laser Feedback Interferometry

LGF

Low Gradient Furnace

LIF

Large Isothermal Furnace

LIMS

Lewis Information Management System

LLS

Laser Light scattering

LLSI

Laser Light Scattering Instrument

LM

Logistics Module

LMD

Liquid Metal Diffusion

LME

Liquid Motion Experiment

LMI

Lewis Management Instruction

LOS

Line of Sight

LOS

Loss of Signal

LPE

Lambda Point Experiment

LPES

Lamda Point Experiment System

LPMG

Liquid Phase Miscibility Gap

LPS

Launch Processing System

LPS

Liquid Phase Sintering

LS

Life Sciences

LSA

Large Space Antenna

LSE

Laboratory Support Equipment

LSLAB

Life Sciences Laboratory

LSRF

Life Sciences Research Facility

LSSP

Launch Site Support Plan

LST

Laser (or Light) Scattering Tomography

LSW

Lifshitz, Slyozov and Wagner (Theory of Alloys)

LTE

Levitator Technology Experiment (ACES II)

LTGHE

Low-Temperature Gradient Heating Furnace

LTRF

Low Temperature Research Facility

LVCC

Laser Vaporization Controlled Condensation

LVLH

Local Vertical, Local Horizontal Meter

LZE

Low Charge and Energy Ions

m

Meter

M&P

Materials and Processes

MA

Mission Assignment

MA

Multiple Access

MAARS

Micron-Accuracy Absolute Ranging System

MAC

Microgravity Advisory Committee

MAP

Mission Activity Plan

MAPS

Microstructure and Phase Selection

MAS

Metals/Alloy Solidification

MASA

Metals and Alloys Solidification Apparatus

MASU

Metal Alloy Separation Unit

MAUS

Materialwissen Autonomoe Experi Uter Schwerelosigkeit

MBE

Molecular Beam Epitaxy

MBI

Multiple Beam Interferometry

MBPS

Megabytes Per Second

MCA

Membrane -Casting Apparatus

MCC

Mission Control Center

MCD

Modular Capabilities Document

MCDS

Management Communications and Data System

McDUCK

Multi-chamber Dialysis Unit for Crystallization Kinetics

MCF

Modular Combustion Facility

MCP

Monitoring Control Panel

MCPF

Modular Containerless Processing Facility

MCT

Melting Curve Thermometer

MCU

Marangoni Convection Unit

MD

Middeck

MDB

Master Data Base

MDE

Mission Dependent Equipment

MDM

Multiplexer/Demultiplexer

MDSC

Modulated Differential Scanning Calorimetry

MEA

Materials Experiment Assembly

MEL

Modular Electromagnetic Levitator

MEM

Middeck Electronics Module

MEPF

Multiple Experiment Processing Furnace

MEPHISTO

Matériel pour l’Étude des Phenomènes Intéressants

MFCD

Microgravity Fluids and Combustion Diagnostics

MFCT

Modular Furnace Component Technology

µg

Microgravity

µgSEG

Microgravity Separation of Energetic Grains

MGBX

Middeck Glovebox

MGM

Mechanics of Granular Materials

MGSE

Mechanical Ground Support Equipment

MHF

Mirror Furnace (ESA)

MI

Module Isert

MIA

Mission Implementation Agreement

MIC

Management Information Center

MICG

Mercury Iodide Crystal Growth

MICOM

Mission Command

MIDEXS

Miscible Interface Dynamics: Experiment and Simulation

MIM

Microgravity Isolation Mount

MINC

Module Interconnect

MIP

Mission Integration Panel

MirGBX

Mir Glovebox

MIS

Magnetic Isolation System

MIS

Management Information System

MISTE

MIcrogravity Scaling Theory Experiment

MITH

Millikelvin Thermostat

MIUL

Material Identification and Usage List

MLI

Multilayer Insulation

MLR

Monodisperse Latex Reactor

MLS

Minnesota Lunar Simulant

MLSA

Modified Launch Services Agreement

MMAP

Microgravity Measurement and Analysis Project

MMDL

Molten Metal Droplet Levitator

MMFF

Modular Multizone Furnace Facility (now SSFF)

MMO

Mission Management Office Meeting

MMP

Magnetospheric Multiprobe

MMPF

Microgravity and Materials Processing Facility

MMSL

Microgravity Materials Science Laboratory

MMT

Macro-Molecular Transport

MMU

Manned Maneuvering Unit

MMU

Mass Memory Unit

MOCVD

Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition

MOD

Module

MOPA

Master Oscillator Power Amplifier

MORD

Mission Operations Requirements Document

MOT

Magneto-Optical Trap

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MP

Microgravity Pressure

MP

Major Payload

MPA

Microgravity Pressure, Ambient

MPAK

Middeck Payload Accommodation Kit

MPE

Mission Peculiar Equipment

MPESS

Mission Peculiar Experiment Support Structure

MPS

Materials Processing in Space

MRA

Mechanical Readiness Assessment

MRB

Material Review Board

MRD

Microgravity Research Division

MRD

Mission Requirements Document

MRDB

Mission Requirements Data Base

MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

MRMS

Mobile Remote Manipulator System

MROFIE

Mission Requirements on Facilities/Instruments/Experiments

MRPO

Microgravity Research Program Office

MRR

Mission Readiness Review

MRWG

Mission Requirements Working Group

MS

Margin of Safety

MSA

Microgravity Science and Applications (Program)

MSC

Microgravity Smoldering Combustion Experiment

MSDR

Materials Science Double Rack

MSEIS

Microgravity Systems Engineering Information System

MSFC

Marshall Space Flight Center

MSG

Microgravity Science Glovebox

MSL

Microgravity Science Laboratory

MSRF

Materials Science Research Facility

MSRR-1

First Materials Science Research Rack

MSRR-2

Second Materials Science Research Rack

MSRR-3

Third Materials Science Research Rack

MST

Measurement Status Table

MTA

Membrane Transport Apparatus

MTE

Mass Transport Experiment

MTF

Moderate Temperature Facility

MTL

Manufacturing and Technology Laboratory

MTP

Membrane Transport Phenomena

MTPE

Mission to Planet Earth (NASA)-Code Y

MTU

Master Timing Unit

MUA

Material Utilization Agreement

MV

Macrovoid

MWEU

Moving Wall Electrophoresis Unit

MWSF

Molecular Wake Shield Facility

NAC

NASA Advisory Council

NAR

Non-Advocate Review

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASACOM

NASA Communications System

NASDA

National Space Development Agency of Japan

NBS

National Bureau of Standards

NCC

NASA Communications Control

NCG

Nanochannel Glass

NCTM

Non-Contact Temperature Measurements

NDB

Nucleic Acid Database

NDE

Non-Destructive Evaluation

NFF

Normal Freezing Furnace

NGST

Next Generation Space Telescope

NHB

NASA Handbook

NIA

Network Interface Adapter

NIH

National Institutes of Health

NIR

Near Infrared Spectroscopy

NIST

National Institute for Standards and Technology

NIU

Network Interface Unit

NLO

Nonlinear Optical

NLOMTF

Non-Linear Optical Monomer Thin Films (UAH)

NLOOC

Non-Linear Optical Organic Crystals (UAH)

nm

Nanometers

nm

Nautical Miles

NMI

NASA Management Instruction

NMMSA

NASA Microgravity Materials Science Assessment Task Force

NMR

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

NOA

New Obligation Authority

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NRA

NASA Research Announcement

NRC

National Research Council

NRL

Naval Research Laboratory

NSF

National Science Foundation

NSLS

National Synchotron Light Source

NSOM

Near-field Scanning Optical Microscopy

NSPAR

Nonstandard Parts Approval Request

NSSDC

National Space Science Data Center

NSTL

National Space Technology Laboratories

NSTS

National Space Transportation System

O&C

Operations and Checkout

OACT

Office of Advanced Concepts and Technology

OAFD

Orbiter Aft Flight Deck

OARE

Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment

OCF

Organic Crystal Growth Facility (ESA)

OCP

Office of Commercial Programs (NASA) - Code I

OCZ

Operational Control Zone

OFPU

Optical Fiber Production Unit

OFT

Orbital Flight Test

OGS

Oxygen Generation System

OIA

Orbiter Interface Adaptor

OLMSA

Office of Life Sciences and Microgravity Applications

OMCVD

Organometallic Chemical Vapor Epitaxy

OMRS

Operations and Maintenance Requirements Specifications

OMS

Orbital Maneuvering System

OMS&A

Office of Mission Safety and Assurance

OMU

Orbital Maneuvering Unit

OMV

Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle

OPCGA

Observable Protein Crystal Growth Apparatus

OPCGF

Organic and Polymer Crystal Growth Facility

OPF

Orbiter Processing Facility

OPPE

Organic and Polymer Processing Experiment (3M)

ORAM

Orbital Repair and Maintenance

ORNL

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORSEP

Organic Separation

ORU

Orbital Replacement Unit

OSF

Office of Space Flight (NASA) - Code M

OSO

Office of Space Operations (NASA) -Code T

OSS

Office of Space Science (NASA) - Code S

OSS

Office of Space Station (NASA) - Code S

OSTDS

Office of Space Tracking and Data Systems (NASA) - Code T

OSV

Orbital Servicing Vehicle (Japan)

OTA

Office of Technology Assessment

OTFE

Oscillatory Thermocapillary Flow Experiment

OTV

Orbital Transfer Vehicle

P(O₂)

Oxygen Partial Pressure

PA

Power Amplifier

PA

Product Assurance

PACE

Physics and Chemistry Experiment Program

PACIFIC

Premixed Atmospheric and Convection Influences on Flame Inhibition and Combustion

PACS

Pointing and Control System

PAD

Program Approval Document

PaDR

Payload Design Review

PAI

Product Assurance Instruction

PAM

Payload Accommodation Manager

PAM

Payload Assist Module

PAM

Project Assurance Manager

PAM

Project Assurance Manual

PAP

Product Assurance Plan

PBE

Pool Boiling Experiment

PC

Phase Construction

PCA

Payload Clamp Assembly

PCAM

Protein Crystallization Apparatus for Microgravity

PCB

Power Control Box

PCCE

Particle Cloud Combustion Experiment

PCDA

Power Control and Distribution Assembly

PCG

Protein Crystal Growth

PCGS

Protein Crystal Growth System

PCM

Pulse Code Modulation

PCR

Payload Certification Review

PCS

Physics of Colloids in Space

PCTC

Payload Crew Training Complex

PCU

Payload Checkout Unit

PCU

Power Control Unit

PCU

Power Conversion Unit

PDA

Phase Doppler Pneumometer

PDI

Particle Displacement Interfermetry

PDMS

Poly DiMethyl Siloxane (silicone oil)

PDP

Plasma Diagnostics Package

PDR

Preliminary Design Review

PDRD

Program Definition and Requirements Document

PDSS

Payload Development Support System

PE

Principle Engineer

PED

Payload Element Developer

PEEK

Poly(etheretherketone)

PEI

Poly(ether imide)

PEL

Photo-electron Layer

PEP

Particle Engulfment and Pushing by Solidifying Interfaces

PEPWG

Pressurized Element Working Group

PF

Platform

PFA

Post-Flight Annex

PFCR

Pattern Formation and Coarsening Research

PFDAR

Post-Flight Data Analysis Review

PFGNMR

Pulsed Field Gradient Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

PFM

Protoflight Model

PFP

Program and Financial Plan

PGCE

Porous Graphite Combustion Experiment

PGS

Power Generation Subsystem

pH

Hydrogen lons in Gram Atoms per Liter

PhaSE

Physics of Hard Sphere Experiment

PI

Payload Interrogator

PI

Preliminary Investigation

PI

Principal Investigator

PIC

Project Initiation Conference

PID

Prime Item Development (Spec)

PID

Program Introduction Document

PID

Proportional, Integral, and Differential Gain

PIMC

Path Integral Monte Carlo

PIMS

Principal Investigator Microgravity Services

PIP

Payload Integration Plan

PIV

Particle Image Velocimetry

PL

Payload

PL

Photoluminescence

PLL

Phase-Locked Loop

PLP

Pyridoxal Phosphate

PLS

Partial Least Squares

PM

Program Manager

PMAD

Power Management and Distribution

PMC

Permanent Manned Capability

PMIC

Payload Missions Integration Contractor

PM-LFI

Phase-Modulated Laser Feedback Interferometry

PMMS

Process Material Management System

PMR

Program Management Review

PMT

Photomultiplier Tube

PMZF

Programmable Multizone Furnace

POCC

Payload Operations Control Center (at MSFC)

POD

Payload Operations Director

POIC

Payload Operation and Integration Center

POM

Polyoxometalate

POO

Pallet of Opportunity

POOC

Payload of Opportunity Carrier

POP

Perpendicular to Orbit Plane

POP

Program Operating Plan

POWG

Payload Operations Working Group

PP

Phase Partitioning

PP

Planning Package

PP&C

Payload Planning and Control

PP/L

Partial Payload

PPE

Phase Partitioning Experiment

PPO

Planning Purposes Only

PRACA

Problem Reporting and Corrective Action

PRCB

Program Requirements Change Board

PRE

Performance Requirements Envelope

PROM

Programmable Read-Only Memory

PRR

Preliminary Requirements Review

PRR

Program Requirements Review

PS

Payload Specialist

PS

Phase Separation

PS

Project Scientist

PSC

Performing Support Center

PSCN

Program Support Communications Network

PSI

Phase Shifting Interferometry

psia

Pounds Per Square Inch Absolute

PSR

Pre-Ship Review

PV

Photovoltaic

PVA

Pivalic Acid

PVT

Physical Vapor Transport

PVTOS

Physical Vapor Transport of Organic Solutions

PZT

Piezo-Electric Transducer

Q

Quality Factor of a Resonant System

QA

Quality Assurance

QE

Quality Engineering

QMI

Quench Module Insert

QMSFRG

Quantum Multiple Scattering Model of Nuclear Fragmentation

QSAM

Quasi-steady Acceleraton Measurement System

R&D

Research and Development

R&M

Reliability and Maintainability

R&PM

Research and Program Management

RAHF

Research Animal Holding Facility

RAM

Residual Amplitude Modulation

RAPIV

Radiographic Particle Image Velocimetry

RAU

Remote Acquisition Unit

RBFS

Risk-Based Fire Safety

RCB

Requirements Change Board

RCG

Reference Concept Group

RCS

Reaction Control System

RDGS

Reduction of Defects in Germanium-Silicon

RDR

Requirements Definition Review

RF

Radio Frequency

RFI

Radio Frequency Interference

RFP

Request For Proposal

RFQ

Request For Quotation

RG

Renormalization Group

RID

Review Item Discrepancy

RIEF

Recirculating Isoelectric Focusing

RITSI

Radiative Ignition and Transition to Spread Investigation

RKT

Rocket

RMF

Rotating Magnetic Field

RMMR

Reactionless Microgravity Mechanisms and Robotics

RMS

Remote Manipulator System

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