A-E
The following is a list of acronyms used by the Microgravity Science Division listed in alphabetical order by acronym for a numerical list and letters A through E
- 3 -
| 3AAL | Three-Axis Acoustic Levitator |
| 3M | Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company |
- A -
| A | Ampere |
| A&R | Automation and Robotics |
| AADS | Automated Anomoly Detection System |
| AADSF | Advanced Automated Directional Solidification Furnace |
| 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 |
| ACS | Attitude Control System |
| ADA | Advanced Development Activity |
| ADA | DOD High-Level Programming Language |
| ADH | Advanced Development Hardware |
| ADP | Advanced Development Program |
| ADP | Acceptance Data Package |
| ADSF | Automated Directional Solidification Furnace |
| AEO | Assurance Engineering Office |
| AFC | Auxilliary Fluids Container |
| AFD | Aft Flight Deck |
| AFEQ | Adiabatic Fast Equilibration |
| AFT | Advanced Furnace Technology |
| AHST | Advanced Human Support Technologies |
| AIAA | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| ALF | Acoustic Levitator Furnace |
| ALI | ALICE-Like Insert |
| ALI-SCU1 | ALICE-Like Insert Sample Cell Unit 1 |
| ALI-SCU2 | ALICE-Like Insert Sample Cell Unit 2 |
| ALICE | Analyse des LIquides Critiques dans l'Espace |
| ALU | Advanced Levitation Unit |
| AMA | Atomspheric Measurement Assembly |
| AME | Acceleration Monitoring Experiment |
| AMO | Assurance Management Office |
| AO | Announcement of Opportunity |
| APCGF | Advanced Protein Crystal Growth Facility |
| APD | Avalanche PhotoDiode |
| APM | Attached Payload Module |
| AR | Acceptance Review |
| ARC | Ames Research Center |
| ARC | Aggregation of Red Blood Cells (Australia) |
| 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 |
| ATCU | Active Thermal Control Unit |
| ATD | Advanced Technology Development |
| ATE | Automatic Test Equipment |
| ATHINA | Investigation of Diffusion Flame Tip Thermo-diffusive and Hydrodynamic Instability Under Microgravity Conditions |
| ATP | Authority to Proceed |
| AUE | Alloy Undercooling Experiment |
| AVCG | Automatic Vapor Crystal Growth |
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B -
| B/L | Baseline |
| B&LA | Bragg and Low Angle Scattering |
| BASE | Binary Alloy Solidification Experiment |
| BASG | Ball Aerospace Group |
| BB | Bread Board |
| BBU | Bubble Behavior Unit (Japan) |
| BCAT | Binary Colloidal Alloy Tests |
| BCAT-3 | Binary Colloidal Alloy Tests - 3 |
| BCDCE | Bi-Component Droplet Combustion Experiment |
| BCL | Battelle Columbus Laboratories |
| BCOEL | Boiling Heat Transfer & Control of Bubble Motion in Microgravity using Electric Fields |
| BDiSL | Buoyancy Driven Instabilities in Single Bubble Sonoluminescence (Matula) |
| BDPU | Bubble Droplet Particle Unit |
| BF | Biotechnology Facility |
| BIO | Space Bioreactor |
| BIU | Bus Interface Unit |
| BiSn | Bismuth-Tin Crystal Growth |
| BPRR | Biological and Physical Research Rack |
| BRE | Blood Rheology Equipment |
| BSD | Baseline System Description |
| BTF | Biotechnology Facility |
| BTS | Biotelemetry System |
| BVX | Acoustic Study of Critical Phenomena in Microgravity |
| BXF | Boiling Experiment Facility |
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| C/O | Checkout |
| C/C | Carrier/Container |
| C | Celsius |
| C&T | Communications and Tracking |
| CAD | Computer-Aided Design |
| CAE | Computer-Aided Engineering |
| CAG | Commercial Advocacy Group |
| CAM | Computer-Aided Manufacturing |
| CAP | Crew Activity Plan |
| CAP | Customer Accommodation Plan |
| CAST | Casting and Solidification Technology |
| CBT | Computer Based Training |
| CCA | Commercial CIR Apparatus |
| CCB | Configuration Control Board |
| CCB | Change Control Board |
| CCD | Charge Coupled Device |
| CCDS | Centers for the Commercial Development of Space |
| CCF | Critical Velocoties in Open Capillary Channels |
| CCTV | Closed Circuit Television |
| CDG | Concept Development Group |
| CDMS | Command and Data Management System |
| CDOT | Colloidal Disorder-Order Transitions |
| CDOT-3 | Colloidal Disorder-Order Transitions-3 |
| CDR | Critical Design Review |
| CDSF | Commercially Developed Space Facility |
| CEI SPEC | Contract End Item Specification |
| CELS | Controlled Environment and Life Support System |
| CELSS | Controlled Environment and Life Support System |
| CER | Cost Estimate Relationships |
| CET | Combined Environmental Test |
| CF | Constant Flux |
| CFE | Capillary Flow Experiment |
| CFES | Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System |
| CFIF | Continuous Flow Isoelectric Focusing |
| CFLSE | Critical Fluid Light Scattering Experiment (ZENO) |
| CFM | Candle Flames in Microgravity |
| CFM-2 | Candle Flames in Microgravity-2 |
| CFTE | Critical Fluid Thermal Equilibration |
| CFVME | Critical Fluid Viscosity Measurement Experiment |
| CGEL | Colloidal Gelatin |
| CGF | Crystal Growth Facility (Japan) (Code EN) non-MSL AADSF |
| CHAINS | Chain Aggregation Investigation by Scattering (GAST) |
| CHeCS | Crew Health Care Systems |
| CHF | Continuous Heating Furnace (Japan) |
| CHT | Capillary-Driven Heat Transfer |
| CI | Customer lntegration |
| CIA | Critical Items List |
| CIBS | Coalescence Inhabition of Bubbly Suspensions Experiment |
| CIO | Customer Integration Office |
| CIEF | Continuous Isoelectric Focusing |
| CIP | Customer Integration Panel |
| CIR | Combustion Integrated Rack |
| CITE | Cargo Integration Test Equipment |
| CLiDE | Contact Line Dynamics Experiment |
| cm | Centimenter |
| CM-1 | Combustion Module-1 |
| CM-2 | Combustion Module-2 |
| CMDSF | Crystals, Monomers, Deposition and Separation Facility |
| CMG | Control Moment Gyro |
| CNES | Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (French National Center for Space Studies) |
| CO | Contracting Officer |
| Co-1 | Co-Investigator |
| CoDR | Conceptual Design Review |
| CoFR | Certification of Flight Readiness |
| COLLIDE-2 | Collisions into Dust Experiment - 2 |
| COMLAB | Commerce Lab |
| COMM | Commercial Missions |
| COS | Co-Orbiting Satellite |
| COTR | Contracting Officer Technical Representative |
| COTS | Commercial Off The Shelf |
| CP-2L | CVB/PHaSE-2/PCS-2/LFCA |
| CPF | Critical Point Facility |
| CPL | Capillary Pumped Loop |
| CPSE | Common Payload Support Equipment |
| CRR | Cargo Readiness Review |
| CRT | Character Recognition Terminal |
| CRU | Catalytic Research Unit |
| CRWT | Containerless Ripple Wave Turbulence |
| CSC | Consulting Support Center |
| CSCI | Computer Software Configuration Item |
| CSD | Contract Start Date |
| CSD | Comparative Soot Diagnostics |
| CSLM | Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures |
| CSLM-2 | Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures-2 |
| CSS-IPS | Common Support System-Integrated Payload System |
| CSU | Computer Software Unit |
| CT | Constant Temperature |
| CTL | Communications Test Lab |
| CVB | Constrained Vapor Bubble Experiment |
| CVBT | Constrained Vapor Bubble Heat Exchanger |
| CVOCC | Critical Velocities in Open Capillary Channels |
| CVTE | Chemical Vapor Transport Experiment |
| CVX-2 | Critical Viscosity of Xenon-2 |
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| D&S | Dynamic and Static Light Scattering |
| DACS | Digital Acquisition and Control System |
| DARTFire | Diffusive and Radiative Transport in Fires Experiment |
| DAS | Data Acquisition System |
| DBMS | Data Base Management System |
| dc | Direct Current |
| DCAM | Dynamic Contact Angle Measurement Experiment |
| DCDU | Digital Cassette Data Unit |
| DCE | Droplet Combustion Experiment |
| DCE-2 | Droplet Combustion Experiment-2 |
| DCF | Droplet Combustion Facility |
| DCM | Diagnostics Control Module |
| DCR | Design Certification Review |
| DCR | Drawing Change Request |
| DDCE | Dynamics of Droplet Combustion and Extinction Experiment |
| 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 |
| DECLIC | Dispositif pour i'etude de la croissance et des liquides critiques |
| DEL | Delivery |
| DEP | Dedicated Experiment Processor |
| DESI | Diffusion-Flames Extinction and Soot Inception |
| DFRC | Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center |
| DFVLR | Deutsche Forshungs-und Versuchsanstait fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Research Establishment) |
| DIF | Data Interchange Format |
| DMOS | Diffusive Mixing of Organic Solutions |
| DMS | Data Management System |
| DOC | Discipline Operations Center |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DOMSAT | Domestic Satellite |
| DOORS | Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System |
| DPA | Data Processing Assembly |
| DPIMS | Diffusion Processes in Molten Semiconductors |
| DPM | Drop Physics Module |
| DPRO | Defense Procurement Resident Office |
| DR | Data Requirement |
| DSF | Directional Solidification Furnace (Grumman) |
| DST | Directional Solidification Thermostat |
| DST-T1 | Directional Solidification Thermostat Test 1 |
| DST-T2 | Directional Solidification Thermostat Test 2 |
| DST-T3 | Directional Solidification Thermostat Test 3 |
| DT/DT | Drop Tube/Drop Tower (Facility) |
| DTA | Differential Thermal Analysis |
| DTA | Development Test Article |
| DTD | Droplet Technology Demonstration |
| DTF | Drop Tube/Tower Facility |
| DTO | Detailed Test Objective |
| DVT | Developmental Vibration Test |
| DWG | Discipline Working Group |
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| EAC | Experiment Apparatus Container |
| EALX | External Airlock |
| 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 |
| EDAC | Error Detection and Correction |
| EDCA | Entropically Driven Colloidal Assembly |
| EDEP | Electrodeposition (UAH) |
| EDM | Engineering Development Model |
| EDO | Extended Duration Orbiter |
| EDR | Engineering Design Review |
| EDSE | Equixated Dendritic Solidification Experiment |
| EDU | Experiment Development Unit |
| EE | Electronic Enclosure |
| EEE | Electronic, Electrical, Electromechanical |
| EEP | Experiment Electronic Package |
| EEU | ECS Electronics Unit |
| EEVT | Electrophoresis Equipment Verification Test |
| EGM | Electrostatics of Granular Materials Experiment |
| EGSE | Electrical Ground Support Equipment |
| EHS | Enhanced HOSC System |
| EICG | Electronic/lnfrared Crystal Growth |
| EIRD | Experiment Interface Requirements Document |
| ELM | Enhanced Light Microscope |
| ELV | Expendable Launch Vehicle |
| EM | Engineering Model |
| 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 | Electrophoresis Operations in Space (MDAC) |
| EOS | Earth Observing System |
| EP | Experiment Package |
| EPCU | Electrical Power and Control Unit |
| EPDP | Experiment Power Distribution Box |
| EPROM | Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory |
| EPS | Electrical Power System |
| EPS | Electrical Power Subsystem |
| ER# | EXPRESS Rack number |
| ERD | Experiment Requirements Document |
| ERE | Extensional Rheology Experiment |
| ESA | European Space Agency |
| ESD | Electrostatic Discharge |
| ESE | Electrical Support Equipment |
| ESM | Experiment Service Module |
| ESP | Electronic Support Package |
| ESPS | Experiment Segment/Pallet Simulator |
| ESRO | European Space Research Organization |
| ESS | Energy Storage Subsystem |
| ESS | Experiment Subsystem Simulator |
| ESSA | EPCU Shutoff Switch Assembly |
| ET | External Tank |
| ETE | External Test Equipment |
| EU | Electronics Unit |
| EURECA | European Retrievable Carrier |
| EVA | Exravehicular Activity |
| EVAS | Extravehicular Activity System |
| EVP | Exhaust Vent Package |
| EXP | Experiment |
| EXPRESS | Expedite the Process of Experiments to the Space Station Rack |
