U-Z
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 U through Z
- U -
| U/D | Update |
| U.S. | United States |
| U.S.C. | United States Code |
| UAB | University of Alabama in Birmingham |
| UAH | University of Alabama in Huntsville |
| UCB | University of Colorado at Boulder |
| UCSD | University of California, San Diego |
| UF | Utilization Flight |
| UF-X | Utility/Utilization Flight |
| UG | NASA Headquarters Office Code for Division of Physical Sciences in Space |
| µgSEG | Partical Segregation in Collisional Shearing Flows Experiment |
| UIO | User Integration Office |
| UIP | Utility Interface Panel |
| UISWG | User Information System Working Group |
| UMRIS | User Mission Requirements and Information System |
| UOF | User Operation Facility |
| UPN | Unique Project Number |
| USAF | United State Air Force |
| µSCALE | Microscale Hydrodynamics Near Moving Contact Lines Experiment |
| µSIGMA | Micro Solids Interacting with Gas in a Microgravity Apparatus Experiment (Louge) |
| USL | United States Laboratory |
| USML | United States Microgravity Laboratory |
| USML-1 | United States Microgravity Laboratory-1 |
| USMP | United States Microgravity Payload |
| USMP-2 | United States Microgravity Payload-2 |
| USRA | Universities Space Research Association |
| UTC | User Time Clock |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
| UVIS | Ultraviolet-Visible Infrared Spectrophotometer |
- V -
| V | Volts |
| VAB | Vehicle Assembly Building |
| VAFB | VAFB Vandenberg Air Force Base |
| VAK | Vertical Access Kit |
| VCAP | Vehicle Charging and Potential |
| VCG | Vapor Crystal Growth |
| VCGS | Vapor Crystal Growth System |
| VDC | Volts Direct Current |
| VDS | Verification Data Set |
| VER | Verification |
| VET | Video Event Trigger |
| VFI | Verification Flight Instrumentation |
| V-FLAME | Field Effects of Gravity on Lean Premixed Turbulent Flames |
| VHSIC | Very High Speed Integrated Circuit |
| VIT | Vibration Isolation Technology |
| VITR | Video/Instrumentation Tape Recorder |
| VMA | Vacuum Maintenance Assembly |
| VPF | Vertical Processing Facility |
| VTRE | Vented Tank Resupply Experiment |
| VVS | Vacuum Vent System |
- W -
| WBR | Workbench Rack |
| WBRIS | Workbench Rack Illuminations Subassembly |
| WBS | Work Breakdown Structure |
| WCS | Waste Control System |
| WFCA | Water Flow Control Assembly |
| WFF | Wallops Flight Facility |
| WIF | Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment |
| WP | Work Package |
| WSGT | White Sands Ground Terminal |
| WTCS | Water Thermal Control Assembly |
| WTR | Western Test Range |
| WWV | National "Time Standard" Call Letters |
- X -
| XPOP | X-Axis Perpendicular to Orbital Plane |
- Y -
- Z -
| ZCG | Zeolite Crystal Growth |
| ZENO | Critical Fluid Scattering Experiment (CFLSE) |
| ZIN | ZIN Technologies, Inc. |
| ZOE | Zone of Exclusion |
