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A&L	Approach and Landing
A&P	Attitude and Pointing
AACS	Attitude and Antenna Control System
AACS	Attitude & Articulation Control Subsystem
AAFE	Advanced Applications Flight Equipment
AAIR	Advanced Atmospheric sounder and Imaging Radiometer
ABE	air-based electronics
ABM	Apogee Boost Motor
ACA	Attitude Controller Assembly
ACDS	Attitude Control & Determination System
ACE	Attitude Control Electronics
ACP	Astronaut Control Panel
ACPM	Attitude Control Propulsion Motor
ACPS	Attitude Control Propulsion System
ACS	Aft Crew Station
ACS	Attitude Control System
ACTS	Advanced Communication Technology Satellite
ADC	Aerospace Defense Command
ADEOS	ADvanced Earth Observing Satellite (Japan)
ADFRF	Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility
ADL	Avionics Development Laboratory
ADS	Attitude Display System
AeDy	Aerospace Dynamics
AEGRS	ASEAN Experts Group on Remote Sensing
AF	Aft Fuselage
AFAL	Air Force Astronautics Laboratory
AFC	Automatic Flight Control
AFCS	Automatic Flight Control System
AFD	Aft Flight Deck
AFDE	Aft Flight Deck Equipment
AFDO	Aft Flight Deck Operator
AFO	Announced Flight Opportunity
AFRPL	Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory (USA)
AFSAT	Air Force Satellite
AFSC	Air Force Space Command
AFSCF	Air Force Satellite Control Facility
AFSCN	Air Force Satellite Control Network
AFSD	Air Force Space Division
AFSSD	Air Force Space Systems Divisionsion
AFSTC	Air Force Space Technology Center
AFT	Atmospheric Flight Test
AG	Artificial Gravity
AGAA	Attitude Gyro Accelerometer Assembly
AGCU	Attitude Gyro Coupling Unit
AHRS	Attitude Heading Reference System
AIL	Avionics Integration Laboratories
AL	Approach and Landing
ALDP	Advanced Launch Development Program
ALEXIS	Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors
ALFA	Air-Lubricated Free Attitude

ALOS	Advanced Land Observing Satellite
ALS	Automatic Landing System
ALS	Advanced Launch System
ALSA	astronaut life support assembly
ALSE	Astronaut Life Support Equipment
ALT	approach and landing test
ALTR	Approach and Landing Test Requirement
AMEC	Aft Master Events Controller
AMLS	Advanced Manned Launch System
AMOOS	Advanced Maneuvering Orbit-to-Orbit Shuttle
AMSR	Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
AMU	Astronaut Maneuvering Unit
ANS	Astronomical Netherlands Satellite
AOCS	Attitude and Orbit Control System
APCA	Aft Power Controller Assembly
APM	Attached Pressurized Module (a.k.a. Columbus)
ARA	Attitude Reference Assembly
ARCOMSAT	Arab League communications satellite
ARS	Attitude Reference System
ASAP	Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel
ASAT	Anti-Satellite (weapon or system)
ASCA	Advanced Satellite for Cosmology & Astrophysics
ASCO	Arab Satellite Communications Organization
ASCP	Attitude Set Control Panel
ASCS	Attitude Stabilization and Control System
ASE	Advanced Space Engine
ASI	Augmented Spark Igniter
ASPOC	Active Spacecraft Potential Control
ASRM	Advanced Solid Rocket Motor
ASRM	Abort Solid Rocket Motor
ASSESS	Airborne Science Shuttle Experiments System Simulation
ASTD	Advanced Space Technology Division
ASTER	Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS)
ASTRA	Advanced Star Tracker
ATAL	Alternate Transoceanic Abort Landing
ATCA	attitude translation control assembly
ATDRS	Advanced Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
ATG	Aerospace Test Group
ATO	Abort To Orbit
ATS	applications technology satellite
ATS	Advanced Technology Satellite
AVCS	Attitude and Velocity Control System
AVHRR	Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
AVISO	Archiving, Validation and Interpretation of Satellites Oceanographic data
AVNIR	advanced visible and near-infrared radiometer
AW&ST	Aviation Week & Space Technology
BAC	Booster Assembly Contractor
BAC	Boeing Aerospace Company
BAE	British Aerospace Systems, LTD
BAT	Burst Alert Telescope

BESS	Biomedical Experiment Scientific Satellite
BESS	Biomedical Experiment Support Satellite
BFC	Backup Flight Computer
BFCS	Backup Flight Control System
BFS	Backup Flight System
BMAG	Body-Mounted Attitude Gyro
BMS	Background Measurement Satellite
BNSC	British National Space Centre
CAPS	Common Attitude Pointing System
CAS	Cooperative Application Satellite
CCRS	Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
CCSDS	Consultative/Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems
CDSF	Commercially Developed Space Facility
CEA	Center for EUV Astrophysics
CES	Conical Earth Sensor
CES	Crew Escape System
CFF	Columbus Free Flyer
CFP	Conceptual Flight Profile
CGRO	Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory
CHIPS	Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer
ChJAA	Chinese Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics
ChJSS	Chinese Journal of Space Science
ChSAJ	Chinese Society of Astronautics Journal
ChSST	Chinese Space Science Technology
CIRCE	Confusion-limited Infrared Cosmology Explorer
CIRRIS	Cryogenic InfraRed Radiance Instituteument for Shuttle
CLS	Collecte Localisation Satellites
CLS	Contingency Landing Site(s)
CLSO	Contingency Landing Support Officer
COBE	Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (NASA)
CoFR	Certificate of Flight Readiness
COFW	Certificate of Flight Worthiness
COMAS	Combined Orbital Maneuvering and Abort System
COMSAT	Communications Satellite Corporation
ComSp	Commercial Space
COP	Co-Orbiting Platform
COROT	Convection Rotation and Planetary Transits
CORSA	Cosmic Radiation Satellite
COSPAR	Committee on Space Research (ICSU)
COSTAR	Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement
CPF	Cost Per Flight
CRAF	Comet Rendezvous/Asteroid Fly-by
CRRES	Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite
CSA	Canadian Space Agency
CSCSAT	Commercial Synchronous Communication Satellite
CSOC	Consolidated Space Operations Center
CSTC	Consolidated Space Test Center
CTS	communications technology satellite
CTS	Canadian Technology Satellite
CYSF	Cape York Space Facility

DADS	Dual Air Density Satellite
DAMA	Demand Assigned Multiple Access
DC	Delta Clipper
DCP	D-alanyl carrier protein
DF	Development Flight
DFCS	Digital Flight Control System
DFRC	Dryden Flight Research Center
DFRF	Dryden Flight Research Facility
DFS	Dynamic Flight Simulator
DMSP	Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
DMSS	Defense Meteorological Satellite System
DODSTP	Department of Defense Standard Satellite
DOI	Descent Orbit Insertion
DOMSAT	Domestic Satellite
DORIS	Doppler Orbitography And Radiopositioning Integrated By Satellite (EOS)
DRS	Data Relay Satellite
DRSS	Data Relay Satellite System
DSCS	U.S. Defense Satellite Communications System
DSCS	Defense Support Communication Satellite
DSIS	Defense Satellite Information System
DSS	Deep Space Station
DSSC	Deep Space Station Complex
DVB-S	Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite
DWS	Disaster Warning Satellite
EADI	Electronic Attitude Director Indicator
EC	Engine Control
ECSS	European Cooperation for Space Standardization
EDO	Extended Duration Orbiter
EDRS	European Data Relay Satellite
EEM	Earth Entry Module
EES	Ejection Escape Suit
EES	Emergency Ejection Suit
EEU	Extravehicular Excursion Unit
EFP	ESA Furnished Property
EGNOS	European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
EHOT	external hydrogen/oxygen tank
ELDO	European Launcher Development Organisation
ELS	Eastern Launch Site
ELV	Earth Launch Vehicle
ELV	Expendable Launch Vehicle
ENVISAT	European Space Agency Environmental Satellite
EOAST	Earth-Oriented Applications and Space Technology
EOI	Earth Orbit Insertion
EORC	Earth Observation Research Center
EORSAT	Electronic Ocean Reconstruction Satellite
EOS	Earth Observation Satellite
EPOC	External Payload Operations Center
ERBS	Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
EROS	Earth Resources Observations System
ERS	Earth Resources Satellite

ERS	Entry and Recovery Simulation
ERS	Environmental Research Satellite
ERS	European Remote Sensing Satellite System
ERSIR	Earth Resources Shuttle Imaging Radar
ERTS	Earth Resources Technology Satellite (now Landsat)
ESA	European Space Agency
ESABu	European Space Agency Bulletin
ESAJ	European Space Agency Journal
ESDAC	European Space Data Center
ESIS	ESA Space Information Systems
ESMC	Eastern Space And Missile Center (formerly AFETR)
ESOC	European Space Operations Center
ESPC	European Space Power Conference
ESRIN	European Space Research Institute
ESRO	European Space Research Organisation
ESTEC	European Space Research and Technology Centre
ESTP	European Space Technology Platform
EUMETSAT	European Meterological Satellite
EUROCOMSAT	European consortium communications satellite
EUSC	European Union Satellite Centre
Eutelsat	European Telecommunications Satellite Organization
EUVE	Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite)
EVA	Extravehicular Activity
EVM	Earth-viewing module
FACC	Ford Aerospace and Communications Corporationration
FACT	Flight Acceptance Composite Test
FAF	First Aerodynamic Flight
FAO	FLIGHT ACTIVITIES OFFICER
FAR	Flight Acceptance Review
FAT	Flight Attitude Table
FC	Flight Computer
FC	Flight Control
FC	Flight-Critical
FCAP	Flight Control Applications Program
FCDB	Flight Control Data Bus
FCE	Flight Crew Equipment
FCE	Flight Control Equipment
FCEF	Flight Crew Equipment Facility (At KSC)
FCF	Functional Check Flight
FCF	First Captive Flight
FCHL	Flight Control Hydraulics Laboratory
FCI	Flight Control Indicator
FCI	Flight Crew Integration
FCIM	Flight Control Interface Module
FCIP	Flight Cargo Implementation Plan
FCOD	Flight Crew Operations Directorate
FCOS	Flight Control Operational Software
FCOS	Flight Computer Operating System (Orbiter)
FCP	Flight Correction Proposal
FcR	Flight Configuration Review

FCR	Flight Control Room
FCS	Flight Crew System
FCS	Flight Control System (Subsystem)
FCSM	Flight Combustion Stability Monitor
FCT	Flight Crew Trainer
FCT	flight control team
FCTB	Flight Crew Training Building
FCTS	Flight Crew Trainer Simulator
FD	Flight Day
FD	Flight Director
FDA	Flight Deck Assembly (FDF)
FDAI	Flight Director Attitude Indicator
FDF	Flight Data File
FDL	Flight Director Loop
FDM	Flight Data Manager
FDO	Flight Dynamics Officer
FDOR	Flight Design Operations Review
FDRD	Flight Definition and Requirements Directive
FDRI	Flight Director Rate Indicator
FDS	Flight Dynamics System
FDS	flight dynamics simulator
FDS	Flight Dynamics Software
FDS	Flight Design System
FDS	Flight Design and Scheduling
FDSC	Flight Dynamics Situation Complex
FDSC	Flight Dynamics Simulation Complex
FE	Flight Experiment
FED	Flight Events Demonstration
FEDP	Facility and Equipment Design Plan
FEID	Flight Equipment Interface Device
FES	Flight Element Set
FET	Flight Elapsed Time
FEWG	Flight Evaluation Working Group
FFC	Final Flight Certification
FFM	free-flying module
FHF	First Horizontal Flight
FHST	fixed-head star tracker
FID	Flight Implementation Directive
FIE	Flight Instituteumentation Engineer
FIRSSE	Far Infrared Sky Survey Experiment
FM	Flight Model
FMAHTS	Flight Manifest and Hardware Tracking System
FMCF	First Manned Captive Flight
FMO	Flight Medical Officer
FMOF	First Manned Orbital Flight
FMOFEV	First Manned Orbital Flight With EVA
FMT	Flight Management Team
FOB	Flight Operations Building
FOD	Flight Operations Directorate
FOE	Flight Operations Engineer

FOF	First Operational Flight
FOF	First Orbital Flight
FOIH	Flight Operations Integration Handbook
FOP	flight operations plan
FOP	Flight Operations Panel
FOPG	Flight Operations Planning Group
FOPS	Flight Operations Planning Schedule
FOR	Flight Operations Review
FOS	Flight Operations Support
FOSA	Flight Operations Support Annex
FOSO	Flight Operations Scheduling Officer
FOSP	Flight Operations Support Personnel
FOST	Flight Operations SUPPOrt Team
FOV	First Orbital Vehicle
FP	Flight Plan
FPD	Flight Projects Directorate
FPR	Flight Performance Reserve
FPSR	Flight Planning and Stowage Review
FQ	Flight Qualification
FQI	Flight Qualification Instituteumentation
FQR	Flight Qualification Recorder
FR	Flight Rule
FRD	Flight Requirements Document
FRF	Flight Readiness Firing
FRFT	Flight Readiness Firing Test
FRR	Flight Readiness Review
FRRID	Flight Readiness Review Item DisPosition
FRT	Flight Readiness Test
FS	Fuselage Station
FS	Flight System
FSAA	Flight Simulator for Advanced Aircraft
FSE	Flight Support Equipment
FSE	Flight Simulation Engineer
FSIWG	Flight System Interface Working Group
FSL	Flight Simulation Laboratory
FSRR	Flight Software Readiness Review
FSRR	Flight System Readiness Review
FSRS	Flight System Recording System
FSS	flight support system
FSS	Flight Support Station (for MMU)
FSS	Flight Systems Simulator
FSS	Flight Support Structure
FT	Flight Team
FT	Flight Test
FTA	Flight Test Article
FTC	Flight Test Conductor
FTE	Flight Test Engineer
FTIS	Flight Test Instituteumentation System
FTO	Flight Test Objective
FTOH	Flight Test Operations Handbook

FTP	Flight Test Procedure
FTR	Flight Test Requirement
FTRD	Flight Test Requirements Document
FTS	Flight Test System
FTS	Flight Termination System
FTS	Flight Test Station
FU	Flight Unit
FV	Flight Version
FVF	First Vertical Flight
GDA	General Dynamics Astronautics
GEM	Giotto Extended Mission
GEOSEPS	Geosynchronous Solar Electric Propulsion Stage
GLOMR	Global Low-Orbiting Message Relay
GNCFTS	Guidance, Navigation and Control Flight Test Station
GOAL	Ground Operations Aerospace Language
GPL	Goal Processing Language
GSFC	Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD)
GSS	Geosynchronous Space Station
GSTDN	Ground Spacecraft Tracking and Data Network
GTO	Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
HEAO	High Energy Astronomy Observatory
HEO	High Earth Orbit
HF	Horizontal Flight
HFC	Hydraulic Flight Control
HFCT	Hydraulic Flight Control Test
HFS	Horizontal Flight Simulator
HFT	Horizontal Flight Test
HFTF	Horizontal Flight Test Facility
HFTS	Horizontal Flight Test Simulator
HLLV	Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle
HMCF	Hypergolic Maintenance and Checkout Facility
HMF	Hypergolic Maintenance Facility
Hotol	Horizontal Takeoff and Landing Launcher
HPPF	Horizontal Payloads Processing Facility
HRSC	High Resolution Stereo Camera
HSE	Heat Shield Entry
HYPACE	Hybrid Programmable Attitude Control Electronics
IACS	Inertial Attitude Control System
IAF	International Astronautical Federation
IFA	In-Flight Analysis
IFM	Inflight Maintenance
IFOT	In-Flight Operations And Training
IFT	in-flight test
IFTS	In-Flight Test System
ILA	Instituteument Landing Approach
ILAS	Instituteument Landing Approach System
ILC	Initial Launch Capability
Ilrv	Integral Launch and Reentry Vehicle
ILS	Instituteument Landing System
IMP	Inflatable Micrometeoroid Paraglider

IMS	Interplanetary Monitor Satellite
Inmarsat	International Maritime Satellite
INTELSAT	International Telecommunications Satellite
IOBM	In Ocean By Mistake
IOF	Initial Operational Flight
IP	Instituteuctor Pilot
IPACS	integrated power and attitude control system
Iransat	Iranian Government Communications Satellite
IRBS	Intermediate-Range Booster System
IRR	Integral Rocket Ramjet
ISBRv	International Space Business Review
ISCCP	International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
ISF	Industrial Space Facility
ISO	Infrared Space Observatory
ISRO	Indian Space Research Organisation
ISS	International Space Station
IsSRT	Israel Space Research and Technology Information Bulletin
ITMG	Integrated Thermal/Micrometeoroid Garment
ITU	Infrared Telescope Unit
IUE	International Ultraviolet Explorer
IUS	Inertial UPper Stage (was Interim UPper Stage)
IVSI	Institutentaneous Vertical Speed Indicator
JANNAF	Joint Army Navy NASA Air Force
JAnSc	Journal of Astronautical Sciences
JAS	Journal of Aerospace Science
JAXA	Japan Aerospace Exploration System
JERS	Japanese Earth Resources Satellite (JPOP)
JOP	Jupiter Orbiter Probe
JP	Jet Propellant
JPL	Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California Institute of Technology) (NASA)
JPOC	JSC Payload Operations Center
JSAR	Journal of Space Astronomy Research
JSC	Johnson Space Center (Houston, TX)
JSCM	JSC Manual
KAPL	KSC Approved Parts List
Kats	Ksc Avionics Test Set
KBAC	Kennedy Booster Assembly Contractor
KMI	KSC Management Instituteuction
KN	KSC Notice
KOI	KSC Operation Instituteuction
KOM	KSC Organizational Manual
KPD	KSC Program Directive
KPRD	KSC Program Requirements Document
KSC	John F. Kennedy Space Center
KSCAP	Kennedy Space Center Area Permit
KSSS	KSC Station Set Specification
L&D	Landing And Deceleration
L&L	Launch And Landing
LA	Launch Azimuth
LA	Launch Area

LACB	Landing Aids Control Building (SLF At KSC)
LAGEOS	Laser Geodynamic Satellite
LAGS	Launch Abort Guide Simulation
LAIU	Launch Abort Interface Unit
LaRC	Langley Research Center (NASA)
LASS	large-amplitude space simulator
LBTP	Launch Base Test Plan
LC	Launch Countdown
LC	Launch Complex
LCA	Launch Control Amplifier
LCC	Launch Commit Criteria
LCC	Launch Control Complex
LCC	Launch Control Center (KSC)
LCCD	Launch Commit Criteria Document
LCE	Launch Complex Engineer
Lce	Launch Complex Equipment
LCROSS	Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite
LCS	Launch Control System
LDEC	Lunar Docking Events Controller
LDIU	Launch Data Interface Unit
LDS	Landing, Deservicing and Safing
LDS	Launch Detection Satellite
LEM	Launch Escape Monitor
LEM	Lunar Excursion Module
LEO	Low Earth Orbit (satellite communications)
LES	Lincoln Experimental Satellite
LES	Launch Equipment Shop
LES	Launch Escape Subsystem
LETF	Launch Equipment Test Facility
LEV	Lunar Excursion Vehicle
LF	Launch Facility
LFV	Lunar Flying Vehicle
LLO	Low Lunar Orbit
LLP	Launch and Landing Project
LLPO	Launch and Landing Project Office
LM	Lunar Module
LM&SS	Lunar Mapping and Scientific Survey
LME	Launch Monitor Equipment
LMSC	Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporationration
LMSS	Lunar Mapping and Survey System
LMSS	Land Mobile Satellite System
LOA	Landing Operations Area
LOA	Launch Operations Area
LOB	Launch Operations Building
LOC	Launch Operations Complex
LOC	launch operations center
LOD	Launch Operations Directorate
LOD	Launch Operations Divisionsion
LOI	Lunar Orbit Insertion
LON	Launch on Need

LOR	Lunar Orbit Rendezvous
LOWG	Landing Operations Working Group
LPD	Launch Procedure Document
LPD	Landing Point Designator
LPIF	Launch Package Integration Facility
LPLWS	Launch Pad Lightning Warning System
LPS	Launch Processing System
LRB	Liquid Rocket Booster
LRF	Liquid Rocket Fuel
LRR	Launch Readiness Review
LRV	launch readiness verification
LRV	Lunar Roving Vehicle
LS	Launch Sequence
LS	Launch Site
LS	Landing Site
LSA	launch services agreement
LSAH	Launch Site Accommodations Handbook
LSAP	Launch Sequence Applications Program
LSB	Launch Support Building
LSID	Launch Sequence and Interlock Document
LSOC	Lockheed Space Operations Company
LSR	Launch Site Recovery
LSS	Large Space Structure
LSSL	Life Sciences Space Laboratory
LSSRC	Life Sciences Shuttle Research Centrifuge
LSTE	Launch Site Transportation Equipment
LUT	Launch Umbilical Tower
LVO	Launch Vehicle Operations
LVS	Launch Vehicle Simulator
LWD	Launch Window Display
MACS	Modular Attitude Control System
MAEP	Minimum Autoland Entry Point
MAGSAT	Magnetometer Satellite
MAN	Microwave Aerospace Navigation
MAPS	Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites
MASDC	Military Aircraft Storage & Disposition Center
MBAC	Marshall Booster Assembly Contractor
MCA	Maximum Crossing Altitude
MCT	Maximum Climb Thrust
MEM	Mars Excursion Module
MEM	Meteoroid Exposure Module
MEO	Mid Earth Orbit
MEP	Main Engine Propellant
MERSAT	Meteorology And Earth Observation Satellite
MEV	Mars Excursion Vehicle
MFA	Manned Flight Awareness
MFF	MDM Flight Forward
MFPE	Mission from Planet Earth
MFR	Maximum Flight Rate
MFT	Mean Flight Time

MFTAD	Master Flight Test Assignment Document (JSC)
MHI	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
MILA	Merritt Island Launch Area
MILCOMSAT	Military Communications Satellite
MILSTAR	MILitary Strategic and Tactical Relay (US)
MIPS	Merritt Island Press Site
MisSp	Missiles Spacecraft
MLC	Mobile Launcher Computer
MLF	MDM Launch Forward
MLG	Main Landing Gear
MLGS	Microwave Landing Guidance System
MLP	mobile launch platform
MLRS	Multiple Launch Rocket System (US)
MLS	Microwave Landing System
MLV	Medium Lift Vehicle
MLV	Medium Launch Vehicle
MLW	Maximum Landing Weight
MMS	Multimission Modular Spacecraft
MMU	Manned Maneuvering Unit
MO	Manned Orbiter
MODS	Military Orbital Development System
MOF	Manned Orbital Flight
MOSPO	Mobile Satellite Photometric Observatory
MPS	Material Processing Satellite
MPS	Materials Processing in Space
MPVA	Main Propellant Valve Actuator
MRSR	Mars Rover Sample Return
MS/MS	Material Science and Manufacturing in Space
MSCTN	Meteorological Satellite Center Technical Note
MSF	Manned Space Flight
MSFC	Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville AL)
MSFN	Manned Space Flight Network
MSFP	Manned Space Flight Program
MSOB	Manned Spacecraft Operations Building
MSSTM	military space system technology model
MSVP	Master Shuttle Verification Plan
MSX	Midcourse Space Experiment
MT	Mission Trajectory
MTPE	Mission To Planet Earth
MUA	Maximum Usable Altitude
MVF	Manned Vertical Flight
MVI	Microgravity Vestibular Investigation
MVM	Mariner Venus/Mercury
NAS	National Airspace System
NASAC	NASA Conference Publication
NASAL	NASA Circular Letter
NASAR	NASA Reference Publication
NASAS	NASA Special Publication
NASCOM	NASA Communications System
NASDA	National Space Development Agency of Japan

NASM	National Air and Space Museum
NASO	North American Space Operations
NASP	National Aerospace Plane
NASTRAN	NASA Structural Analysis Program
NAVSAT	Navigation Satellite
NCC	NASA class code
NCC	NASA Communications Control
NCOS	National Commission on Space
ND	NASA Document
NDGPS	Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System
NEEDS	NASA end-to-end data system
NEMS	NASA Equipment Management System
NERVA	Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application
NESDIS	National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NESS	National Environmental Satellite Service (NOAA)
NFS	NASA FAR Supplement
NGT	NASA Ground Terminal
NHB	NASA Handbook
NMI	NASA Management Instituteuction
NOES	National Operational Environmental Satellite Serv.
NOSS	National Oceanic Satellite System
NPC	NASA publication control
NPD	NASA Policy Directive
NPN	NASA Part Number
NPS	NASA Planning Studies
NPSS	NASA Packet Switching System
NRALT	NASA radar altimeter
NRDS	Nuclear Rocket Development Station
NS	Nuclear Shuttle
NSD	NASA standard detonator
NSI	NASA Science Internet
NSI	NASA Standard Initiator
NSIF	Near-Space Instituteumentation Facility
NSO	NASA Support Operation
NSP	NASA Support Plan
NSTL	National Space Technology Laboratories (NASA)
NSTS	National Space Transportation System
NTD	NASA test director
NTS	Navigation Technology Satellite
NTSO	NASA Test Support Office
Nustar	Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array
OAA	Orbiter Access Arm
OAA	Orbiter Alternate Airfield
OAFTO	Orbiter Atmospheric Flight Test Office
OAMS	orbital attitude and maneuvering system
OAO	Orbital Astronomical Observatory
OARE	Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment
OAS	Orbiter Aeroflight Simulator
OAS	Orbiter Avionics System
OAS	Orbiter Atmospheric Simulator

OASCB	Orbiter Avionics Software Control Board
OAST	Office of Aeronautics & Space Technology
OCDR	Orbiter Critical Design Review
OCF	Orbiter Computational Facilities
OCH	Orbiter Common Hardware
OCTW	Optical Communications Through The Shuttle Window
ODF	Orbit Determination Facility
OEAS	Orbital Emergency Arresting System
OES	Orbiter Emergency Site
OF	Orbital Flight
OFI	Operational Flight Instituteumentation
OFK	OPtical Flight Kit
OFP	Orbiter Flight Program
OFP	Operational Flight Program
OFP	Operational Flight Profile
OFS	Orbiter Functional Simulator
OFT	Orbital Flight Test
OFTDS	Orbital Flight Test Data System
OGMT	Orbiter Greenwich Mean Time
OI	Orbiter Instituteumentation
OI	Orbiter Insertion
OIA	Orbiter Interface Adapter
OIC	Orbital Integrated Checkout
OIS	Orbiter Instituteumentation Systems
OIT	orbiter integration test
OIVS	Orbiter Interface Verification Set
OLOW	orbiter lift-off weight
OLSP	Orbiter Logistics Support Plan
OMA	Orbiter Maintenance Area
OMCF	Orbiter Maintenance & Checkout Facility
OMDP	Orbiter Maintenance Down Period
OME	Orbital Maneuvering Engine
OME	Orbiter Main Engine
OMeT	Orbiter Mission Elapsed Time
OMEWG	Orbiter Maintenance Engineering Working Group
OML	Orbiter Mold Line
OMR	Orbiter Management Review
OMRF	Orbiter Modification And Refurbishment Facility
OMRF	Orbiter Maintenance and Refurbishment Facility
OMS	orbital maneuvering system
OMV	Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle
ONBT	Orbiter Neutral Buoyancy Trainer
OOS	on-orbit station
OOS	orbit-to-orbit Shuttle
OOS	orbit-to-orbit stage
OOSDP	on-orbit station distribution panel
OPF	Orbiter Processing Facility
OPI	Orbiter Payload Interrogator
OPIS	Orbiter Prime Item Specification
OPLF	Orbiter Processing and Landing Facility

OPM	Outer Planet Mission
OPO	Orbiter Project Office
OPPAR	orbiter project parts authorization request
OPS	Orbiter Project Schedules
OPSS	Orbital Propellant Storage Subsystem
ORD	Orbital Requirements Document
ORS	Orbital Refueling System
ORT	Orbit Readiness Test
ORU	Orbital Replacement Unit
OSC	Orbital Sciences Corporationration
OSCAR	Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio
OSCRS	orbital spacecraft consumables resupply system
OSDH	Orbiter System Definition Handbook
OSE	Orbital Support Equipment
OSO	Orbiting Solar Observatory
OSS	Orbiting Space Station
OSS	Office of Space Sciences
OSSA	Office of Space Sciences and Applications
OST	Orbiter SuPport Trolley
OSTA	Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications (US NASA; now OAST)
OSTDS	Office of Space Tracking and Data Systems (NASA)
OSTO	Office of Space Transportation Operations
OSTP	Orbiting System Test Plan
OSTS	Office of Space Transportation Systems
OTB	Orbiting Tanker Base
OTC	Orbiter Test Conductor
OTD	Orbiter Test Director
OTOS	Orbit-to-Orbit Stage
OTV	Orbital Transfer Vehicle
OV	Orbital Vehicle
PACS	Pointing and Attitude Control System
PAD	Propellant Acquisition Device
PALS	precision approach and landing system
PAMELA	Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics
PATH	Postflight Attitude and Trajectory History
PBV	Post-Boost Vehicle
PCIL	Pilot-Controlled Instituteument Landing
PDA	Propellant Drain Area
PDP	Postinsertion Deorbit Preparation
PF	Powered Flight
PFC	Performance Flight Certification
PFCF	Payload Flight Control Facility
PFCS	Primary Flight Control System
Pfl	Propulsion Field Laboratory
PFRT	Preliminary Flight Rating Test
PFS	Primary Flight System
PFTA	Payload Flight Test Article
PhASp	Physics and Astrophysics from Spacelab
PHP	Planetary Horizontal Platform
PIO	Pilot-Induced Oscillation

PLA	Parachute Location Aid
PLPS	Propellant Loading and Pressurization System
PLS	Primary Landing Site
PLS	Personnel Launch System
PLS	Propellant Loading System
PLSL	Propellants and Life Support Laboratory
PMC	Permanently Manned Capability (of Space Station)
PMD	PROPELLANT MANAGEMENT DEVICE
POD	Precision Orbit Determination
POE	Pilot Operational Equipment
POEM	Polar-Orbiting Earth Mission
POGO	Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
POGS	polar-orbiting geomagnetic survey
POP	Prelaunch Operations Plan
Pqgs	Propellant Quantity Gauging System
PRB	Parachute Refurbishment Building
PRM	Posigrade Rocket Motor
PRTLS	Powered Return to Launch Site
PSCL	Propellant Systems Cleaning Laboratory
PSDE	Payload and Spacecraft Development and Experimentation
PSF	Propellant Servicing Facility
PSIG	Propulsion Systems Integration Group
PSM	Propellant Storage Module
PSS	Propellant Supply Subsystem
PSV	Planetary Space Vehicle
PTCS	Propellant Tanking Computer System
PTV	Pathfinder Test Vehicle
Pu	Propellant Unit
PU	Propellant Utilization
PUCS	Propellant Utilization Control System
PUGS	propellant utilization and gauging system
PUV	Propellant Utilization Valve
PVA	Propellant Valve Actuator
PVA	Preburner Valve Actuator
PVO	Pioneer Venus Orbiter
PVT	Preflight Verification Test
PVT	Pyrotechnic Verification Test
QRSL	quick-reaction space laboratory
Qtv	Qualification Test Vehicle
RAE	Royal Aerospace Establishment
RAI	Radar Altimeter Indicator
RAI	Roll Attitude Indicator
RALPH	Reduction and Acquisition of Lunar Pulse Heights
RALT	Radar Altimeter
RAPCON	radar approach and control
RATO	Rocket-Assisted TakeOff
RCS	Reentry Control System
RDS	Rocketdyne Digital Simulator
REM	Rocket Engine Module
RHS	Rocketdyne Hybrid Simulator

RIAPS	Remote Infrared Atmospheric Profiling System
RJ	Reaction Jet
RJ/EC	Reaction Jet/Engine Control
RJC	Reaction Jet Control
RJD	Reaction Jet Driver
RJD	Reaction Jet Device
RJDA	Reaction Jet Driver Aft
RJDF	Reaction Jet Driver Forward
Rm	Rendezvous Maneuver
RORSAT	Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite
ROSA	Romanian Space Agency
ROSAT	Roentgen Satellite
RP	Rocket Propellant
RPL	Rocket Propulsion Laboratory
RR	Rendezvous Radar
RREA	Rendezvous Radar Electronics Assembly
RREU	Rendezvous Radar Electronics Unit
RSRM	Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor
RSSPO	Resident Space Shuttle Project Officer
RTF	Return To Flight
RTLS	Return To Launch Site
RV	Reentry Vehicle
SAB	Spacecraft Assembly Building
SABIR	space-based interceptor
SAD	Spacecraft Attitude Display
SAD	Shuttle Authorized Document
SAEF	Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility
SAIL	Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory (JSC)
SAL	Shuttle Avionics Laboratory
SAM	Shuttle Attachment ManiPulator
SAM	Shuttle Activation Monitor
SAMP	Shuttle Automated Mass Properties
SAMS	Space Acceleration Measurement System
SAMTEC	Space and Missile Test Center
sans	Stellar Autonomous Navigation System
SAREX	Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment
SARP	Shuttle Astronaut Recruitment Program
SAS	Small Astronomy Satellite
SATAF	Shuttle Activation Task Force
SATS	Small Applications Technology Satellite
Sb	Space Base
SBDEW	space-based, directed-energy weapon
SBDEWSIM	space-based, directed-energy weapon simulation
SBI	Space-Based Interceptor
SBKEW	space-based kinetic-energy weapon
SBKEWS	space-based kinetic-energy weapon system
SBKKV	Space-Based Kinetic Kill Vehicle
SBKKVWS	space-based kinetic kill vehicle weapon system
SBL	Space-Based Laser
SBLIP	Space-Based Laser Intercept Program

SBNPB	Space-Based Neutral Particle Beam
sbs	Scientific Business Satellite
SBS	Skylab Boost System
SBSS	Space-Based Surveillance System
SCA	Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
SCAN	Shuttle Connector Analysis Network
SCDR	Shuttle Critical Design Review
SCF	Satellite Control Facility
SCF	Spacecraft Control Facility
SCS	Spacecraft Control System
SD	Space Divisionsion
sdccc	Space Defense Command Communication Center
SDCOC	Space Defense Command Operations Center
SDD	Shuttle Design Directive
SDE	Space Divisionsion Evaluator
SDHS	Satellite Data Handling System
SDLV	Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle
SDM	Shuttle Data Management
SDP	Shuttle Data Processor
SDR	Spacelab DisPosition Record (ESA)
SDS	Satellite Data System
SDS	Space Defense System
SDSS	Space Divisionsion Shuttle Simulator
SDT	Shuttle Data Tape
SEADS	Shuttle Entry Air Data Sensor
SECS	Shuttle Events Control Subsystem
sef	Space Environmental Facility
SEM	space environment monitoring
SEMS	Space Environment Monitor System
SEOS	Synchronous Earth Observation Satellite
SEPAP	Shuttle Electrical Power Analysis Program
SEPAR	Shuttle Electrical Power Analysis Report
SEPS	Solar Electric Propulsion System
SERB	Shuttle Engineering Review Board
SERS	Shuttle Equipment Record System
SES	Shuttle engineering simulator
SESC	Shuttle Events Sequential Control
SESL	Space Environment Simulation Laboratory
SEWS	Satellite Early Warning System
SFACI	Software Flight Article Configuration Inspection
SFCS	Survival Flight Control System
SFO	Space Flight Operations
SFOF	Space Flight Operations Facility
SFOM	Shuttle Flight Operations Manual
SFP	Summary Flight Plan
SFS	Shuttle Flight Status
SFSS	Satellite Field Service Station
SFT	Simulated Flight Test
SGC	Stabilized Ground Cloud
SI	Scientific Investigation

SID	Shuttle Integration Device
SIE	Shuttle Interface Equipment
SIMAS	Shuttle Information Management Accountability System
SIMS	Shuttle Inventory Management System
SIMS	Shuttle Imaging Microwave System
SIP	strain isolation pad
SIR	Shuttle Imaging Radar
SIRTF	Shuttle InfraRed Telescope Facility
SIS	Shuttle Information System
SIS	Shuttle Interface Simulator
SISEX	Shuttle Imaging Spectrometer Experiment
SIT	Shuttle Integrated Test
SIT	Shuttle Interface Test
sl	Space Launch
SLC	Space Launch Complex
SLCSAT	submarine laser communications satellite
SLF	Shuttle Landing Facility (OLF)
SLS	Secondary Landing Site
SLSA	Shuttle Logistics Support Aircraft
SLV	Space Launch Vehicle
SM	Shuttle Management (KSC)
SMB	Space Meteorology Branch
SMCC	Shuttle Mission Control Center
SMD	Spacelab Mission Development
SMES	Shuttle Mission Engineering Simulator
smg	Space Flight Meteorology Group
SMIRR	Shuttle Multispectral Infrared Radiometer
SML	Spacecraft Markup Language
SMPTRB	Shuttle Main Propulsion Test Requirement Board
SMS	Shuttle Mission Simulator
SMS	Synchronous Meteorological Satellite
SMS	Solar Maximum Satellite
SMSCC	Shuttle Mission Simulator Computer Complex
SMVP	Shuttle Master Verification Plan
SMVRD	Shuttle Master Verification Requirements Document
SN	Space Network
SNAP	Space Nuclear Auxiliary Power
SNPO	Space Nuclear Propulsion Office
SNSO	Space Nuclear SYstems Office
so	Space Operations
SO/SI	space operations and scientific investigation
SOAR	Shuttle Orbital Applications and Requirements
SOARS	Shuttle Operation Automated Reporting System
SOCAR	Shuttle Operational Capability Assessment Report
SOCC	Satellite Operations Control Center
SOCH	Spacelab Orbiter Common Hardware
SODB	Shuttle Operational Data Book
SODS	Skylab Orbit-Deorbit System
SODS	Shuttle Operational Data System
SOF	Safety Of Flight

SOI	Space Object Identification
SOIS	Spacelab/orbiter interface simulator
SOMS	Shuttle Orbiter Medical System
SOP	Spacelab OPportunity Payload
SOPC	Shuttle Operations and Planning Center
SOR	Stable Orbit Rendezvous
SOT	Solar Optical Telescope
sp	Solid Propellant
SPA	Space Processing Application
SPACE	Spacecraft Prelaunch Automatic Checkout Equipment
SPAD	Shuttle Payload Accommodation Document
SPADATS	Space Defense Acquisition and Tracking System
SPADCCS	Space Defense Command and Control System
spade	Space Acquisition Defense Experiment
SPADOC	Space Defense Operations Center
SPADS	Shuttle Problem Analysis Data System
SPAH	Spacelab Payload Accommodations Handbook
SPAN	Spacecraft Analysis
SPARS	Space Precision Attitude Reference System
SPART	Space Research and Technology
SPARTAN	Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy
SPAS	Shuttle Pallet Satellite(German)
spc	Shuttle Processing Contract
SPF	Spacelab Processing Facility
SPICE	Spacelab Payload Integration and Coordination in Europe
SPICE	Survey Probe Infrared Celestial Experiment
SPIDPO	Shuttle Payload Integration and Development Program Office
SPIF	Shuttle Payload Integration Facility
SPII	Shuttle Program Implementation Instituteuction
SPIMS	Shuttle Program Information Management System
SPIRE	Spectral Infrared Rocket Experiment
SPIRIT	Spatial Infrared Telescope
SpMar	Space Markets
SPN	Shuttle Project Notice (KSC)
Spoc	Shuttle Portable on-Board Computer
SPP	Solar Physics Payload
SPP	Simulation Planning Panel
SPPIL	Shuttle Preferred Pyrotechnic Items List
SpPol	Space Policy
SpRBu	Space Research Bulgaria
SPRMD	Space Power Resources and Manufacturing Development
SPS	Satellite Power System
SPS	Shuttle Procedures Simulator
Spvw	Spaceview
SRAG	Space Radiation Analysis Group
srb	Solid Rocket Boosters
SRBAB	SRB Assembly Building
SRBDF	SRB Disassembly Facility
SRD	Shuttle Requirements Definition
SRD	Shuttle Requirements Document

SRF	Shuttle Refurbishment Facility
SRL	Space Radar Laboratory
SRM	Solid Rocket Motor
SRMS	Shuttle Remote Manipulator System
SRR	Shuttle Requirements Review
SRSS	Shuttle Range Safety System
SRT	Shuttle Requirements Traceability
SRU	Space Replaceable Unit
ss	Shuttle System
ss	Space Segment
SS	Space Shuttle
SS&A	Space Systems And Applications
SSA	Shuttle Simulation Aircraft
SSA	Space Suit Assembly
SSAT	SPace Shuttle Access Tower (now FSS)
SSBUV	shuttle solar backscatter ultraviolet (radiometer)
SSC	Shuttle System Contractor
SSCB	Space Station Control Board
SSCC	Space Station Control Center
SSCHS	Space Shuttle Cargo Handling System
SSCL	Shuttle System Commonality List
SSCSP	Space Shuttle Crew Safety Panel
SSD	Spacecraft Software Divisionsion
SSDS	Space Station Data System
SSE	Space Support Equipment
sse	Space shuttle engine
SSEOS	Space Shuttle Engineering and Operations Support
SSF	Space Station Freedom
SSFGSS	Space Shuttle Flight and Ground System Specification
SSFL	Santa Susana Field Laboratory
SSFP	Space Station Freedom Program
SSIBD	Shuttle System Interface Block Diagram
SSIP	Shuttle Student Involvement Project
SSIS	Space Station Information System
SSITP	Shuttle System Integrated Test Plan
SSLV	Standard Small Launch Vehicle
SSM/I	Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
SSMB	Space Shuttle Maintenance Baseline
SSME	Space Shuttle Main Engine
SSMEC	Space Shuttle Main Engine Controller
SSMECA	Space Shuttle Main Engine Controller Assembly
SSO	Space Shuttle Orbiter
SSOP	Space Systems Operating Procedure(s)
Ssp	Space Station Program
ssp	Subsolar Point
SSP	Space Shuttle Program
SSPC	Spacelab Stored Program Command
SSPD	Shuttle System Payload Definition (Study)
SSPD	Shuttle System Payload Description
SSPD	Shuttle System Payload Data

SSPDA	Space Shuttle Payload Data Activity
SSPDS	Space Shuttle Payload Data Study
SSPE	SPACE STATION PROGRAM ELEMENT
SSPF	Space Station Processing Facility
SSPGSE	Space Shuttle Program Ground Support Equipment
SSPM	Space Shuttle Program Manager
SSPO	Space Shuttle Program Office
SSPP	Space Station Program Participant
SSPPSG	Space Shuttle Payload Planning Steering Group
SSPRO	Space Shuttle Program Resident Office
ssps	Solar Satellite Power Station
SSPS	Space Shuttle Program Schedule
SSRMS	Space Station Remote Manipulator System
sss	Spinning Sun Sensor
Sssc	Space Station Support Center
SSSS	Space Shuttle System Specification
Ssst	Space Station System Trainer
SST	Spacecraft Systems Test
sst	Space Surveillance and Tracking
SSTC	Space Shuttle Test Conductor
SSTF	Space Station Training Facility
SSTO	Single-Stage-to-Orbit
SSTS	Space Surveillance and Tracking System
SSUS	Spinning Solid Upper Stage
SSUSP	Spinning Solid Upper Stage Project
SSV	Space Shuttle Vehicle
SSWP	Space Station Work Package
ST	Star Tracker
ST	Space Telescope
ST	Spacelab Technology
STA	Shuttle Training Aircraft
STACC	Standard Telemetry And Communications Component
STADAN	Satellite Tracking And Data Acquisition Network
STADAN	Space Tracking and Data Acquisition Network
STAG	Shuttle Turnaround AnalYsis Group
STAR	Shuttle Turnaround Analysis Report
STATS	star tracker alignment test set
STBE	Space Transportation Booster Engine
STC	Satellite Test Center
STC	Spacecraft Test Conductor
STC	Space Technology Center
stdn	Spacecraft Tracking and Data Network
STF	Satellite Test Facility
STG	Space Task Group
STICA	Space Technology Industrial and Commercial Applications
STL	Space Technology Laboratories
STME	Space Transportation Main Engine
STP	Shuttle Technology Panel
STP	Space Technology Payload
STP	Space Test Program

STS	Space Transportation System
STS	Shuttle Test Station
SUMC	Space Ultrareliable Modular Computer
SUMS	Shuttle Upper Atmosphere Mass Spectrometer
SV	Shuttle Vehicle
SV	Space Vehicle
SVA&C	Shuttle Vehicle Assembly And Checkout
SVAB	Shuttle Vehicle Assembly Building
SVAC	Shuttle Vehicle Assembly And Checkout (Facility)
SVB	Space Vehicle Booster
SVB	Shuttle Vehicle Booster
SVO	Space Vehicle Operations (KSC Dir.)
SW	Solar Wing
SWAS	Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite
TACSATCOM	Tactical Satellite Communications
TALAR	tactical approach and landing radar
TAUVEX	Tel Aviv University Ultraviolet Explorer
tdrs	Tracking and Data Relay Satellites
TDRSS	Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
TDS	Technology Demonstration Satellite
TEA	Torque Equilibrium Attitude
tetra	Terminal Tracking Telescope
TFCS	Triplex Flight Control Subsystem
TFI	Time from Ignition
TFL	Time from Launch
TFS	Telemetry Format Selection
TGs	Telemetry Ground System
TGS	Telemetry Ground Station
TGSE	Telemetry Ground Support Equipment
THEMIS	Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Sunstorms
TIFS	Total In-Flight Simulator
TIG	time of ignition
TIO	Target Insertion Orbit
TIR	Terminal Imaging Radar
TIROS	Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
TKSC	Tsukuba Space Center
TMG	Thermal Meteoroid Garment
TMR	TOPEX Microwave Radiometer (EOS)
TOI	Transfer Orbit Insertion
TOS	Transfer Orbit Stage
TOW	Tank and Orbiter Weight
Tp	Time to Perigee
TR	time to retrofire
TR/SBS	Teleoperator Retrieval/Skylab Boost System
TT&C	Telemetry, Tracking and Communications
TT&C	Tracking, Telemetry, and Command
TTA	Time to Apogee
TTC	Telemetry Telecommand and Control
TTP	Time to Perigee
UARS	Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (NASA)

UFO	Unidentified Flying Object
ULO	Unmanned Launch Operations
ULV	Unmanned Launch Vehicle
UMVF	Unmanned Vertical Flight
UNOOSA	United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
UNSC	United Nations Space Command
UOSAT	Universityrsity of Surrey Satellite
UPS	Upright Perigee Stage
USA	United Space Alliance
USASATCOMA	United States Army Satellite and Communication Agency
USASDG	United States Army Space Defense Group
UVF	Unmanned Vertical Flight
VFI	Verification Flight Instituteumentation
VFR	Visual Flight Rule
VFT	Verification Flight Test
VGRF	Variable-Gravity Research Facility
VHAA	Very High Altitude Abort
VISTAR	visible space tracking and reconnaissance
vlf	Vertical Launch Facility
VLPS	Vandenberg Launch Processing System
VLS	Vandenberg Launch Site
VLS	Vertical Launch System
VOIR	Venus Orbiting Imaging Radar
VPLCC	Vehicle Propellant Loading Control Center
VRM	Venus Radar Mapper
VSTAG	Vandenberg Shuttle Turnaround AnalYsis Group
VTF	Vertical Test Flight
VTS	Vandenberg Tracking Station (AFSCN)
WCSAR	Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics
WIRE	Wide-Field Infrared Explorer
WISE	Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer
WSMC	Western Space and Missile Center
WSMCR	Western Space and Missile Center Range
WSMCR	Western Space and Missile Center Regulation
WUPPE	Wisconsin Ultraviolet Photopolarimeter Experiment
XEUS	X-Ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy Mission