Acronyms
A | |
AA | Associate Administrator |
AAAC | Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee |
ACE | Advanced Composition Explorer |
ACT | Advanced Component Technology |
AFTA | Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets |
AIM | Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere |
AIST | Advanced Information Systems Technologies |
AMSU-A | Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A |
AO | Announcement of Opportunity |
APRA | Astrophysics Research and Analysis |
ARSET | Applied Remote SEnsing Training |
ARTEMIS | Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of the Moon’s Interaction with the Sun probes |
ASAG | Applied Sciences Advisory Group |
ASCENDS | Active Sensing of CO2 over Nights, Days and Seasons |
ATI | Advanced Technology Initiatives |
ATTREX | Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment |
AU | Astronomical Unit |
AVHRR | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer |
B | There is no content for this letter. |
C | |
CALIPSO | Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations |
CARVE | Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment |
CASI | Climate Adaptation Science Investigators |
CATS | Cloud-Aerosol Transport System |
CBP | Capacity Building Program |
CCAP | NASA’s 2010 Climate-Centric Architecture Plan |
CCMC | Community Coordinated Modeling Center |
CENRS | Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Sustainability |
CERES | Cloud and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System |
CIF | Center Innovation Fund |
CINDI | Coupled Ion-Neutral Dynamics Investigations |
CLARREO | Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory |
CNES | Centre National d’Etudes Spatiale (French Space Agency) |
CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
CoSTEM | Committee on Science Technology, Engineering and Math Education |
CRaTER | LRO Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation instrument |
CREAM | Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass |
CSA | Canadian Space Agency |
CSLI | CubeSat Launch Initiative |
CYGNSS | Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System |
D | |
DAAC | Distributed Active Archive Centers |
DISCOVER-AQ | Deriving Information on Surface Conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality |
DLR | Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (national aeronautics and space research center of the Federal Republic of Germany) |
DOD | Department of Defense |
DOE | Department of Energy |
DRIVE | Diversify, Realize, Integrate, Venture, Educate |
DS | Decadal Survey |
DSCOVR | Deep Space Climate Observatory |
DWSS | Defense Weather Satellite System |
E | |
E/PO | Education and Public Outreach |
EAR | Export Administration Regulations |
EDLS | Entry, Descent, Landing System |
ELV | Expendable Launch Vehicle |
EM | Exploration Mission |
EO-1 | Earth Observing–1 |
EOPM | End of Prime Mission |
EOS | Earth Observing System |
EOSDIS | EOS Data and Information System |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
ESA | European Space Agency |
ESD | Earth Science Division |
ESM | Earth Systematic Missions |
ESSP | Earth System Science Pathfinder |
ESTO | Earth Science Technology Office |
EUMETSAT | European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites |
EVI | Earth Venture Instrument |
EVM | Earth Venture Mission |
EVS | Earth Venture Suborbital |
F | |
FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
FM | Foundation Mission |
FO | Follow-on |
FY | Fiscal Year |
G | |
GACM | Global Atmospheric Composition Mission |
GAO | Government Accountability Office |
GCIS | Global Change Information System |
GCOM-W1 | Global Change Observation Mission – Water satellite, also known as the SHIZUKU (JAXA) |
GEMS | Gravity and Extreme Magnetism Small Explorer |
GEO | Geostationary orbit |
GEO-CAPE | Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events |
GEOS | Goddard Earth Observing System |
GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite |
GOLD | Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk |
GOMI | Gulf of Mexico Initiative |
GPM | Global Precipitation Measurement |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GRACE | Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment |
GRACE FO | Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on |
GRAIL | Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory |
GRB | Gamma-ray burst |
H | |
HEOMD | Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (NASA) |
H-GCR | Heliophysics-Grand Challenges Research |
H-GI | Heliophysics-Guest Investigator |
HICO | Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean |
HS3 | Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel |
HSO | Heliophysics System Observatory |
HST | Hubble Space Telescope |
HTIDeS | Heliophysics Technology and Instrument Development for Science |
I | |
IBEX | Interstellar Boundary Explorer |
ICEsat-2 | Ice, Clouds and land Elevation Satellite-2 |
ICON | Ionospheric Connection |
IIP | Instrument Incubator Program |
IR | Infrared |
IRIS | Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph |
ISERV | ISS SERVIR Environmental Research and Visualization System |
ISS | International Space Station |
ITAR | International Traffic in Arms Regulations |
IXO | International X-ray Observation |
J | |
JASD | Joint Agency Satellite Division |
JASON | Joint Altimetry Satellite Oceanography Network |
JAXA | Japanese Space Agency (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) |
JPSS | Joint Polar Satellite System |
JUICE | Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (ESA) |
K | |
KDP | Key Decision Point |
L | |
L1 | Lagrange point 1 |
LADEE | Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer |
LCAS | Low-Cost Access to Space |
LCC | life cycle cost |
LDCM | Landsat Data Continuity Mission |
LEO | Low Earth Orbit |
LIS | Lightning Imaging Sensor |
LISA | Laser Interferometer Space Antenna |
LIST | Lidar Surface Topography |
LMSSC | Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company |
LRD | Launch Readiness Date |
LRO | Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter |
LWS | Living With a Star |
M | |
MatISSE | Maturation of Instruments for Solar System Exploration |
MAVEN | Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution |
MAX-C | Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cacher |
MEP | Mars Exploration Program |
MESSENGER | Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging |
MetOp | Meteorological Operational |
MMS | Magnetospheric Multiscale |
MOMA | Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer |
MOMA-MS | Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer Mass Spectrometer |
MRO | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter |
MSL | Mars Science Laboratory |
N | |
N/A | Not applicable |
NAC | NASA Advisory Council |
NAI | NASA Astrobiology Institute |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NEO | Near-Earth Object |
NEOWISE | Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer |
NESSF | NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship |
NET | No earlier than |
NEX | NASA Earth Exchange |
NIAC | NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts |
NICER | Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer |
NI-SAR | NASA-India Space Research Organization Synthetic Aperture Radar |
NLT | No later than |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NPOESS | National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
NPP | National Polar-Orbiting Partnership |
NRA | NASA Research Announcement |
NRC | National Research Council |
NRO | National Reconnaissance Office |
NSF | National Science Foundation |
NSTC | National Science and Technology Council |
NuSTAR | Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array |
O | |
OCE | Office of the Chief Engineer |
OCO | Orbiting Carbon Observatory |
OCT | Office of the Chief Technologist |
OMPS | Ozone Mapper and Profiler Suite |
ORS-3 | Operationally Responsive Space-3 |
OSC | Orbital Sciences Corporation |
OSIRIS-REx | Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security Regolith Explorer |
OSTM | Ocean Surface Topography Mission |
P | |
PACE | Pre-Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem |
PATH | Precipitation and All-weather Temperature and Humidity |
PDS | Planetary Data System |
PI | Principal Investigator |
PICASSO | Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancements of Solar System Observations |
POES | Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites |
Q | There is no content for this letter. |
R | |
R&A | Research and analysis |
RapidScat | Rapid Scatterometer |
RBI | Radiation Budget Investment |
RBSP | Radiation Belt Storm Probes |
REDDI | Research, Development, Demonstration, and Infusion |
RHESSI | Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscope Imager |
ROSES | Research Opportunities in the Space and Earth Sciences |
RPP | Reimbursable Projects Program |
RPS | Radioisotope Power System |
S | |
SAGE | Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment |
SAR | Synthetic Aperture Radar |
SARA | Service and Advice for Research and Analyses |
SAT | Strategic Astrophysics Technology |
SBIR | Small Business Innovative Research |
SCLP | Snow and Cold Land Processes |
SDO | Solar Dynamics Observatory |
SDT | Science Definition Team |
SEM | Space Environment Monitor |
SEPOF | Science Education and Public Outreach Forum |
SET | Space Environment Testbed |
SEXTANT | Station Explorer for X-ray Timing and Navigation |
SI | International System of Units |
SLS | Space Launch System |
SMAP | Soil Moisture Active/Passive |
SMD | Science Mission Directorate |
SOC | Solar Orbiter Collaboration |
SOFIA | Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy |
SOHO | Solar and Heliospheric Observatory |
SORCE | Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment |
SpaceX | Space Explorations Technology Corporation |
SPICA | Space Infrared Telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics |
SPP | Solar Probe Plus |
SSERVI | Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute |
STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics |
STEREO | Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory |
STMD | Space Technology Mission Directorate |
STP | Solar Terrestrial Probes |
STRG | Space Technology Research Grants |
STTR | Small Business Technology Transfer |
Suomi NPP | Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership |
SWOT | Surface Water and Ocean Topography |
T | |
TBD | To be determined |
TCTE | TSI (Total Solar Irradiance) Calibration Transfer Experiment |
TEMPO | Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution |
TESS | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite |
THEMIS | Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms |
TIMED | Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics, and Dynamics |
TIROS | Television Infrared Observation Satellite |
TRL | Technology Readiness Level |
TRMM | Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission |
TSI | Total Solar Irradiance |
TSIS | Total Solar Irradiance Sensor |
TWINS | Two Wide-angle Imaging Neutral Atom Spectrometers |
U | |
U.S. | United States |
UHF | Ultra-High Frequency |
ULA | United Launch Alliance |
ULDB | Ultra Long Duration Balloon |
UN | United Nations |
USAF | United States Air Force |
USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
USGCRP | United States Global Change Research Program |
USGS | United States Geological survey |
UV | ultraviolet |
V | There is no content for this letter. |
W | |
Webb | James Webb Space Telescope |
WFIRST | Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope |
WISE | Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer |
X | |
XMM | X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission |
Y | There is no content for this letter. |
Z | There is no content for this letter. |
