Astronomy Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Astronomy Acronyms

• MSOCC — Multisatellite Operations Control Center
• MSS — Multispectral Scanner
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• MTC — Man Tended Capability
• MTFF — Columbus Man-Tended Free-Flyer
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth
• MVI — Microgravity Vestibular Investigation
• NACA — National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
• NAS — Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation
• NASA — National Aeronautics And Space Administration
• NASDA — NAtional Space Development Agency
• NASM — National Air And Space Museum
• NASP — National AeroSpace Plane
• NBS — National Bureau of Standards
• NDV — NASP Derived Vehicle
• NERVA — Nuclear Engine For Rocket Vehicle Application
• NESDIS — National Environmental Satellite Data And Information Service.
• NGC — New General Catalog
• NGT — NASA Ground Terminal
• NICMOS — Near Infrared Camera/Multi Object Spectrometer
• NIMS — Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
• NIR — Near InfraRed
• NIST — National Institute For Standards And Technology
• NLDP — National Launch Development Program
• NOAA — National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
• NOAO — National Optical Astronomy Observatories
• NOCC — Network Operations Control Center
• NORAD — NORth American Aerospace Defense
• NPO — Scientific Production Organization
• NPO-PM — NPO Prikladnoi Mekhaniki
• NPOE — NPO Energiya
• NRAO — National Radio Astronomy Observatory
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• NRO — National Reconnaissance Office
• NRSC — National Remote Sensing Centre
• NRSC — National Remote Sensing Centre
• NS — Neutron Star
• NSA — National Security Agency
• NSF — National Science Foundation
• NSI — NASA Science Internet / NASA Standard Initiator / National Environmental Satellite Data And Information Service
• NSO — National Solar Observatory
• NSSDC — National Space Science Data Center
• NTR — Nuclear Thermal Rocket(ry)
• NTT — New Technology Telescope
• OAO — Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
• OARE — Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment
• OCGF — Organic Crystal Growth Facility
• OCST — Office of Commercial Space Transportation
• OCTS — Ocean Color And Temperature Scanner
• OCTW — Optical Communications Through The Shuttle Window
• OGO — Orbiting Geosurvey Observatories
• OMB — Office of Management And Budget
• OMDP — Orbiter Maintenance Down Period
• OMS — Orbital Maneuvering System
• OPF — Orbiter Processing Facility
• ORBI — Stock Ticker Symbol For OSC
• ORFEUS — Orbiting And Retrievable Far And Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer
• OSC — Orbital Sciences Corporation
• OSCAR — Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio
• OSS — Office of The Space Station
• OSSA — Office of Space Science And Applications
• OSSE — Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment
• OSTP — Office of Science And Technology Policy
• OTA — Optical Telescope Assembly
• OTFE — Oscillatory Thermocapillary Flow Experiment
• OTHB — Over The Horizon Backscatter
• OTV — Orbital Transfer Vehicle
• OV — Orbital Vehicle
• PAM — Payload Assist Module
• PAM-D — Payload Assist Module
• PARE — Physiological And Anatomical Rodent Experiment
• PASS — Primary Avionics Software System
• PC — ParseC (usu. Pc)
• PCG — Protein Crystal Growth Experiment
• PCGG — PCG Glovebox
• PCT — Photometric Calibration Test
• PDE — Particle Dispersion Experiment
• PDRS — Payload Deployment And Retrieval System
• PDS — Planetary Data System
• PEM — Payload Electronics Module
• PEM — Particle Environment Monitor
• PHA — Physics And Astronomy
• PI — Principal Investigator
• PLB — Payload Bay
• PLBD — Payload Bay Doors
• PLSS — Portable Life Support System
• PM — Pressurized Module
• PMC — Permanently Manned Capability
• PMIRR — Pressure Modulated InfraRed Radiometer
• PMS — Pre-Main Sequence
• PMT — PhotoMultiplier Tube
• PN — Planetary Nebula
• POCC — Payload/Platform Operations Control Center
• POEM — Polar Orbiting Earth Mission
• POP — PO Polyot
• PPF — Columbus Polar Platform
• PPM — Positions And Proper Motions (catalog)
• PRTLS — Powered RTLS
• PSF — Point Spread Function
• PSR — PulSaR