NASA Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of NASA Acronyms

• RUD — Rudder
• RUPT — Interrupt
• RUPT — Rupture
• RUT — Resource Utilization Time
• RV — Recirculation Valve
• RV — Recovery Vehicle
• RV — Recovery Vessel
• RV — Reentry Vehicle
• RV — Relief Valve
• RV — Retrieval Vessel
• RVCF — Remote Vehicle Checkout Facility
• RVDT — Rotary Variable Differential Transducer
• RVDT — Rotary Variable Differential Transformer
• RVN — Requirements Verification Network
• RVR — Runway Visible (or Visual) Range
• RVS — Reverse
• RW — Response Word
• RWD — Right Wing Down
• RWM — Read/Write Memory
• RYD — Real Year Dollars
• RZ — Return-to-Zero
• S — Second
• S — Second (Astronomical Tables)
• S — Side
• S — Sta R
• S — Stere
• S — CHGSupercharge
• S — PRES Star Present
• S — TRKStar Tracker
• S&A — Safe And Arm (Device)
• S&A — Science And Application
• S&AD — Science And Applications Directorate
• S&E — Science And Engineering (MSFC Directorate)
• S-BD — S-Band
• S-N — Stress Number
• S/0 — Shutoff
• S/0 — Switchover
• S/8 — Standby
• S/A — Safe And Arm
• S/A — Scheduled/Actual
• S/A — Site Activation
• S/A — Spacecraft Adapter
• S/A — Subassembly
• S/AC — Stabilization/Attitude Control
• S/C — Sensor/Controller
• S/C — Signal Conditioner
• S/C — Software Contractor
• S/C — Spacecraft
• S/C — Splitter/Combiner
• S/C — Stabilization And Control
• S/C — Stripchart (Recorder)
• S/C — Subcontractor
• S/EOS — Standard Earth Observation Satellite
• S/F — Safety Factor
• S/F — Single Flow
• S/G — Strain Gage
• S/L — Shop/Laboratory
• S/M — Scheduled Maintenance
• S/M — Service/Maintenance
• S/M — Structural/Mechanical
• S/M — Systems Management
• S/N — Serial Number
• S/N — Signal-to-Noise Ratio
• S/P — Serial To Parallel
• S/P — Signal Processor
• S/R — Send And Receive
• S/R — Shift Register
• S/R — Stimulus/Response
• S/S — Samples Per Second
• S/S — Single Sideband
• S/S — Space Shuttle
• S/S — Subsystem
• S/SYS — Subsystem
• S/U — Set Up
• S/V — Space Vehicle
• S/V — SuPply Valve
• S/W — Software
• S@MSCC — Shuttle Mission Simulator Computer Complex
• S@MSCC — SYstem
• SA — Safing Area
• SA — Shaft Angle
• SA — Single Access
• SA — Site Activation
• SA — Subaccount
• SA — Supplemental Agreement
• SA — Support Area
• SAA — Safety Assurance Analysis
• SAA — South Atlantic Anomaly
• SAAC — Schedule Allocation And Control
• SAALC — San Antonio Air Logistics Center
• SAAM — Special Air Force Airlift Mission
• SAAMA — San Antonio Air Material Area
• SAAS — Shuttle Aerosurface Actuator Simulation
• SAB — SACstrategic Air Command(USAF)
• SAB — Shuttle Avionics Breadboard
• SAB — Spacecraft Assembly Building
• SAB — Storage And Assembly Building
• SACS — SADshuttle AuthorizedDocument
• SACS — Software Avionics Command SuPport
• SACS — Spacecraft Attitude Display