Abkürzung |
Wortlaut |
ABT |
Active Balancing Technology |
ADF |
Avian Development Facility |
ADUM |
Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity |
ADVASC |
Advanced Astroculture |
AEB |
Agência Espacial Brasileira |
AIDS |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
ALTEINO |
Anomalous Long Term Effects on Astronauts |
AFB |
Air Force Base |
AMS |
Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer |
APCF |
Advanced Protein Crystallization Facility |
APIS |
Análisis de Propiedades Inerciales de Solidos |
APU |
Auxiliary Power Unit |
ARIS |
Active Rack Isolation System |
ARISS |
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station |
ASI |
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana |
ATCS |
Active Thermal Control System |
ATU |
Audio Terminal Unit |
ATV |
Automated Transfer Vehicle |
BBC |
Bolt Bus Controller |
BBND |
Bonner Ball Neutron Detector |
BBT |
Beacon to Beacon Test |
BCAT |
Binary Colloidal Alloy Test |
BCDU |
Battery Charge-Discharge Unit |
BCSS |
Biotechnology Cell Science Stowage |
BGA |
Beta Gimbal Assembly |
BMD |
Bone Mineral Density |
BMI |
Blood Pressure Measurement Instrument |
BMRRM |
Bearing Motor Roll Ring Module |
BRA |
Back up Drive Unit Replacement Assembly |
BSP |
Baseband Signal Processor |
BSTC |
Biotechnology Specimen Temperature Controller |
BTC |
Bay Thirteen Carrier |
BTR |
Biotechnology Refrigerator |
C&C |
Command and Control |
C/L |
Crew Lock |
CALTECH |
California Institute of Technology |
CAM |
Centrifuge Accommodation Module |
CAPCOM |
Capsule Communicator |
CBM |
Common Berthing Mechanism |
CBOSS |
Cellular Biotechnology Operations Support System |
CBSE |
Center for Biophysical Sciences and Engineering |
CBT |
Computer Based Training |
CBTM |
Commercial Biomedical Testing Module |
CD |
Compact Disc |
CDRA |
Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly |
CEO |
Crew Earth Observation |
CETA |
Crew and Equipment Translation Aid |
CEVIS |
Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System |
CF |
Centrifuge Facility |
CGBA |
Commercial Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus |
CHIRO |
Crew Health Investigation on Reduced Operability |
CLPA |
Camera Light Pan and Tilt Assembly |
CMG |
Control Moment Gyroscope |
CNES |
Centre National d’Etudes Spaciales |
CO2 |
Kohlendioxyd |
COF |
Columbus Orbital Facility |
COLLIDE |
Collisions Into Dust Experiment |
CONAE |
Comision Nacional de Actividades Espaciales |
CPCF |
Commercial Protein Crystallization Facility |
CPCG-H |
Commercial Protein Crystal Growth-High Density |
CRPCM |
Canadian Remote Power Controller Module |
CSA |
Canadian Space Agency |
CSLM |
Coarsening in Solid Liquid Mixtures |
D |
Deployable |
DAFT |
Dust and Aerosol Measurement Feasibility Test |
DARPA |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
DASA |
DaimlerChrysler Aerospace Aktiengesellschaft |
DCCO |
Diffusion Coefficients in Crude Oil |
DCPCG |
Dynamically Controlled Protein Crystal Growth |
DCSU |
Direct Current Switching Unit |
DDCU |
Direct Current to Direct Current Control Unit |
DELTA |
Dutch Expedition for Life Science, Technology and Atmospheric Research |
DFRC |
Dryden Flight Research Center |
DNA |
Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
DOSMAP |
Dosimetric Mapping |
DPC |
Daily Planning Conference |
DXA |
Dual X-Ray Absorptiometry |
E/L |
Equipment Lock |
EAFB |
Edwards Air Force Base |
EARTHKAM |
Earth Knowledge Acquired by Middle School Students |
EAS |
Early Ammonia Servicer |
EBV |
Epstein-Barr Virus |
EC |
Expedition Crew |
ECLSS |
Environmental Control and Life Support System |
ECS |
Environmental Control System |
ECU |
Electronic Control Unit |
EE |
End Effector |
EEATCS |
Early External Active Thermal Control System |
EEU |
Equipment Exchange Unit |
EF |
Exposed Facility |
EFBM |
Exposed Facility Berthing Mechanism |
ELC |
Expedite the Processing of Experiments to Space Station Logistics Carrier |
ELM |
Experiment Logistics Module |
EMG |
Electromyographic |
EMU |
Extravehicular Mobility Unit |
EPA |
Efflux Protection Assembly |
EPO |
Education Payload Operation |
ERA |
European Robotic Arm |
ES |
Exposed Section |
ESA |
European Space Agency |
ESCD |
Embryo and Stem Cell Development |
ESP |
External Stowage Platform |
ESSMDM |
Enhanced Space Station Multiplexer-Demultiplexer |
ESTER |
Earth Science Toward Exploration Research |
ESU |
End Stop Unit |
ET |
External Tank |
ETD |
Eye Tracking Device |
EVA |
Extravehicular Activity |
EVARM |
Extravehicular Activity Radiation Monitoring |
EVCPDS |
Extravehicular Charged Particle Detection System |
EXPRESS |
Expedite the Processing of Experiments to Space Station |
FDI |
Fluid Dynamics Investigation |
FGB |
Funkzionalno-grusowoi Block |
FMVM |
Fluid Merging Viscosity Measurement |
FOAM |
Viscous Liquid Foam-Bulk Metallic Glass |
FOOT |
Foot-Ground Reaction Forces During Space Flight |
FPP |
Floating Potential Probe |
G |
Generic |
GAP |
Group Activation Pack |
GAS |
Getaway Special |
GCF |
Granada Crystallization Facility |
GD |
Generic Deployable |
GMT |
Greenwich Mean Time |
GN&C |
Guidance, Navigation and Control |
GPC |
General Purpose Computer |
GPS |
Global Positioning System |
GRC |
Glenn Research Center |
GSC |
Guyana Space Center |
GSFC |
Goddard Space Flight Center |
GSM |
Gas Supply Module |
GTS |
Global Time System |
HCOR |
High Rate Communications Outage Recorder |
HDPCG |
High Density Protein Crystal Growth |
HDTV |
High Definition Television |
HGA |
High Gain Antenna |
HHR |
Habitat Holding Rack |
HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
HPA |
Hand Posture Analyzer |
HPGA |
High Pressure Gas Assembly |
HRF |
Human Research Facility |
HRS |
Heat Rejection System |
HST |
Hubble Space Telescope |
HTV |
H-II Transfer Vehicle |
ICC |
Integrated Cargo Carrier |
ICE |
International Space Station Characterization Experiment |
IEA |
Integrated Equipment Assembly |
IFM |
In Flight Maintenance |
IHI |
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries |
IMS |
Inventory Management System |
IMU |
Inertial Measurement Unit |
IMV |
Intermodule Ventilation |
INSPACE |
Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions |
ISPR |
International Standard Payload Rack |
ISS |
International Space Station |
ISSI |
In Space Soldering Investigation |
ITS |
Integrated Truss Structure |
IWIS |
Internal Wireless Instrumentation System |
JAM |
Joint Airlock Module |
JEM |
Japanese Experiment Module |
JPL |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
JSC |
Johnson Space Center |
KSC |
Kennedy Space Center |
L |
Lite |
LBNPD |
Lower Body Negative Pressure Device |
LC |
Launch Complex |
LCA |
Lab Cradle Assembly |
LCC |
Launch Control Center |
LDM |
Logistics Double Module |
LDU |
Linear Drive Unit |
LEE |
Latching End Effector |
LEMS |
Lower Extremity Monitoring Suit |
LES |
Launch Escape System |
LGA |
Low Gain Antenna |
LMC |
Lightweight Multi Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier |
LMM |
Light Microscopy Module |
LS |
Long Spacer |
LSG |
Live Science Glovebox |
LSM |
Logistics Single Module |
LSO |
Lightning and Sprites Observation |
LSS |
Life Support System |
LTU |
Load Transfer Unit |
LVM |
Logistics Vehicle Module |
MACE |
Middeck Active Control Experiment |
MACE-II |
Middeck Active Control Experiment-II |
MAMS |
Microgravity Acceleration Measurement System |
MBS |
Mobile Remote Servicer Base System |
MBSU |
Mobile Bus Switching Unit |
MCAS |
Mobile Remote Servicer Base System Common Attachment System |
MCC |
Mission Control Center |
MCU |
Mobile Remote Servicer Base System Computer Unit |
MDM |
Multiplexer-Demultiplexer |
MDPS |
Micrometeoroid and Orbital Debris Protection System |
MEDOPS |
Medical Operations |
MEF |
Multiuser Experiment Facility |
MEPS |
Microencapsulation Electrostatic Processing System |
MEPSI |
Microelectromechanical System Based Picosatellite Inspector |
MER |
Mission Evaluation Room |
MESSAGE |
Microbial Experiments in the Space Station About Gene Expression |
MFMG-I |
Miscible Fluids in Microgravity-Isothermal |
MIM |
Malui Issledowatjelski Modul |
MISSE |
Materials International Space Station Experiment |
MKS |
Meschdunarodnaja Kosmitscheskaja Stanzija |
MLC |
Mixed Logistics Carrier |
MLI |
Multilayer Insulation |
MLM |
Mnogozelowoi Laboratornui Modul |
MMT |
Mission Management Team |
MOP |
Motion Perception |
MOSFET |
Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor |
MOT |
Mouse Telemeter |
MPAC |
Microparticles Capture |
MPESS |
Multi Purpose Experiment Support Structure |
MPC |
Microparticles Capture |
MPLM |
Multi Purpose Logistics Module |
MS |
Microsatellite |
MSBLS |
Microwave Scanning Beam Landing System |
MSC |
Microgravity Smoldering Combustion |
MSFC |
Marshall Space Flight Center |
MSG |
Microgravity Science Glovebox |
MSG-CSLM |
Coarsening in Solid Liquid Mixtures for the Microgravity Science Glovebox |
MSG-INSPACE |
Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions for the Microgravity Science Glovebox |
MSG-PFM |
Toward Understanding Pore Formation and Mobility During Controlled Directional Solidification in a Microgravity Environment for the Microgravity Science Glovebox |
MSG-SUBSA |
Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules for the Microgravity Science Glovebox |
MSS |
Mobile Servicing System |
MT |
Mobile Transporter |
N2 |
Stickstoff |
N2O4 |
Stickstofftretroxyd |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NASDA |
National Space Development Agency |
ND |
Non Deployable |
NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
NRL |
Naval Research Laboratory |
NTA |
Nitrogen Tank Assembly |
NYFD |
New York Fire Department |
O2 |
Sauerstoff |
OAMS |
Orbital Attitude Maneuvering System |
ODS |
Orbiter Docking System |
OE |
Orbital Express |
OMS |
Orbital Maneuvering System |
OPF |
Orbiter Processing Facility |
ORCS |
Orbiter Reaction Control System |
ORU |
Orbital Replacement Unit |
OV |
Orbiter Vehicle |
P |
Port |
PAG |
Posture Acquisition Glove |
PAM |
Payload Attachment Mechanism |
PAS |
Payload Attach Structure |
PCG-EGN |
Protein Crystal Growth-Enhanced Gaseous Nitrogen Dewar |
PCG-STES |
Protein Crystal Growth-Single Locker Thermal Enclosure System |
PCS |
Physics of Colloids in Space |
PCU |
Power Control Unit |
PDGF |
Power Data Grapple Fixture |
PDSU |
Payload Data Support Unit |
PESTO |
Photosynthesis Experiment and System Testing and Operation |
PFCS |
Pump Flow Control System |
PFMI |
Pore Formation and Mobility Investigation |
PI |
Principal Investigator |
PLC |
Pressurized Logistics Carrier |
PM |
Pressurized Module |
PMA |
Pressurized Mating Adapter |
POA |
Payload and Orbital Replacement Unit Accommodation |
POC |
Payload Operations Center |
PR |
Public Relation |
PS |
Pressurized Section |
PSRD |
Prototype Synchrotron Radiation Detector |
PUFF |
Pulmonary Function in Flight |
PVAA |
Photovoltaic Array Assembly |
PVIT |
Precision Vibration Isolation Technology |
PVR |
Photovoltaic Radiator |
PVTCS |
Photovoltaic Thermal Control System |
PWP |
Portable Work Platform |
QCT |
Quantitative Computed Tomography |
QD |
Quick Disconnect |
QUS |
Quantitative Ultrasound |
RBVM |
Radiator Beam Valve Module |
RCS |
Reaction Control System |
RFG |
Radio Frequency Group |
RGA |
Rate Gyroscope Assembly |
RM |
Research Module |
RMS |
Remote Manipulator System |
RPCM |
Remote Power Controller Module |
RSA |
Russian Space Agency |
RSU |
Roller Suspension Unit |
RWS |
Robotic Work Station |
S |
Starboard |
SAA |
Solar Array Assembly |
SABB |
Solar Array Blanket Box |
SAMS-II |
Space Acceleration Measurement System-II |
SARJ |
Solar Array Rotary Joint |
SASA |
S-Band Antenna Subassembly |
SAW |
Solar Array Wing |
SEED |
Space Environment Exposure Device |
SEEDS |
Space Exposed Experiment Developed for Students |
SEM |
Space Experiment Module |
SFA |
Small Fine Arm |
SFOG |
Solid Fuel Oxygen Generator |
SGANT |
Space to Ground Antenna |
SHIMMER |
Spatial Heterodyne Imager for Mesispheric Radicals |
SHOSS |
Spacehab Oceaneering Space System |
SLP |
Spacelab Pallet |
SO |
Science Officer |
SO |
Stikowotschnui Otsek |
SPC |
Soluble Protein Crystallization |
SPD |
Spool Positioning Device |
SPDM |
Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator |
SPDU |
Secondary Power Distribution Unit |
SPHERES |
Synchronized Position Hold, Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites |
SPICA |
Spectre de Particules et Influence sur les Composants Avancés |
SRB |
Solid Rocket Booster |
SRD |
Synchrotron Radiation Detector |
SRT |
Slip Ring Technology |
SSAF |
Space Station Assembly Flight |
SSATV |
Space Station Automated Transfer Vehicle |
SSHTV |
Space Station H-2A Transfer Vehicle |
SSLF |
Space Station Logistics Flight |
SSME |
Space Shuttle Main Engine |
SSRMS |
Space Station Remote Manipulator System |
SSU |
Sequential Shunt Unit |
SSUF |
Space Station Utilization Flight |
SSULF |
Space Station Utilization and Logistics Flight |
STA |
Structural Test Article |
STAR |
Space Telemetry for Animal Research |
STARSHINE |
Student Tracked Atmospheric Research Satellite for Heuristic International Networking Equipment |
STS |
Space Transportation System |
SUBSA |
Solidification Using a Baffle in Sealed Ampoules |
SVS |
Space Vision System |
TCS |
Thermal Control System |
TCV |
Transport Cargo Vehicle |
TDRSS |
Tracking and Data Relais Satellite System |
TLC |
Transport and Launch Container |
TLD |
Thermo Luminescent Dosimeter |
TPF |
Terrestrial Planet Finder |
TPS |
Thermal Protection System |
TRRJ |
Thermal Radiator Rotary Joint |
TSC |
Tanegashima Space Center |
TUS |
Trailing Umbilical System |
TVIS |
Treadmill with Vibration Isolation and Stabilization |
UDMH |
Unsymmetrisches Dimethylhydrazin |
UHF |
Ultra High Frequency |
USA |
United States of America |
USAF |
United States Air Force |
USMC |
United States Marine Corps |
UTMB |
University of Texas Medical Branch |
UV |
Ultraviolett |
V |
Vertical |
VC |
Visiting Crew |
VDU |
Video Distribution Unit |
VIS |
Vibration Isolation and Stabilization |
VL |
Vertical Lite |
VOA |
Volatile Organic Analyzer |
VSE |
Vision for Space Exploration |
WETA |
Wireless Video System External Transceiver Assembly |
WFF |
Wallops Flight Facility |
WHRU |
Water Heat Rejection Unit |
WRJ |
Wrist Roll Joint |
WSTF |
White Sands Test Facility |
WTC |
World Trade Center |
Z |
Zenith |
ZCG |
Zeolite Crystal Growth |