| 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 |
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