ISS Acronyms

From The Space Library

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Revision as of 08:16, 30 May 2014

Acronym	Definition
1P	Progress flight
1S	Soyuz flight
AC	Assembly Complete
ACU	Arm Control Unit
ARC	Ames Research Center
ARIS	Active Rack Isolation System
ATCS	Active Thermal Control System
atm	Atmospheres
ATV	Automated Transfer Vehicle, launched by Ariane [ESA]
ATV-CC	Automated Transfer Vehicle Control Centre
BCA	Battery Charging Assembly
BCDU	Battery Charge Discharge Unit
BSA	Battery Stowage Assembly
CBM	Common Berthing Mechanism
CC	Control Center
CCAA	Common Cabin Air Assembly
CCC	Contaminant Control Cartridge
CDRA	Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly
CETA	Crew and Equipment Translation Aid/Assembly
CEV	Crew Exploration Vehicle
CEVIS	Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System
CHeCS	Crew Health Care System
CMG	Control Moment Gyroscope
CMRS	Crew Medical Restraint System
CMS	Countermeasures System
CNES	Centre National D’Études Spatiales [French space agency]
COF	Columbus Orbital Facility
COL-CC	Columbus Control Centre
COTS	Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
CPDS	Charged Particle Directional Spectrometer
CRPCM	Canadian Remote Power Controller Module
CSA	Canadian Space Agency
CTB	Cargo Transfer Bag
CWC	Contingency Water Container
DC	Docking Compartment;
Direct	Current
DCSU	Direct Current Switching Unit
DDCU	DC-to-DC Converter Unit
DDT&E	Design, Development, Test, and Evaluation
DLR	German Aerospace Center
DMS	Data Management System
DOS	Long-Duration Orbital Station [Russian]
EADS	European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company
ECLSS	Environmental Control and Life Support System
ECS	Exercise Countermeasures System
ECU	Electronics Control Unit
EDR	European Drawer Rack
EDV	Water Storage Container [Russian]
EF	Exposed Facility
EHS	Environmental Health System
ELC	Express Logistics Carrier
ELM	Experiment Logistics Module
EMU	Extravehicular Mobility Unit
EPM	European Physiology Module
EPS	Electrical Power System
ERA	European Robotic Arm
ESA	European Space Agency
ESTEC	European Space Research and Technology Centre
ETC	European Transport Carrier
EVA	Extravehicular Activity
ExPCA	EXPRESS Carrier Avionics
EXPRESS	Expedite the Processing of Experiments to the Space Station
FGB	Functional Cargo Block
FRAM	Flight Releasable Attachment Mechanism
FRGF	Flight Releasable Grapple Fixture
FSA	Roscosmos, Russian Federal Space Agency
FSL	Fluid Science Laboratory
GASMAP	Gas Analyzer System for Metabolic Analysis Physiology
GB	Gigabyte
GCM	Gas Calibration Module
GCTC	Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
GN&C	Guidance, Navigation, and Control
GLONASS	Global Navigation Satellite System [Russian]
GPS	Global Positioning System
GRC	Glenn Research Center
GSC	Guiana Space Center
HMS	Health Maintenance System
HRF	Human Research Facility
HTV	H-II Transfer Vehicle [JAXA]
IBMP	Institute for Biomedical Problems
ICC	Integrated Cargo Carrier
ICS	Internal Communications System
IEA	Integrated Equipment Assembly
IRU	In-flight Refill Unit
ISPR	International Standard Payload Rack
ISS	International Space Station
ITA	Integrated Truss Assembly
ITS	Integrated Truss Structure
IV-CPDS	Intravehicular Charged Particle Directional Spectrometer
JAXA	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
JEM	Japanese Experiment Module
JEM-ELM	Japanese Experiment Module-Experiment Logistics Module
JEM-ELM-EF	Japanese Experiment Module-Experiment Logistics Module-Exposed Facility
JEM-ELM-ES	Japanese Experiment Module-Experiment Logistics Module-Exposed Section
JEM-ELM-PS	Japanese Experiment Module-Experiment Logistics Module-Pressurized Section
JEM-PM	Japanese Experiment Module-Pressurized Module
JEM-RMS	Japanese Experiment Module-Remote Manipulator System
JSC	Johnson Space Center
kgf	Kilogram Force
kN	Kilonewton
KSC	Kennedy Space Center
lbf	Pound Force
LF	Logistics Flight
LiOH	Lithium Hydroxide
LSS	Life Support Subsystem
Mb	Megabit
MBS	Mobile Base System
MBSU	Main Bus Switching Unit
MCC	Mission Control Center
MDM	Multiplexer-Demultiplexer
MELFI	Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS
MGBX	Microgravity Science Glovebox
MLE	Middeck Locker Equivalent
MLM	Multipurpose Laboratory Module
MMOD	Micrometeoroid/Orbital Debris
MMU	Mass Memory Unit
MOC	MSS Operations Complex
MPLM	Multi-Purpose Logistics Module
MSFC	Marshall Space Flight Center
MSS	Mobile Servicing System
MT	Mobile Transporter
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAVSTAR	Navigation Signal Timing and Ranging [U.S. satellite]
NPO	Production Enterprise [Russian]
NTO	Nitrogen Tetroxide
NTSC	National Television Standards Committee
OMS	Orbital Maneuvering System
OGS	Oxygen Generation System
ORU	Orbital Replacement Unit
OVC	Oxygen Ventilation Circuit
P1,	P6, etc. Port trusses
PCAS	Passive Common Attach System
PDA	Payload Disconnect Assembly
PDGF	Payload Data Grapple Fixture
PLSS	Primary Life Support System
PM	Pressurized Module
PMA	Pressurized Mating Adapter
POC	Payload Operations Center; Primary Oxygen Circuit
PROX	OPS Proximity Operations
PSA	Power Supply Assembly
PSC	Physiological Signal Conditioner
PTCS	Passive Thermal Control System
PVGF	Power Video Grapple Fixture
PVR	Photovoltaic Radiator
RED	Resistive Exercise Device
RGA	Rate Gyro Assembly
RM	Research Module
RMS	Remote Manipulation, Manipulator System
RPC	Remote Power Controller
rpm	Revolutions Per Minute
ROEU-PDA	Remotely Operated Electrical Umbilical-Power Distribution Assembly
RPCM	Remote Power Controller Module
RSC	Rocket and Space Corporation
RV	Reentry Vehicle
S&M	Structures and Mechanisms
S0	or S Zero, Starboard trusses S1, etc.
SARJ	Solar (Array) Alpha Rotation Joint
SAFER	Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue
SASA	S-Band Antenna Structural Assembly
SAW	Solar Array Wing
SFOG	Solid Fuel Oxygen Generator
SFP	Space Flight Participant
SGANT	Space-to-Ground Antenna
SM	Service Module
SPDM	Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator
SS	Space Shuttle
SSA	Space Suit Assembly
SSIPC	Space Station Integration and Promotion Center
SSRMS	Space Station Remote Manipulator System
SSU	Sequential Shunt Unit
STS	Space Transportation System
TCS	Thermal Control System
TDRS	Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
TEPC	Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter
TKS	Orbital Transfer System
TKSC	Tsukuba Space Center
TMA	Transportation Modified Anthropometric
TMG	Thermal Micrometeoroid Garment
TNSC	Tanegashima Space Center
TORU	Progress Remote Control Unit [Russian]
TSC	Telescience Support Center
TSS	Temporary Sleep Station
TSUP	Moscow Mission Control
TVIS	Treadmill Vibration Isolation System
UDMH	Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine
UF	Utilization Flight
UHF	Ultra-High Frequency
ULF	Utilization and Logistics Flight
UMA	Umbilical Mating Assembly
USOC	User Support and Operations Centre
VDC	Voltage, Direct Current
VDU	Video Distribution Unit
VOA	Volatile Organic Analyzer
WRS	Water Recovery System
Z1	Zenith 1, a truss segment