Return to KSC Home PageAFSCN Air Force Satellite Control Network
A/L Approach and Landing
ALT Approach and Landing Test
AMU Astronaut Maneuvering Unit
AOA Abort Once Around
APS Alternate Payload Specialist
APU Auxiliary Power Unit
ASE Airborne Support Equipment
ATE Automatic Test Equipment
ATO Abort to Orbit
BFC Backup Flight Control
BOC Base Operations Contract
CAPCOM Capsule Communicator
CCAFS Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
CCMS Checkout, Control and Monitor Subsystem
CCTV Closed Circuit Televison
CDR Commander
CDMS Command & Data Management Systems Officer
CDS Central Data System
CFES Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System
CIC Crew Interface Coordinator
CIE Communications Interface Equipment
CITE Cargo Integration Test Equipment
CTS Call to Stations
DCC Data Computation Complex
DCS Display Control System
DIG Digital Image Generation
DFI Development Flight Instrumentation
DFRF Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Facility
DMC Data Management Coordinator
DMOS Diffusive Mixing of Organic Solutions
DOD Department of Defense
DOP Diver Operated Plug
DPS Data Processing System
EAFB Edwards Air Force Base
ECLSS Environmental Control & Life Support System
EECOMP Electrical, Environmental & Consumables Systems Engineer
EI Entry Interface
EMU Extravehicular Mobility Unit
ESA European Space Agency
ESMC Eastern Space and Missile Center
ET External Tank
EVA Extravehicular Activity
FAO Flight Activities Officer
FAWG Flight Assignment Working Group
FBSC Fixed Base Crew Stations
F/C Flight Controller
FCT Flight Crew Trainer
FCTS Flight Crew Trainer Simulator
FD Flight Director
FDF Flight Data File
FDO Flight Dynamics Officer
FOD Flight Operations Directorate
FOE Flight Operations Engineer
FOPG Flight Operations Planning Group
FOSO Flight Operations Scheduling Officer
FR Firing Room
FRC Flight Control Room
FRCS Forward Reaction Control System
FRF Flight Readiness Firing
FRR Flight Readiness Review
FSE Flight Simulation Engineer
FSS Fixed Service Structure
GAS Getaway Special
GC Ground Control
GDO Guidance Officer
GLS Ground Launch Sequencer
GN Ground Network
GNC Guidance, Navigation & Control Systems Engineer
GPC General Purpose Computer
GSE Ground Support Equipment
GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center
HAC Heading Alignment Circle
HB High Bay
HMF Hypergolic Maintenance Facility
HPPF Horizontal Payloads Processing Facility
HUS Hypergolic Umbilical System
IECM Induced Environment Contamination Monitor
IG Inertial Guidance
ILS Instrument Landing System
IMF In Flight Maintenance
IMU Inertial Measurement Unit
INCO Instrumentation & Communications Officer
IRIG Interrange Instrumentation Group
ISP Integrated Support Plan
IUS Inertial Upper Stage
IVA Intravehicular Activity
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JSC Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
KSC John F. Kennedy Space Center
LC Launch Complex
LCC Launch Control Center
LCS Launch Control System
LDEF Long Duration Exposure Facility
LETF Launch Equipment Test Facility
LOX Liquid Oxygen
LPS Launch Processing System
LSA Launch Services Agreement
LWG Logistics Working Group
MBCS Motion Base Crew Station
MCC Mission Control Center
MD Mission Director
MDD Mate/Demate Device
ME Main Engine
MECO Main Engine Cutoff
MET Mission Elapsed Time
MLP Mobile Launch Platform
MLR Monodisperse Latex Reactor
MLS Microwave Landing System
MMACS Maintenance, Mechanical Arm & Crew Systems Engineer
MMPSE Multiuse Mission Payload Support Equipment
MMSE Multiuse Mission Support Equipment
MMU Manned Maneuvering Unit
MOD Mission Operations Directorate
MOP Mission Operations Plan
MPGHM Mobile Payload Ground Handling Mechanism
MPPSE Multipurpose Payload Support Equipment
MPS Main Propulsion System
MS Mission Specialist
MSBLS Microwave Scanning Beam Landing System
MSCI Mission Scientist
MSFC George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
MSS Mobile Service Structure
MST Mobile Service Tower
MUM Mass Memory Unit Manager
NASCOM NASA Communications Network
NBT Neutral Bouyancy Facility
NIP Network Interface Processor
NOCC Network Operations Control Center
NSRS NASA Safety Reporting System
NSTL National Space Technology Laboratories
NSTS National Space Transportation System
OAA Orbiter Access Arm
OC Operations Coordinator
O&C Operations and Checkout (Building)
OAST Office of Aeronautics & Space Technology
OFI Operational Flight Instrumentation
OFT Orbiter Flight Test
OMBUU Orbiter Midbody Umbilical Unit
OMRF Orbiter Maintenance & Refurbishment Facility
OMS Orbital Maneuvering System
OPF Orbiter Processing Facility
OSF Office of Space Flight
OSS Office of Space Science
OSSA Office of Space Science and Applications
OSTA Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications
OV Orbiter Vehicle
PACE Prelaunch Automatic Checkout Equipment
PAM Payload Assist Module
PAYCOM Payload Command Coordinator
PCR Payload Changeout Room
PDRS Payload Deployment & Retrieval System
PGHM Payload Ground Handling Mechanism
PHF Payload Handling Fixture
PIP Payload Integration Plan
PLSS Portable Life Support Subsystem
PLT Pilot
POCC Payload Operations Control Center
POD Payload Operations Director
PRC Payload Changeout Room
PRF Parachute Refurbishment Facility
PRSD Power Reactant Storage & Distribution
PS Payload Specialist
R&D Research Development
RCS Reaction Control System
RMS Remote Manipulator System
RPS Record Playback Subsystem
RSS Rotating Service Structure
SAEF Spacecraft Assembly & Encapsulation Facility
SAIL Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory
SCA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
SCAMMA Station Conferencing & Monitoring Arrangement
SCAPE Self-Contained Atmospheric Protection Ensemble
SID Simulation Interface Device
SIP Standard Interface Panel
SIT Shuttle Interface Test
SL Spacelab
SLF Shuttle Landing Facility
SMAB Solid Motor Assembly Building
SMCH Standard Mixed Cargo Harness
SMS Shuttle Mission Simulator
SN Space Network
SPIF Shuttle Payload Integration Facility
SPOC Shuttle Portable On-Board Computer
SRB Solid Rocket Booster
SRBDF Solid Rocket Booster Dissassembly Facility
SRM&QA Safety, Reliability, Maintainability and Quality Assurance
SSCP Small Self-Contained Payload
SSIP Shuttle Student Involvement Project
SSP Standard Switch Panel
SSME Space Shuttle Main Engines
SSC John C. Stennis Space Center
SST Single System Trainer
STA Shuttle Training Aircraft
STS Space Transportation System
T Time
TACAN Tactical Air Navigation
TAEM Terminal Area Energy Management
TAL Trans-Atlantic Abort Landing
TDRS Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
TPAD Trunnion Pin Acquisition Device
TPS Thermal Protection System
TSM Tail Service Mast
UHF Ultra high Frequency
UV Ultraviolet
VAB Vehicle Assembly Building
VLF Very Low Frequency
VPF Vertical Processing Facility
WCS Waste Collection System
WSMC Western Space & Missile Center
WSSH White Sands Space Harbor
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