AA |
Associate Administrator |
AAAC |
Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee |
ACE |
Advanced Composition Explorer |
AGs |
assessment groups |
AIM |
Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere |
AirMOSS |
Airborne Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface |
ALMA |
Atacama Large Millimeter Array |
ARTEMIS |
Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence and Electrodynamics of the Moon’s Interaction with the Sun |
AST |
NSF Astronomical Sciences Division |
ASTER |
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer |
Astro2000 |
2000 astronomy decadal survey: Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium |
Astro2010 |
2010 astronomy and astrophysics decadal survey: New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics |
ATTREX |
Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment |
CAA |
Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics |
CALIPSO |
Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations |
CAPTEM |
Curation and Analysis Planning Team for Extraterrestrial Materials |
CARVE |
Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment |
CATE |
cost and technical evaluation |
CEOS |
Committee on Earth Observing Systems |
CGRO |
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory |
CINDI |
Coupled Ion-Neutral Dynamics Investigation |
CoBRA |
Complexity Based Risk Assessment |
ConX |
Constellation-X Observatory |
COPAG |
Cosmic Origins Program Analysis Group |
COSPAR |
Committee on Space Research |
CSA |
Canadian Space Agency |
CYGNSS |
Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System |
DISCOVER-AQ |
Deriving Information on Surface Conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality |
DKIST |
Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope |
DOE |
Department of Energy |
DOI |
Department of the Interior |
DRIVE |
Diversify, Realize, Integrate, Venture, Educate |
DSN |
Deep Space Network |
Earth2007 |
2007 Earth science and applications from space decadal survey: Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond |
EO-1 |
Earth Observing-1 |
EOS |
Earth Observing System |
ESA |
European Space Agency |
EXIST |
Energetic X-ray Survey Telescope |
FACA |
Federal Advisory Committee Act |
FY |
fiscal year |
G-MOWG |
Geospace Management Operations Working Group |
GMT |
Giant Magellan Telescope |
GOLD |
Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk |
GP-B |
Gravity Probe-B |
GPM |
Global Precipitation Measurement |
GRACE |
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment |
GRACE FO |
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow On |
GSMT |
Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope |
Helio2013 |
2013 solar and space physics decadal survey: Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society |
HEOMD |
NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate |
HS-3 |
Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel |
HST |
Hubble Space Telescope |
IBEX |
Interstellar Boundary Explorer |
ICESat-2 |
Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 |
ICON |
Ionospheric Connection Explorer |
IIP |
Instrument Incubator Program |
IRIS |
Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph |
ISG |
infrastructure study group |
ISSI |
International Space Station Institute |
IXO |
International X-ray Observatory |
JAXA |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
JEO |
Jupiter Europa Orbiter |
JUICE |
Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer |
JWST |
James Webb Space Telescope |
LADEE |
Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer |
LEAG |
Lunar Exploration Analysis Group |
LISA |
Laser Interferometer Space Antenna |
LRO |
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter |
LSST |
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope |
LWS |
Living With a Star |
LWS-MOWG |
Living With a Star Management Operations Working Group |
MAVEN |
Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN Mission |
MAX-C |
Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cacher |
MEPAG |
Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group |
MER |
Mars Exploration Rover (Spirit and Opportunity) |
MESSENGER |
MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging |
MGN |
Magellan (Venus Radar Mapper) |
MMS |
Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission |
MO |
Mars Observer |
MOO |
Mission of Opportunity |
MOWG |
management operations working group |
MREFC |
NSF Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction |
MRI |
Major Research Instrumentation |
MRO |
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter |
MSL |
Mars Science Laboratory |
MSR |
Mars Sample Return |
NAC |
NASA Advisory Council |
NAFCOM |
NASA/Air Force Cost Model |
NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NEO |
Near-Earth Object |
NF4 |
New Frontiers 4 |
NF5 |
New Frontiers 5 |
NICER |
Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NPOESS |
National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
NRC |
National Research Council |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
NuSTAR |
Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array |
OCO-2 |
Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 |
OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
OPAG |
Outer Planets Analysis Group |
OSIRIS-REx |
Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer |
OSTM |
Ocean Surface Topography Mission |
OSTP |
Office of Science and Technology Policy |
PDR |
preliminary design review |
PDS |
Planetary Data System |
PI |
principal investigator |
Planetary2011 |
2011 planetary science decadal survey: Vision and Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013-2022 |
PPP |
program prioritization panel |
PSD |
NASA Planetary Science Division |
QuikSCAT |
Quick Scatterometer |
R&A |
research and analysis activities |
RFI |
request for information |
RHESSI |
Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager |
ROSES |
research opportunities in space and Earth sciences |
SAFIR |
Single Aperture Far-InfraRed observatory |
SAGE III |
Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment |
SBAG |
Small Bodies Analysis Group |
SDO |
Solar Dynamics Observatory |
SFP |
science frontier panel |
SH-MOWG |
Solar-Heliosphere Management Operations Working Group |
SIM |
Space Interferometry Mission; originally proposed in the 1990 astronomy decadal survey as AIM: Astronomical Interferometry Mission |
SMAP |
Soil Moisture Active-Passive |
SMD |
NASA Science Mission Directorate |
SOC |
Spacecraft Operations Centre |
SOFIA |
Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy |
SOHO |
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory |
SORCE |
Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment |
SPP |
Solar Probe Plus |
SRA |
supporting research and analysis |
SSB |
Space Studies Board |
STEREO |
Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory |
STMD |
NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate |
STP |
Solar Terrestrial Probe |
Suomi NPP |
Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership |
SWOT |
Surface Water Ocean Topography Mission |
TEMPO |
Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution |
TESS |
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite |
THEMIS |
Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms |
TIMED |
Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics |
TMT |
Thirty Meter Telescope |
TOPEX/POSEIDON |
Topography Experiment/Poseidon |
TPF |
Terrestrial Planet Finder |
TRMM |
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission |
TWINS |
Two Wide-Angle Imaging Neutral-Atom Spectrometers |
UARS |
Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite |
USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
VEXAG |
Venus Exploration Analysis Group |
VGR |
Voyager |
VLA |
Very Large Array |
VLBA |
Very Long Baseline Array |
WBS |
work breakdown structure |
WFIRST |
Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope |
XMM-Newton |
X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission Newton |