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PAPERBACK price:$21.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Assessment of the Usefulness and Availability of NASA's Earth and Space Science Mission Data U.S. Astronomy and Astrophysics: Managing an Integrated Program Other Related Titles Portals to the Universe: The NASA Astronomy Science Centers (2007) Space Studies Board (SSB) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "Appendix D Acronyms." Portals to the Universe: The NASA Astronomy Science Centers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2007. Please select a format: Page 53   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. D Acronyms 2MASS Two Micron All Sky Survey ADS Astrophysics Data System ALMA Atacama Large Millimeter Array APT Astronomer’s Proposal Tool ASCA Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics AURA Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy CHIPS Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer CLEA Contemporary Laboratory Experiences in Astronomy CXC Chandra X-ray Center CXO Chandra X-ray Observatory EPO education and public outreach ESA European Space Agency EUVE Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer FITS Flexible Imaging Transport System FTE full-time equivalent FUSE Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer GALEX Galaxy Evolution Explorer GLAST Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope GOF guest observer facility GOODS Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center Page 53 Front Matter (R1-R12) Summary (1-5) 1 Introduction (6-10) 2 Functions of Current Science Centers (11-16) 3 Models for NASA Astronomy Science Centers (17-24) 4 Data Archiving in the Science Centers (25-29) 5 Education and Public Outreach (30-33) 6 Best Practices and Recommendations (34-38) Appendix A Tabulated Characteristics of the NASA Astronomy Science Centers (39-46) Appendix B Statement of Task (47-48) Appendix C Biographical Information for Committee Members and Staff (49-52) Appendix D Acronyms (53-54)

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Portals to The Universe: The NASA Astronomy Science Centers D Acronyms 2MASS Two Micron All Sky Survey ADS Astrophysics Data System ALMA Atacama Large Millimeter Array APT Astronomer’s Proposal Tool ASCA Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics AURA Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy CHIPS Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer CLEA Contemporary Laboratory Experiences in Astronomy CXC Chandra X-ray Center CXO Chandra X-ray Observatory EPO education and public outreach ESA European Space Agency EUVE Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer FITS Flexible Imaging Transport System FTE full-time equivalent FUSE Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer GALEX Galaxy Evolution Explorer GLAST Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope GOF guest observer facility GOODS Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center

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Portals to The Universe: The NASA Astronomy Science Centers HEASARC High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center HOU Hands-on Universe project HST Hubble Space Telescope IPAC Infrared Processing and Analysis Center IRAC Infrared Array Camera IRAF Image Reduction and Analysis Facility IRAS Infrared Astronomy Satellite IRSA Infrared Science Archive IUE International Ultraviolet Explorer JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory JWST James Webb Space Telescope MAST Multimission Archive at Space Telescope Science Institute MSC Michelson Science Center MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NED NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database NRAO National Radio Astronomy Observatory NRC National Research Council NSF National Science Foundation NSSDC National Space Science Data Center NVO National Virtual Observatory PI principal investigator PROS Post-reduction Offline Software ROSAT Roentgen satellite RPS Remote Proposal System RXTE Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer SAO Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory SIM Space Interferometry Mission SIRTF Space Infrared Telescope Facility SPOT Spitzer Planning Observation Tool SSC Spitzer Science Center SST Spitzer Space Telescope STScI Space Telescope Science Institute SWAS Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite VO Virtual Observatory XMM–Newton X-ray Multimirror Mission–Newton