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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Acronyms." National Research Council. 2007. Portals to the Universe: The NASA Astronomy Science Centers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11909.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Acronyms." National Research Council. 2007. Portals to the Universe: The NASA Astronomy Science Centers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11909.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Acronyms." National Research Council. 2007. Portals to the Universe: The NASA Astronomy Science Centers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11909.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix D Acronyms." National Research Council. 2007. Portals to the Universe: The NASA Astronomy Science Centers. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11909.
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The astronomy science centers established by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to serve as the interfaces between astronomy missions and the community of scientists who utilize the data have been enormously successful in enabling space-based astronomy missions to achieve their scientific potential. These centers have transformed the conduct of much of astronomical research, established a new paradigm for the use of large astronomical facilities, and advanced the science far beyond what would have been possible without them. Portals to the Universe: The NASA Astronomy Science Centers explains in detail the findings of this report.

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