. "Appendix F: Acronyms." Capabilities for the Future: An Assessment of NASA Laboratories for Basic Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2010.
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Capabilities for the Future: An Assessment of NASA Laboratories for Basic Research
FAA Federal Aviation Administration
FAP Fundamental Aeronautics Program
FASAB Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
FCI Facility Condition Index
FFRDC federally funded research and development center
FTE full time equivalent
FY fiscal year
GRC Glenn Research Center
GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center
HFFF Hypervelocity Free-Flight Facility
HITL human-in-the-loop
HTMSL High-Temperature Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
HVAC heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
IIFD integrated intelligent flight deck
IRAC integrated resilient aircraft control
IRAD independent/internal research and development
IRT icing research tunnel
ISRU in situ resource utilization
ISS International Space Station
IT information technology
IVHM Integrated Vehicle Health Management
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JSC Johnson Space Center
KSC Kennedy Space Center
LaRC Langley Research Center
LCROSS Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite
LDRD Laboratory-Directed Research and Development
LSWT low-speed wind tunnel
MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center
NAC NASA Advisory Council
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration