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New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics
SOFIA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy
SOHO Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
SPICA Space Infrared telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics
SPT South Pole Telescope
SSB Space Studies Board
SSE Stars and Stellar Evolution, Panel on
STC Science and Technology Center
STEM science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
STEREO Solar-Terrestrial Relations Observatory
STScI Space Telescope Science Institute
Tech/MSP Technology development and mid-scale projects
TMT Thirty-Meter Telescope
TRACE Transition Region and Coronal Explorer
TSIP Telescope System Instrument Program
UK United Kingdom
ULDB ultralong-duration balloon
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
URO University Radio Observatory
UV ultraviolet
VERITAS Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System
VLA Very Large Array
VLBA Very Long Baseline Array
VLT Very Large Telescope
WFIRST Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope
WISE Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer
WIYN Wisconsin, Indiana, Yale, and NOAO Observatory