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Appendix H Acronyms
Pages 105-108

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... H Acronyms ACE Advanced Composition Explorer AGU American Geophysical Union AIM Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere AO announcement of opportunity APL Applied Physics Laboratory BAT Burst Alert Telescope CAR confirmation acceptance review CAS Center for Astrophysical Sciences CBO Congressional Budget Office CCR configuration change request CDR critical design review CHIPS Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer CINDI Coupled Ion Neutral Dynamics Investigation CMB cosmic microwave background CMBR cosmic microwave background radiation CME coronal mass ejection COBE Cosmic Background Explorer CONTOUR Comet Nucleus Tour CSR concept study report DAP data analysis program DI Deep Impact DOD Department of Defense DPO Discovery Program Office 105
From page 106...
... 106 PRINCIPAL-INVESTIGATOR-LED MISSIONS IN THE SPACE SCIENCES DSN Deep Space Network DUO Dark Universe Observatory EIT Extreme ultraviolet Imaging Telescope ELV expendable launch vehicle E/PO education and public outreach ESE Earth Science Enterprise ESSP Earth System Science Pathfinder ESSSO Earth and Space Science Support Office EUSO Extreme Universe Space Observatory EUV extreme ultraviolet EUVE Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer FAME Full Sky Astrometric FAST Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer FBC faster-better-cheaper FFRDC federally funded research and development center FTE full-time equivalent FUSE Far-Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer FY fiscal year GALEX Galaxy Evolution Explorer GI guest investigator GONG Global Oscillation Network Group GRB gamma-ray burst GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center HESSI High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager HETE-2 High Energy Transient Explorer-2 IBEX Interstellar Boundary Explorer IMAGE Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration IMEX Inner Magnetosphere Explorer IMPACT In-situ Measurements of Particles and CME Transients IPM interplanetary medium IR infrared ISM interstellar medium ITA Independent Technical Authority ITAR International Traffic in Arms Regulations IV&V independent verification and validation JMEX Jupiter Magnetospheric Explorer JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory KSC Kennedy Space Center
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... APPENDIX H 107 LASCO Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph LASP Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics LRR launch readiness review LWS Living With a Star MCR mission confirmation review MDI Michelson Doppler Imager MEP Mars Exploration Program MESSENGER Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging MIDEX Medium-class Explorer MO mission operations MO&DA mission operations and data analysis MoO mission of opportunity MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center NAPA National Academy of Public Administration NAS National Academy of Sciences NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NEAR Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous NEXUS Normal-incidence Extreme-Ultraviolet Spectrograph NIAT NASA Integrated Action Team NPR NASA procedural requirement NRA NASA research announcement NRC National Research Council NuSTAR Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array OSS Office of Space Science PDR preliminary design review PDS Planetary Data System PER pre-environmental review PI principal investigator PM project manager PMC Program Management Council POP program operating plan PSR pre-ship review QA quality assurance R&A research and analysis RFA request for action RHESSI Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager RXTE Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer SAMPEX Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer SMEX Small-class Explorer
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... 108 PRINCIPAL-INVESTIGATOR-LED MISSIONS IN THE SPACE SCIENCES SNOE Student Nitric Oxide Explorer SOHO Solar and Heliospheric Observatory SPIDR Spectroscopy and Photometry of the Intergalactic Medium's Diffuse Radiation SR&T supporting research and technology SRM solid rocket motor SSB Space Studies Board SSE Survey Solar System Exploration Survey SSO Science Support Office STEDI Student Explorer Demonstration Initiative STEREO Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory STP Solar Terrestrial Probe SWAS Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite SWRI Southwest Research Institute TERRIERS Tomographic Experiment using Radiative Recombinative Ionospheric EUV and Radio Sources THEMIS Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms TIMED Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics TMCO technical, management, cost, and other TPF Terrestrial Planet Finder TRACE Transition Region and Coronal Explorer TWINS Two Wide-angle Imaging Neutron-Atom Spectrometers UNEX University-class Explorer USGS U.S. Geological Survey USML U.S.

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