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Acronyms
3D | three-dimensional |
AEC | Advanced Energy Conversion |
AG | Analysis Group |
AO | announcement of opportunity |
ASRG | Advanced Sterling Radioisotope Generators |
ASTEP | Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets |
ASTID | Astrobiology Science and Technology Instrument Development |
AVGR | Ames Vertical Gun Range |
C&DH | command and data handling |
CAESAR | Comet Astrobiology Exploration Sample Return |
CAPS | Committee on Astrobiology and Planetary Science |
CAPTEM | Curation and Analysis Planning Team for Extraterrestrial Materials |
CATE | cost and technical evaluation |
CDA | Cosmic Dust Analyzer |
CNEOS | Center for Near-Earth Object Studies |
COLDTech | Concepts for Ocean Worlds Life Detection Technology |
CRISM | Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars |
DOE | Department of Energy |
DRA | Diviner Rock Abundance |
DSAC | Deep Space Atomic Clock |
DSN | Deep Space Network |
EDL | entry, descent, and landing |
EJSM | Europa Jupiter System Mission |
ELSAH | Enceladus Life Signatures and Habitability |
ELV | Expendable Launch Vehicle |
EMIRS | Emirates Mars Infrared Spectrometer |
EMUS | Emirates Mars Ultraviolet Spectrometer |
ER | Electron Reflectometer |
ESA | European Space Agency |
ESI | Entry Systems Instrumentation |
ESSP | Extreme Environment Solar Power |
EXI | Emirates Exploration Imager |
FAN | Ferroan Anorthosite |
FPGA | field programmable gate array |
FY | fiscal year |
GFE | government furnished equipment |
GHAPS | Gondola for High-Altitude Planetary Science |
GNC | guidance, navigation, and control |
GPHS | General Purpose Heat Source |
GRAIL | Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory |
GRaND | gamma ray and neutron detector |
HEEET | Heat-shield for Extreme Entry Environment Technology |
HEOMD | Human Exploration Operations Mission Directorate |
HiRISE | High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment |
HOTTech | Hot Operating Temperature Technology |
HPSC | High-Performance Spaceflight Computing |
HST | Hubble Space Telescope |
INMS | Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer |
InSight | Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport |
ISE100 | In-Space Engine 100 lbf |
JEO | Jupiter Europa Orbiter |
JGO | Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter |
JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
JUICE | Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer |
JWST | James Webb Space Telescope |
KBO | Kuiper belt object |
KDP-B | Key Decision Point-B |
KDP-C | Key Decision Point-C |
LADEE | Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer |
LARS | Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples |
LCC | life-cycle cost |
LCRD | Laser Communications Relay Demonstration |
LCROSS | Lunar-Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite |
LDEX | Lunar Dust Experiment |
LEAG | Lunar Exploration Analysis Group |
LIBS | laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy |
LPI | Lunar and Planetary Institute |
LQ | Lunar Quest |
LRO | Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter |
LSP | Launch Services Program |
LWRHU | Lightweight Radioisotope Heater Unit |
MAG | magnetometer |
MAHLI | Mars Hand Lens Imager |
MARCI | Mars Color Imager |
MatISSE | Maturation of Instruments for Solar System Exploration |
MAV | Mars Ascent Vehicle |
MAVEN | Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission |
MAX-C | Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cacher |
MCS | Mars Climate Sounder |
MDAP | Mars Data and Analysis Program |
MEP | Mars Exploration Program |
MEPAG | Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group |
MER | Mars Exploration Rover |
MESSENGER | Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging |
MGS | Mars Global Surveyor |
MMAMA | Moon Mars Analogue and Mission Activities |
MMRTG | Multi-Mission Radioisotopic Thermoelectric Generator |
MMX | Mars Moons Explorer |
MOC | Mars Orbiter Camera |
MOLA | Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter |
MRO | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter |
MSL | Mars Science Laboratory |
MSR | Mars sample return |
NAI | NASA Astrobiology Institute |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NEOCam | Near Earth Object Camera |
NEXT-C | NASA Evolutionary Xenon Thruster-Commercial |
NF | New Frontiers |
NF4 | New Frontiers 4 |
NMS | neutral mass spectrometer |
NRC | National Research Council |
NSF | National Science Foundation |
OPAG | Outer Planets Assessment Group |
OSIRIS-REx | Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer |
Pan-STARRS | Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System |
PDART | Planetary Data Archiving, Restoration, and Tools |
PDR | preliminary design review |
PDS | Planetary Data System |
PI | principal investigator |
PICA | Phenolic-Impregnated Carbon Ablator heat shield |
PICASSO | Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations |
PIDDP | Planetary Instrument Definition and Development Program |
PIXL | Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry |
PSD | Planetary Science Division |
PSDS3 | Planetary Science Deep Space SmallSats |
PSTAR | Planetary Science and Technology from Analog Research |
R&A | research and analysis |
R&D | research and development |
RELAB | Reflectance Lab |
RIMFAX | Radar Imager for Mars’s Subsurface Experiment |
ROSES | Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences |
RSL | recurring slope lineae |
RTG | Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator |
SAM | Sample Analysis at Mars |
SBAG | Small Bodies Assessment Group |
SCAN | Space Communications and Navigation |
SEIS | Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure |
SEP | solar electric propulsion |
SERA | Space Environments Research to Application |
SHARAD | Shallow Radar |
SHERLOC | Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals |
SMD | Science Mission Directorate |
SME | subject matter expert |
SPEAR | Supersonic Parachute |
SRC | Sample Return Capsule |
SRO | Sample Return Orbiter |
SSERVI | Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute |
STMD | Space Technology Mission Directorate |
SWIR | shortwave infrared |
TES | Thermal Emission Spectrometer |
TGO | Trace Gas Orbiter |
THEMIS | Thermal Emission Imaging System |
TRL | technology readiness level |
USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
UV | ultraviolet |
VEXAG | Venus Exploration Analysis Group |
VICI | Venus In situ Composition Investigations |
VIMS | Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer |
VIR | visible and infrared |
VIRTIS | Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer |
WBS | Work Breakdown Structure |
WFIRST | Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope |
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