Appendix D
Acronyms
AGS:
Alternating Gradient Synchrotron
ALARA:
as low as reasonably achievable
AMERD:
Astronaut Medical Evaluation Requirements Document
ARC:
Ames Research Center (NASA)
BAF:
Booster Application Facility
BP:
Behavior and Performance
BR&C:
Biomedical Research and Countermeasures
CNS:
central nervous system
CSBM:
Committee on Space Biology and Medicine
CV:
cardiovascular
DSO:
Detailed Supplemental Objective
DXA:
dual energy x-ray absorptiometry
EDOMP:
Extended Duration Orbiter Medical Project
EKG:
electrocardiogram
ESA:
European Space Agency
EVA:
extravehicular activity
FBRP:
Fundamental Biology Research Program, formerly Gravitational Biology and Ecology (GB&E)
fMRI:
functional magnetic resonance imaging
GB&E:
Gravitational Biology and Ecology, recently renamed the Fundamental Biology Research Program (FBRP)
GH:
growth hormone
HEDS:
Human Exploration and Development of Space (NASA)
HPA:
hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal
HZE:
high atomic number, high energy
IGF-I:
insulin-like growth factor-I
IPT:
integrated product team
ISS:
International Space Station
ITR:
Integrated Testing Regimen
JSC:
Johnson Space Center (NASA)
LBNP:
lower-body negative pressure
LEO:
low Earth orbit
LET:
linear energy transfer
MARES:
Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System
MORD:
Medical Operations Requirements Document
MRI:
magnetic resonance imaging
NASA:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NIH:
National Institutes of Health
NRA:
NASA Research Announcement
NRC:
National Research Council
NSBRI:
National Space Biomedical Research Institute
NSCORT:
NASA Specialized Centers of Research and Training
PI:
principal investigator
PRN:
as needed
RBE:
relative biological effectiveness
SHFE:
Space Human Factors Engineering
SMSP:
Shuttle Mir Space Program
SPE:
solar particle event
USRA:
Universities Space Research Association
VOR:
vestibulo-ocular reflex
