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Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Pages 275-280

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... B Acronyms and Abbreviations AAAS American Academy of Arts and Sciences AAPI Asian American and Pacific Islander ABS acrylonitrile butadiene styrene ACE advanced colloids experiment ACME advanced combustion microgravity experiment AFM atomic force microscopy AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory AHA2 Arabidopsis plasma membrane proton APTase 2 AI artificial intelligence ALS advanced life support ALSDA animal life sciences data archive AM additive manufacturing AMF ISS Additive Manufacturing Facility AMO atomic, molecular, and optical (physics) AMR anti-microbial resistance AOX alternative oxidase APH Advanced Plant Habitat ASEP advanced space experiment processor ATP adenosine triphosphate AWG Analysis Working Group (GeneLab)
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From page 276...
... CAL Cold Atom Laboratory CASIS Center for the Advancement of Science in Space CBEF Cell Biology Equipment Facility (JAXA) CBPSS Committee on Biological and Physical Space Sciences CERISS Commercially Enabled Rapid Space Science Initiative CESA1 cellulose synthase 1 CESI-MS capillary electrospray ionization CFD computational fluid dynamics CFM cryogenic fluid management CheX confined helium experiment CHF critical heat flux CI computational infrastructure CIR Combustion Integrated Rack CLD coflow laminar diffusion CLD Commercial LEO Destination CLPS commercial lunar payload services (NASA)
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From page 277...
... EMU extravehicular mobility unit EPS extracellular polymeric substance ESA European Space Agency EV extracellular vesicle EVA extravehicular activity EXPRESS Expedite the Processing of Experiments to Space Station FAIR findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable FBCE flow boiling and condensation experiment FBM flow boiling module FFE far-from-equilibrium FFI fractional frequency instability FLEX flame extinguishment experiment FPS fission power system FTIR Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy GC gas chromatography GCR galactic cosmic ray GEM graduate education for minority students GEO geostationary orbit GPI glycosylphosphatidylinositol GPS Global Positioning System GSE ground support equipment GW gravitational wave HBCU Historically Black College and University HCCI homogeneous charge compression ignition HCU Habitat Cage Unit (JAXA) HEO Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (NASA)
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... MGCB Microgravity Database MI&O ISSPO integration and operations costs MICROSCOPE Microsatellite à traînée compensée pour l'observation du principe d'equivalence miRNA micro-RNA MISSE materials international space station experiment MISSE-FF MISSE flight facility MLE mid-deck locker equivalent MLOC minimum limiting oxygen concentration MoBE microbes of the built environment MOC maximum oxygen concentration mRNA messenger RNA MS mass spectroscopy MSG microgravity science glovebox MSI minority-serving institution mtDNA mitochondrial DNA MVP Multi-Use Variable-G Platform NADPH nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NBISC NASA Biological Institutional Scientific Collection NCATS National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences NGO non-government organization NGS next-generation sequencing NIH National Institutes of Health NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology NMR nuclear magnetic resonance NO nitric oxide NSF National Science Foundation NSRL NASA Space Radiation Laboratory
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... SM standard model SMD Science Mission Directorate (NASA) SMG simulated microgravity SOC space optical clock SoFIE Solid Fuel Ignition and Extinction SoT statement of task SOTT space-to-space OTT SPE solar particle event SSERVI Solar System Exploration Research Institute (NASA)
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From page 280...
... Department of Agriculture USOS U.S. Orbital Segment, portion of the International Space Station UV ultraviolet VCC vapor compression cycle Veggie ISS vegetable production system VFB Vented Fly Box VLBI very long-baseline interferometry VOC volatile organic compound WIMP weakly interacting massive particle XRD X-ray diffraction ZBOT zero boil-off tank
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  • deep space
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  • international space
  • mission directorate
  • radiation laboratory
  • expansion cubesat
  • unit crispr

  • fission power
  • nuclear magnetic
  • scientific collection
  • support equipment
  • institutional scientific

  • extravehicular activity
  • measurements cns
  • capillary electrospray
  • ott dsac
  • computer processing

  • fourier transformed
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  • operations mission
  • oxide nsf
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