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Mission Data Sources Science Mission Directorate (SMD) submit; 5-4-09 Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) submit; 6-11-09 Space Operations Mission Directorate (SOMD) submit; 5-27-09 Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) response; 5-28-09

Mission Acronyms & Definitions Mission Directorate Altair-x Lunar descent stage aka: LSAM = Lunar Surface Access Module (x-mission #) ESMD Ares 1 Crew Launch Vehicle (aka CLV) ESMD Ares V Cargo Launch Vehicle (aka CaLV) ESMD Astro-H SXS Instrument (Explorer Program Mission of Opportunity) [JAXA launch] SMD X-Air Estimated number of Aircraft Earth Science Flights SMD X-Bal Estimated number of Scientific Balloon Flights SMD BARREL Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses (Two balloon campaigns of 20 flights each) SMD CaLV Cargo Launch Vehicle (aka CaLV) ESMD Chndraayn1 Discovery MoO instrument to be flown on Indian satellite Chandraayan [ELV launch] SMD CLARREO Climate Absolute Radiance and Reflectivity Observatory (see ESDS-x below) SMD CLV Crew Launch Vehicle (aka Ares I) ESMD COR-Lx Cosmic Origins Program Large class mission (x-mission #) (Flagship missions to be defined by Decadal Survey) SMD COR-Mx Cosmic Origins Program Medium class mission (x-mission #) SMD dB decibels ARMD DESDynl Deformation, Ecosystem Structure and Dynamics of Ice (see ESDS-x below) SMD Disc-xx Discovery Mission (xx- mission #) SMD ESDS-x Earth Science Decadal Survey Mission (x- mission #) Likely CLARREO and DESDynI first, order TBD SMD EX-xx Explorer mission (class undefined: Could be SMEX or MIDEX) (xx- mission #) SMD ExoMars ESA Mars lander mission (US will provide instrument) [ESA launch] SMD ExEP-Lx Exo-Planet Exploration Program Large class mission (x- mission #) (Flagship missions to be defined by Decadal Survey) SMD ExEP-Mx Exo-Planet Exploration Program Medium class mission (x- mission #) SMD Glory An advanced polarimeter mission; to measure aerosols as causes of climate change SMD GOES-x Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (x- mission #) SMD GOLD Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (Explorer Program Mission of Opportunity SMD GPM Const Global Precipitation Monitor Constellation [JAXA HIIA launch] SMD GPM Core Global Precipitation Mission Core [JAXA HIIA launch] SMD GRAIL Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory SMD Herschel Herschel Space Observatory (Far Infra-Red/submillimetric Space Telescope) [ESA launch] SMD HIFiRE Hypersonic International Flight Research and Experimentation ARMD HMMES High Mass Mars Entry Systems ARMD HST-D Hubble Space Telescope Deorbit SMD HST-SM4 Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission #4 SMD HyBOLT/SOAR Hypersonic Boundary Layer Transition/Suborbital Aerodynamics Reentry Experiments EX ARMD IBEX Interstellar Boundary EXplorer (SMEX-10) SMD IceSat II Follow-on to highly successful IceSat mission to measure Earth's ice levels SMD ILN-x International Lunar Network (mini-lander) (x- mission #) SMD IRVE Inflatable RE-entry Vehicle Experiment ARMD ISS-x Space Shuttle flight to the International Space Station (x- mission #) SOMD ITSP Ionosphere-Thermosphere Storm Probes SMD JDEM Joint Dark Energy Mission SMD JUNO JUpiter Near-polar Orbiter (New Frontiers #2) SMD JWST James Webb Space Telescope [ESA Arianne 5 launch] SMD Kepler Kepler Observatory SMD LADEE Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer SMD LCROSS Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (Secondary Payload on LRO) ESMD LDCM Landsat Data Continuity Mission [Air Force launch] ESMD LISA Large-scale Integrated Space Antenna (Possible joint mission with ESA) (see ST-7 below) SMD LRO Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ESMD Transfers to SMD 5/2010 LSAM-x Lunar Surface Access Module (x-mission #) ESMD now Altair LWS-x Living With a Star (x- mission #) SMD Mars L-xx Mars Lander - 20xx where 20xx is launch year SMD Mars O-xx Mars Orbiter - 20xx where 20xx is launch year SMD Mar Scout-x Mars Scout flight (x- mission #) SMD MAVEN Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission (Mars Scout 2) SMD MEDLI Mars Entry, Descent and Landing Instrumentation ARMD MIDEX-xx Medium-class Explorer (xx- mission #) SMD MMS Magnetospheric Multi-Scale mission SMD MoO-x Mission of Opportunity x (Discovery or New Frontiers Programs) (x = mission #) SMD MSL Mars Science Laboratory SMD MSR-x Mars Sample Return (x- mission #) SMD NewFront-x New Frontiers flight (x- mission #) SMD NextGen Next Generation Air Transportation System ARMD NOAA-N' National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration satellite SMD NPP NPOESS Preparatory Project SMD NuStar Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array SMD OCO Orbiting Carbon Observatory SMD OP-x Outer Planets mission x SMD Orion-x Crew Exploration Vehicle (aka CEV) (x-mission #) ESMD PA-x Pad Abort (test sub-orbital flights) (x-mission #) ESMD PCOS-Lx Physics of the Cosmos Large class mission (x- mission#) (Flagship missions to be defined by Decadal Survey) SMD PCOS-Mx Phylsics of the Cosmos Program Medium class mission (x- mission #) SMD Planck Planck Surveyor [ESA launch] SMD RBSP Radiation Belt Storm Probes SMD SDO Solar Dynamics Observatory SMD Sentinels Solar Sentinel missions [ELV launch] SMD SET-x Space Experiments Testbeds (x-mission #) SMD SFW Subsonic Fixed Wing ARMD SMAP Soil Moisture Active-Passive SMD SMEX-xx SMall-class Explorer (xx- mission #) SMD SOFIA Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy [Aircraft first science flight] SMD X-SOF Estimated number of SOFIA aircraft science flights SMD Solar Orb Solar Orbiter mission SMD Solar Prbe Solar Probe mission SMD X-SR Estimated number of non-reimbursable sounding rocket launches SMD ST-7 Space Technology Mission #7 (US subsystem for ESA's LISA pathfinder SMD STP-x Solar Terrestrial Probe mission (x- mission #) SMD STS-x Shuttle Transportation System (x-mission #) SMD TBCC/RBCC Turbine Based Combined Cycle/Rocket Based Combined Cycle ARMD TDRS-X Tracking and Data Relay Satelite (X = next in sereies) SOMD TSTO Two-Stage to Orbit ARMD ULF Utilization Logistics Flight SOMD Venture-x Venture: Class of small, AO-selected missions (x-mission #) SMD WISE Wide-field Infrared Spectroscopic Explorer (MIDEX-6) SMD