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NASA wishes to acknowledge the use of images provided by:

Canadian Space Agency

European Space Agency

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

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Acronym List

1P flight DLR German Aerospace Center HTV H-II Transfer Vehicle [JAXA] 1S flight DMS Data Management System IBMP Institute for Biomedical Problems AC Assembly Complete DOS Long-Duration Orbital Station ICC Integrated Cargo Carrier [Russian] ACU Arm Control Unit ICS Internal Communications System EADS European Aeronautic Defence ARC Ames Research Center IEA Integrated Equipment Assembly and Space Company ARIS Active Rack Isolation System IRU In-flight Refill Unit ECLSS Environmental Control and Life ATCS Active Thermal Control System Support System ISPR International Standard Payload Rack atm Atmospheres ECS Exercise Countermeasures System ISS International Space Station ATV Automated Transfer Vehicle, ECU Electronics Control Unit ITA Integrated Truss Assembly launched by Ariane [ESA] EDR European Drawer Rack ITS Integrated Truss Structure ATV-CC Automated Transfer Vehicle EDV Water Storage Container [Russian] IV-CPDS Intravehicular Charged Particle Control Centre Directional Spectrometer EF Exposed Facility BCA Battery Charging Assembly JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency EHS Environmental Health System BCDU Battery Charge Discharge Unit JEM Japanese Experiment Module ELC Express Logistics Carrier BSA Battery Stowage Assembly JEM-ELM Japanese Experiment Module- ELM Experiment Logistics Module CBM Common Berthing Mechanism Experiment Logistics Module EMU Extravehicular Mobility Unit CC Control Center JEM-ELM-EF Japanese Experiment Module- EPM European Physiology Module Experiment Logistics Module- CCAA Common Cabin Air Assembly EPS Electrical Power System Exposed Facility CCC Contaminant Control Cartridge JEM-ELM-ES ERA European Robotic Arm Japanese Experiment Module- CDRA Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly Experiment Logistics Module- ESA European Space Agency CETA Crew and Equipment Translation Exposed Section Aid/Assembly ESTEC European Space Research and JEM-ELM-PS Japanese Experiment Module- Technology Centre CEV Crew Exploration Vehicle Experiment Logistics Module- ETC European Transport Carrier Pressurized Section CEVIS Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System EVA Extravehicular Activity JEM-PM Japanese Experiment Module- Pressurized Module CHeCS Crew Health Care System ExPCA EXPRESS Carrier Avionics JEM-RMS Japanese Experiment Module- CMG Control Moment EXPRESS Expedite the Processing of Remote Manipulator System Experiments to the Space Station CMRS Crew Medical Restraint System JSC Johnson Space Center FGB CMS Countermeasures System kgf Kilogram Force FRAM Flight Releasable Attachment CNES Centre National D’Études Spatiales Mechanism kN Kilonewton [French space agency] FRGF Flight Releasable Grapple Fixture KSC Kennedy Space Center COF Columbus Orbital Facility NASA wishes to acknowledge the use of FSA , Russian Federal lbf Pound Force COL-CC Columbus Control Centre Space Agency LF Logistics Flight images provided by: COTS Commercial Orbital FSL Fluid Science Laboratory Transportation Services LiOH Lithium Hydroxide GASMAP Gas Analyzer System for Metabolic CPDS Charged Particle Directional LSS Life Support Subsystem Canadian Space Agency Analysis Physiology Spectrometer Mb Megabit GB Gigabyte European Space Agency CRPCM Canadian Remote Power MBS Mobile Base System Controller Module GCM Gas Calibration Module MBSU Main Bus Switching Unit CSA Canadian Space Agency GCTC Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency MCC Mission Control Center CTB Cargo Transfer Bag GN&C Guidance, Navigation, and Control MDM Multiplexer-Demultiplexer Roscosmos, the Russian Federal Space Agency CWC Contingency Water Container GLONASS Global Navigation Satellite System [Russian] MELFI Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory DC Docking Compartment; Freezer for ISS Direct Current GPS Global Positioning System MGBX Microgravity Science Glovebox DCSU Direct Current Switching Unit GRC Glenn Research Center MLE Middeck Locker Equivalent DDCU DC-to-DC Converter Unit GSC Guiana Space Center MLM Multipurpose Laboratory Module DDT&E Design, Development, Test, HMS Health Maintenance System MMOD Micrometeoroid/Orbital Debris and Evaluation HRF Human Research Facility (continued on page 96) International Space Station Guide Appendix Acronym List and Definitions 96

Acronym List (continued from page 95) Definitions

MMU Mass Memory Unit S0 or S Zero, Starboard trusses Assembly Complete S1, etc. MOC MSS Operations Complex Final integrated arrangement of ISS elements SARJ Assembly Stage MPLM Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Solar (Array) Alpha Rotation Joint SAFER Integrated arrangement of ISS elements MSFC Marshall Space Flight Center Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue Berthing SASA S-Band Antenna Structural Assembly MSS Mobile Servicing System Linking of two , modules, or elements; SAW MT Mobile Transporter Solar Array Wing uses apparatus with wide internal hatch SFOG NASA National Aeronautics and Solid Fuel Oxygen Generator Docking Space Administration SFP Space Flight Participant Linking of two spacecraft; uses apparatus with narrow internal hatch NAVSTAR Navigation Signal Timing and SGANT Space-to-Ground Antenna Element Ranging [U.S. satellite] SM A structural component such as a module or NPO Production Enterprise [Russian] SPDM Special Purpose Dexterous truss segment NTO Nitrogen Tetroxide Manipulator Expedition NTSC National Television Standards SS A stay on board the ISS; the long-duration crew Committee SSA Space Suit Assembly during a stay on the ISS OMS Orbital Maneuvering System SSIPC Space Station Integration and Increment OGS Oxygen Generation System Promotion Center Period of time from launch of a vehicle rotating ISS crewmembers to the undocking of the return ORU Orbital Replacement Unit SSRMS Space Station Remote vehicle for that crew OVC Oxygen Ventilation Circuit Manipulator System Mission SSU Sequential Shunt Unit P1, P6, etc. Port trusses Flight of a “visiting” Space Shuttle, Soyuz, or other STS PCAS Passive Common Attach System Space Transportation System vehicle not permanently attached to the ISS TCS PDA Payload Disconnect Assembly Thermal Control System Module TDRS Tracking and Data Relay Satellite An internally pressurized element intended PDGF Payload Data Grapple Fixture for habitation TEPC PLSS Primary Life Support System Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter Multiplexer PM Pressurized Module A computer that interleaves multiple data TKS Orbital Transfer System PMA Pressurized Mating Adapter management functions TKSC Tsukuba Space Center POC Payload Operations Center; Nadir Primary Oxygen Circuit TMA Transportation Modified Directly below, opposite zenith Anthropometric PROX OPS Proximity Operations Port TMG Thermal Micrometeoroid Garment Left side, opposite starboard PSA Power Supply Assembly TNSC Tanegashima Space Center Rendezvous PSC Physiological Signal Conditioner TORU Progress Remote Control Unit Movement of two spacecraft toward one another PTCS Passive Thermal Control System [Russian] Space Flight Participant PVGF Power Video Grapple Fixture TSC Telescience Support Center Nonprofessional astronaut PVR Photovoltaic Radiator TSS Temporary Sleep Station Starboard Right side, opposite port RED Resistive Exercise Device TSUP Moscow Mission Control Zenith RGA Rate Gyro Assembly TVIS Treadmill Vibration Isolation System Directly above, opposite nadir RM Research Module UDMH Unsymmetrical Dimethylhydrazine RMS Remote Manipulation, UF Utilization Flight Manipulator System UHF Ultra-High Frequency RPC Remote Power Controller ULF Utilization and Logistics Flight rpm Revolutions Per Minute UMA Umbilical Mating Assembly ROEU-PDA Remotely Operated Electrical Umbilical-Power Distribution USOC User Support and Operations Centre Assembly VDC Voltage, Direct Current RPCM Remote Power Controller Module VDU Video Distribution Unit RSC Rocket and Space Corporation VOA Volatile Organic Analyzer RV Reentry Vehicle WRS Water Recovery System S&M Structures and Mechanisms Z1 Zenith 1, a truss segment