Acronyms & Definitions


2D Two Dimensional
3D Three Dimensional
ASI Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
BDC Baseline Data Collection
CADMOS Centre d'Aide au Développement des activités en Micro-pesanteur et des Opérations Spatiales
CNES Centre National d'Études Spatiales
CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
COL Columbus Laboratory
CSA Canadian Space Agency
DLR Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V
DVD Digital Video Disc
EAC European Astronaut Centre
ESA European Space Agency
ESR Experiment Software Requirement
ESTEC European Space Research and Technology Centre
FD Flight Day
FGB Russian Segment
FRC Facility Responsible Centre
HMD Head Mounted Display
HSF Human Spaceflight
ICB Informed Consent Briefing
Inc Increment
IRB Institutional Review Board
IRIS Image Reversal In Space experiment
ISS International Space Station
ISU International Space University
JAXA Japanese Aerospace and Space Exploration Agency
JEM Japanese Experiment Module
JSC Johnson Space Center
L -/+ Launch Day - / + X [time]
LAB1 Destiny Laboratory
MD Medical Doctor
MSc Master of Science
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Op Nom Operations Nomenclature
PhD Doctorate of Philosophy
R -/+ Return Day - / + X [time]
RFx Reversible Figures Experiment
ROSCOSMOS Russian Space Agency
SSC Space Station Computer
UKSA United Kingdom Space Agency