Acronyms and Abbreviations
- AACB
- Aeronautics and Astronautics Coordinating Board
- AAS
- American Astronautical Society
- AEC
- Atomic Energy Commission
- AGARD
- Advisory Group for Aerospace Research & Development
- AIAA
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- AMR
- Atlantic Mission Range
- ATDA
- Augmented Target Docking Adapter
- BMEWS
- Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
- BoB
- Bureau of the Budget (now the Office of Management and Budget)
- C-1, C-2
- configurations for the Nova launch vehicle
- C-2, C-3
- Saturn configurations
- Caltech
- California Institute of Technology
- CEV
- Crew Exploration Vehicle
- CIA
- Central Intelligence Agency
- DOD
- Department of Defense
- DX
- label for a high-priority program
- EST
- eastern standard time
- EVA
- extravehicular activity
- FCRC
- Federal Contracted Research Center
- FFRDC
- Federally Funded Research and Development Center
- fps
- feet per second
- FY
- fiscal year
- GAO
- Government Accounting Office
- GE
- General Electric
- HSS-2
- type of helicopter
- IBEW
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- IBM
- International Business Machines
- ICBM
- intercontinental ballistic missile
- ICD
- Interface Control Documents
- ISS
- International Space Station
- JPL
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- LEM
- lunar excursion module
- LOR
- lunar orbit rendezvous
- MA
- Mercury capsule with Atlas booster
- max-q
- maximum dynamic pressure
- MIT
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- mph
- miles per hour
- MQF
- Mobile Quarantine Facility
- MR
- Mercury Redstone rocket (usually with number, e.g., MR-3)
- MSC
- Manned Spacecraft Center
- MSFC
- Marshall Space Flight Center
- NAA
- North American Aviation
- NACA
- National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
- NASA
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- NATO
- North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- NBC
- National Broadcasting Company
- OMB
- Office of Management and Budget
- OMSF
- Office of Manned Spaceflight
- PAD
- Project Approval Document
- POGO effect
- longitudinal vibrations (as in the movement of a pogo stick)
- psi
- pounds per square inch
- R&D
- research and development
- R&R
- rest and relaxation
- RCA
- Radio Corporation of America
- RFP
- request for proposal
- RFQ
- request for quotation
- RIF
- reduction in force
- SAINT
- SAtellite INTerceptor
- SEPC
- Space Exploration Program Council
- SMS
- Sequenced Milestone System
- TIROS
- Television Infrared Observation Satellite Program
- TRW
- Thompson Ramo Woldridge
- UN
- United Nations
- USSR
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- V-1, V-2
- German "vengeance" weapons
- VAB
- Vertical Assembly Building