Glossary of Acronyms


ALCC     Apollo Lunar Closeup (Stereoscopic) Camera
ALFMED   Apollo Light Flashes Moving Emulsion Detector
ALHT     Apollo Lunar Hand Tools
ALSD     Apollo Lunar Surface Drill
ALSEP    Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package
ASE      Active Seismic Experiment
ASP      Apollo Simple Penetrometer
CCIG     Cold Cathode Ion Gauge
CCG(E)   Cold Cathode Gauge (Experiment)
CDR     	Commander
CM      	Command Module
CMP     	Command Module Pilot
CPLEE   	Charged Particle Lunar Environment Experiment
CRD(E)  	Cosmic Ray Detector (Experiment)
CSM     	Command/Service Module
DRT     	Dome Removal Tool 
DTREM   	Dust, Thermal, & Radiation Engineering Measurements
EASEP   	Early Apollo Scientific Experiment Package
EMI     	Electromagnetic Interference
EMU     	Extravehicular Mobility Unit
EOS     	Electrophoresis Operations in Space
ETB     	Equipment Transfer Bag
eV      	Electron Volts
EVA     	Extravehicular Activity
FTT     	Fuel Transfer Tool
HFC     	Heat Flow and Convection
HFE     	Heat Flow Experiment
IVA     	Intravehicular Activity
JPL     	Jet Propulsion Lab
JSC     	Johnson Space Center
LACE    	Lunar Atmosphere Composition Experiment
LCRU    	Lunar Communications Relay Unit
LDD     	Lunar Dust Detector
LDEF    	Long-Duration Exposure Facility
LEAM    	Lunar Ejecta and Meteorites
LEC     	Lunar Equipment Conveyor
LM      	Lunar Module
LMP     	Lunar Module Pilot
LMS     	Lunar Mass Spectrometer
LNPE    	Lunar Neutron Probe Experiment
LPM     	Lunar Portable Magnetometer
LRRR,    LR3	Laser Ranging Retroreflector
LRV     	Lunar Rover Vehicle
LSCRE   	Lunar Surface Cosmic Ray Experiment
LSG     	Lunar Surface Gravimeter
LSM     	Lunar Surface Magnetometer
LSPE    	Lunar Seismic Profiling Experiment
LSUC    	Lunar Surface Ultraviolet Camera
LTD     	Liquid Transfer Demonstration
MCC     	Mission Control Center
MESA    	Modularized Equipment Stowage Assembly
MET     	Modularized Equipment Transporter 
MPA     	Mortar Package Assembly
MSC     	Manned Spacecraft Center
PI      	Principal Investigator
PLSS    	Portable Life Support System
PSE(P)  	Passive Seismic Experiment (Package)
RTG     	Radioisotope Thermal Generator
SEB     	Scientific Equipment Bay
SEP   	  Surface Electrical Properties Experiment
SIDE  	  Suprathermal Ion Detector Experiment
SIVB    	Saturn launch vehicle 3rd stage
SNAP-27 	System for Nuclear Auxiliary Power 
SM      	Service Module
SRC     	Sample Return Containers
SRP     	Self-Recording Penetrometer
SWC     	Solar Wind Composition
SWS     	Solar Wind Spectrometer
TDS     	Thermal Degradation Samples
TGE     	Traverse Gravimeter Experiment
UHT     	Universal Handling Tool
UVC     	Ultraviolet Camera

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