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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