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Astronautics
Space transport engineering, spaceflight engineering, astronautics, astronautical engineering, cosmonautics, rocketry, spacecraft, rockets and missiles.
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| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| A&L | Approach and Landing | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| A&P | Attitude and Pointing | In English | |
| A&R | Astronomie und Raumfahrt | In German | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| AAA | Astronaut-Actuated Abort | In English | |
| AAA | Association des Astronautes Autonomes | In French | → Associations |
| AACCS | Analytical Approach to Candidate Constellation Selection | In English | → Astronomy |
| AACS | Attitude and Articulation Control Subsystem | In English | |
| AACS | Attitude and Antenna Control System | In English | → Telecommunications |
| AADS | Ascent Air Data System | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AAE | Abort Advisory Equipment | In English | |
| AAFE | Advanced Applications Flight Equipment | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AAIR | Advanced Atmospheric sounder and Imaging Radiometer | In English | → Meteorology, climatology |
| AAM | Federal Aviation Administration Office of Aviation Medicine | In English | → Central administration → Medicine |
| AAO | Astronaut Activities Office | In English | |
| AAP | Analog Autopilot | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AAS | Abort Advisory System | In English | |
| ABE | Air-Based Electronics | In English | → Electronics |
| ABM | Apogee Boost Motor | In English | |
| ABPS | Air-Breathing Propulsion System | In English | → Military engineering |
| ABRIXAS | Broadband Imaging X-ray All-sky Survey | In English | → Astronomy |
| ABS | Ammonia Boiler System | In English | |
| ACA | Altitude Controller Assembly | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ACA | Attitude Controller Assembly | In English | |
| AcAAS | Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica | In Latin | → Serial publications, periodicals → Aeronautics, aircraft → China |
| AcAau | Acta Astronautica | In Latin | → Serial publications, periodicals |
| ACC | Aft Cargo Compartment | In English | |
| ACC | Auxiliary Crew Compartment | In English | |
| ACCESS | Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structure | In English | |
| ACDNS | Attitude Control, Determination & Navigation | In English | |
| ACDS | Attitude Control and Determination System | In English | |
| ACE | Attitude Control Electronics | In English | → Electronics → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ACEU | AeroControl Electronics Unit | In English | → Electronics → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ACF | Aviation Club de France (www.aviationclubdefrance.com) | In French | → Organizations and associations → France |
| ACIL | Automatic Controlled Instrument Landing | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ACLS | Automated Control and Landing System | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ACME | Attitude Control and Maneuvering Electronics | In English | → Electronics → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ACP | Astronaut Control Panel | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| ACPM | Attitude Control Propulsion Motor | In English | → Mechanical engineering |
| ACPS | Attitude Control Propulsion System | In English | |
| ACRC | Assured Crew Return Capability | In English | |
| ACRS | Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| ACS | Aft Crew Station | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ACS | Altitude Control and Stabilization | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ACS | Atmosphere Control System | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ACS | Attitude Control and Stabilization | In English | |
| ACS | Attitude Control System | In English | |
| ACTS | Advanced Communications Technology Satellite | In English | → Telecommunications |
| ACTS | Advanced Communication Technology Satellite | In English | → Telecommunications |
| ADAC | Attitude Determination And Control | In English | |
| ADACS | Attitude Determination And Control System | In English | |
| ADC | Aerospace Defense Command | In English | → 358 → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ADC | Attitude Determination & Control | In English | |
| ADCN | Attitude Determination, Control & Navigation | In English | |
| AdEOA | Advances in Earth Oriented Applications and Space Technology | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Earth sciences |
| ADEOS | Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (http://kuroshio.eorc.jaxa.jp/ADEOS/) | In English | → Earth sciences → Japan |
| ADFRF | Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility | In English | |
| ADFRF | Ames/Dryden Flight Research Facility | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ADI | Attitude Direction Indicator | In English | |
| ADP | Air Data Probe | In English | |
| ADPA | Air Data Probe Assembly | In English | |
| ADS | Air Data Sensor | In English | |
| ADS | Air Data System | In English | |
| ADS | Ascent Design System | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ADS | Attitude Determination Subsystem | In English | |
| ADS | Attitude Display System | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| ADT | Air Data Transfer | In English | |
| ADTA | Air Data Transducer Assembly | In English | |
| AE&AT | Aircraft Engineering & Aerospace Technology | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AeAm | Aerospace America | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Aeronautics, aircraft → United States |
| AEB | Aft Equipment Bay | In English | |
| AEC | Aft End Cone | In English | |
| AEC | Aft Events Controller | In English | |
| AeCh | Aerospace China | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Aeronautics, aircraft → China |
| AeCM | Aerospace Composites Materials | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Materials science → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AECMA | Association Européenne des Constructeurs de Matériel Aérospatial | In French | → Associations → Aeronautics, aircraft → Europe |
| AECS | Automated Entry Control System | In English | |
| AED | Aerospace Electrical Division | In English | → Electrical engineering → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AEDC | Arnold Engineering Development Center | In English | → Research institutes → Aeronautics, aircraft → United States |
| AeDy | Aerospace Dynamics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Aerodynamics → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AeEn | Aerospace Engineering | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AEGRS | ASEAN Experts Group on Remote Sensing | In English | → Geodesy, cartography |
| AeMat | Aerospace Materials | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Materials science → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AeMed | Aerospace Medicine | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Medicine → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AerRv | Revue Aérospatiale | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AES | Atmosphere Exchange System | In English | |
| AeSc | Collection of Papers on Aerospace Science | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AET | Aerosurface End-to-end Test | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AF | Aft Fuselage | In English | |
| AFAL | Air Force Astronautics Laboratory | In English | → Research institutes → 358 → United States |
| AFC | Automatic Flight Control | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AFCS | Automatic Flight Control System | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AFD | Aft Flight Deck | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AFDE | Aft Flight Deck Equipment | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AFDO | Aft Flight Deck Operator | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AFDR | Ascent Flight Design Review | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AFO | Abort From Orbit | In English | |
| AFO | Announced Flight Opportunity | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AFP | Ariane-Furnished Property | In English | |
| AFRPL | Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory | In English | → Research institutes → 358 → United States |
| AFS | Ascent Flight System | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AFSAT | Air Force Satellite | In English | → 358 → United States |
| AFSATCOM | Air Force Satellite Communication(s) | In English | → 358 → Telecommunications → United States |
| AFSC | Air Force Space Command | In English | → 358 → United States |
| AFSCF | Air Force Satellite Control Facility | In English | → 358 → United States |
| AFSCF | Air Force Space Command Facility | In English | → 358 → United States |
| AFSCN | Air Force Satellite Control Network | In English | → 358 → United States |
| AFSCN | Air Force Space Command Network | In English | → 358 → Astronomy → United States |
| AFSCS | Air Force Satellite Communications System | In English | → 358 → Telecommunications → United States |
| AFSD | Air Force Space Division | In English | → 358 → Astronomy → United States |
| AFSIG | Ascent Flight System Integration Group | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AFSLV | Air Force Space Launch Vehicle | In English | → 358 → United States |
| AFSSD | Air Force Space Systems Division | In English | → 358 → United States |
| AFSTC | Air Force Satellite Test Center | In English | → 358 → United States |
| AFSTC | Air Force Space Technology Center | In English | → 358 → United States |
| AFSTC | Air Force Space Technology Command | In English | → 358 → United States |
| AFT | Atmospheric Flight Test | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AFTA | Aft Frame Tilt Actuator | In English | |
| AFTS | Aft Fuselage Thrust Structure | In English | |
| AG | Artificial Gravity | In English | |
| AGAA | Attitude Gyro Accelerometer Assembly | In English | |
| AGAP | Attitude Gyro Accelerometer Package | In English | |
| AGC | Apollo Guidance Computer | In English | → Computer hardware |
| AGCU | Attitude Gyro Coupling Unit | In English | |
| AGE | Aerospace Ground Equipment | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AGILE | Astrorivelatore Gamma ad Immagini LEggero | In Italian | → Astronomy |
| AGMC | Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AGOES | Advanced Geosynchronous Observation Environment Satellite | In English | |
| AGS | Abort Guidance System | In English | |
| AGS | Antigravity Suit | In English | |
| AGS | ASPS Gimbal System | In English | |
| AHI | Artificial Horizon Indicator | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AHRS | Attitude Heading Reference System | In English | |
| AHS | Aft Heat Shield | In English | |
| AI | Airspeed Indicator | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AI | Altimeter Indicator | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AI | Altitude Indicator | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AIAA | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (https://www.aiaa.org) | In English | → Research institutes → Aeronautics, aircraft → United States |
| AIAAJ | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Aeronautics, aircraft → United States |
| AIAD | Federazione Aziende Italiane per l'Aerospazio, la Difesa e la Sicurezza (www.aiad.it) | In Italian | → Organizations and associations → Aeronautics, aircraft → Military engineering → Italia |
| AIASJ | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Journal | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Aeronautics, aircraft → United States |
| AIDE | Aerospace Installation Diagnostic Equipment | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AIL | Avionics Integration Laboratories | In English | → Research institutes |
| AILAS | Automatic Instrument Landing Approach System | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AILS | Automatic Instrument Landing System | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AIOD | Ascent Insertion On-Orbit Deorbit | In English | |
| AirCo | Air et Cosmos (www.air-cosmos.com) | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AirSp | Air and Space | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AIT | Autoignition Test | In English | |
| AIU | Abort Interface Unit | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| AL | Approach and Landing | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ALAS | Approach/Landing Autopilot Subsystem | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ALASAT | Air-Launched Antisatellite | In English | → Military engineering |
| ALC | Aft Load Controller | In English | |
| ALCA | Aft Load Controller Assembly | In English | |
| ALDP | Advanced Launch Development Program | In English | |
| ALERT | Acute Launch Emergency Reliability Tip | In English | |
| ALERT | Acute Launch Emergency Restraint Tip | In English | |
| ALEXIS | Array of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors | In English | → Astronomy |
| ALFA | Air-Lubricated Free Attitude | In English | |
| ALFT | Approach and Landing Flight Test | In English | |
| ALOS | Advanced Land Observing Satellite | In English | → Earth sciences |
| ALPS | Approach and Landing Procedures Simulator | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ALRC | Aerojet Liquid Rocket Company | In English | |
| ALS | Advanced Launch System | In English | |
| ALS | Airlock System | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ALS | Alternative Landing Site | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ALS | Approach/Landing System | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ALS | Automatic Landing System | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ALSA | Astronaut Life Support Assembly | In English | |
| ALSE | Astronaut Life Support Equipment | In English | |
| ALSEMP | ALS Engineering Management Plan | In English | → Management |
| ALSGEM | ALS Global Evaluation Module | In English | |
| ALSS | Advanced Life Support System | In English | |
| ALSS | Airlock Support System (Subsystem) | In English | |
| ALSSSWG | ALS System Security Working Group | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| ALT | Approach and Landing Test | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ALTR | Approach and Landing Test Requirement | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ALVIB | Algorithm Payload Vibration | In English | → Acoustical engineering |
| AM | Airlock Module | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AMC | Aft Motor Controller | In English | |
| AMCA | Aft Motor Controller Assembly | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AME | Abort Maneuver Evaluator | In English | |
| AMEC | Aft Master Events Controller | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AMF | Abort Motor Facility | In English | |
| AMG | Angle of the Middle Gimbal | In English | |
| AMLS | Advanced Manned Launch System | In English | |
| AMO | Aerospace Medical Operations | In English | → Medicine → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AMOOS | Advanced Maneuvering Orbit-to-Orbit Shuttle | In English | |
| AMRV | Astronaut Maneuvering Vehicle | In English | |
| AMSR | Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer | In English | → Earth sciences |
| AMU | Astronaut Maneuvering Unit | In English | |
| AMU | Attitude Match Update | In English | |
| ANARS | Autonomous Navigation and Attitude Reference System | In English | |
| ANS | Astronomical Netherlands Satellite | In English | → Astronomy |
| AOA | Abort Once Around | In English | |
| AOCS | Attitude and Orbit Control System | In English | |
| AOCS | Attitude and Orbit Control Subsystem | In English | |
| AOES | Advanced Orbit Ephemeris System | In English | |
| AOFEE | Advanced Orbiter Flight Evaluation Experiment | In English | |
| AOL | Area Of Launch | In English |