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Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations
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From page 38... ... B Acronyms and Abbreviations ALSEP -- the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package ASTP -- the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, a joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. mission ATP -- NASA's Advanced Technology Program Chang'e -- a Chinese National Space Administration lunar orbiter CHEX -- the NRC's Committee on the Human Exploration of Space ESMD -- NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate EVA -- Extravehicular activity ISRU -- in situ resource utilization KREEP -- lunar basalts that are rich in potassium, rare-earth elements, and phosphorus LCROSS -- the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, a secondary payload to be launched with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter LHB -- the Late Heavy Bombardment period, about 3.9 billion years ago LPRP -- the Lunar Precursor and Robotic Program of the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate LRO -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter LSAM -- NASA's Lunar Surface Access Module Lunar A -- a Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency lunar mission M3 -- Moon Mineralogy Mapper, an imaging spectrometer on the Indian Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission MER -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover SBE -- surface boundary exosphere SELENE -- Selenological and Engineering Explorer, a Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency lunar orbiter SIM -- the Apollo Scientific Instrument Module, which contained panoramic and mapping cameras, a gamma-ray spectrometer, a laser altimeter, and a mass spectrometer SMART-1 -- Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology, a European Space Agency lunar mission SMD -- NASA's Science Mission Directorate SPA -- the lunar South Pole-Aitken basin Vision -- NASA's Vision for Space Exploration 38 Read the entire page →

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... B Acronyms and Abbreviations ALSEP -- the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package ASTP -- the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, a joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. mission ATP -- NASA's Advanced Technology Program Chang'e -- a Chinese National Space Administration lunar orbiter CHEX -- the NRC's Committee on the Human Exploration of Space ESMD -- NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate EVA -- Extravehicular activity ISRU -- in situ resource utilization KREEP -- lunar basalts that are rich in potassium, rare-earth elements, and phosphorus LCROSS -- the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, a secondary payload to be launched with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter LHB -- the Late Heavy Bombardment period, about 3.9 billion years ago LPRP -- the Lunar Precursor and Robotic Program of the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate LRO -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter LSAM -- NASA's Lunar Surface Access Module Lunar A -- a Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency lunar mission M3 -- Moon Mineralogy Mapper, an imaging spectrometer on the Indian Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission MER -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover SBE -- surface boundary exosphere SELENE -- Selenological and Engineering Explorer, a Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency lunar orbiter SIM -- the Apollo Scientific Instrument Module, which contained panoramic and mapping cameras, a gamma-ray spectrometer, a laser altimeter, and a mass spectrometer SMART-1 -- Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology, a European Space Agency lunar mission SMD -- NASA's Science Mission Directorate SPA -- the lunar South Pole-Aitken basin Vision -- NASA's Vision for Space Exploration 38

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Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations Pages 38-38

Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Pages 38-38