GLOSSARY

A
AA	Apollo Applications program
AAP	Apollo Applications Program
ABMA	Army Ballistic Missile Agency
AEC	Atomic Energy Commission
AEDC	Arnold Engineering Development Center
Aerojet	Aerojet General Corporation
AF	Air Force
All-Systems Vehicle	Non-flight stage used to checkout flight-worthiness of systems
AIAA	American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics
AMR	Atlantic Missile Range
AOMC	Army Ordnance Missile Command
Apollo	Project designation for manned lunar landing, also spacecraft for manned lunar landing
AS	Apollo/Saturn (specific payload and vehicle with a number, eg. AS-203)
ATM	Apollo Telescope Mount
B
Battleship Stage	Non-flight stage replica for engine tests
BP	Boilerplate
"Bug"	Lunar excursion module, landing unit of the Apollo spacecraft
C
C&SM	Command and Service Module
C-1	Saturn C-1, early nomenclature for Saturn I
C-3	Saturn C-3, Saturn configuration considered but not used
C-5	Saturn C-5, configuration adopted for lunar landing Apollo flights (renamed Saturn V in February 1963)
C-IB	Saturn C-IB, vehicle selected in 1962 for manned earth orbital flights with full Apollo spacecraft (renamed Saturn IB)
Cape Canaveral	Launch site, name changed to Kennedy Space Center in 1963
CCSD	Chrysler Corporation Space Division
CBTT	Common Bulkhead Test Tank
Chance-Vought	Saturn tank manufacturer, Dallas, Texas
Centaur	Vehicle for support of unmanned moon probes and other missions
CM	Command Module
Compromise	Later changed to Promise - barge transporter for Saturn boosters
CPFF	Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee contract
CPIF	Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee contract
D
DAC	Douglas Aircraft Corporaton
DOD	Department of Defense
Downey	S&ID S-II stage component fabrication and testing facility location
Douglas	Douglas Aircraft Corporation
Dyna Soar	Air Force spacecraft for earth orbital flight featuring "glider reentry"
DX rating	Highest national priority
E
EDS	Emergency Detection System
EFL	Edwards Field Laboratory
ESE	Electrical Support Equipment
EST	Eastern Standard Time
F
FAA	Federal Aviation Agency
Fairchild Stratos	Meteoroid satellite contractor
F-1 engine	Saturn V booster (S-IC stage) engine
FRT	Flight Rating Tests
G
GSE	Ground Support Equipment
H
H-1 engine	Saturn I booster (S-I stage) engine
High Water Project	SA-2 and SA-3 experiment; water from dummy second stage was released into the ionosphere
Huntington Beach	DAC S-IVB assembly facility in California
I
IBM	International Business Machine Corporation
IO	MSFC Industrial Operation organization
IU	Instrument Unit
J
J-2	Liquid hydrogen engine for S-IVB and S-II stages
JPL	Jet Propulsion Laboratory
K
K	Thousands of pounds of thrust
KSC	Kennedy Space Center, was Cape Canaveral until November 28, 1963
Kiwi-B	Nuclear reactor
L
LaRC	Langley Research Center
LC	Launch Complex
LH2	Liquid Hydrogen
LM	Lunar Module
LN	Liquid Nitrogen
LOC	Launch Operations Center
LOX	Liquid Oxygen
Lockheed	Lockheed Aircraft Company
LR-115	First liquid hydrogen type engine (Pratt & Whitney), early designation of RL10-A-3 engine
LR-119	Proposed uprated LR-115 engine (project was cancelled)
LSSM	Local Scientific Survey Module
LTV	Ling-Temco-Vought
LV	Launch Vehicle
LVDC	Launch Vehicle Digital Computer
M
McDonnell Douglas Corporation	Douglas Aircraft Company merged with McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, April 1967
MAF	Michoud Assembly Facility (formerly Michoud Operations)
Martin	Martin Company
ME	MSFC's Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
Michoud	NASA's Michoud Operations
Minneapolis-Honeywell	Minneapolis-Honeywell Incorporated name changed to Honeywell Incorporated
ML	Mobile Launcher
MSC	Manned Spacecraft Center
MSFC	George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
MSS	Mobile Service Structure
MSTS	Military Sea Transport Services
MTF	Mississippi Test Facility (at one time MTO) in Hancock County, Mississippi
N
NAA	North American Aviation, Inc.
NAR	North American Rockwell Corporation (name resulting from merger of NAA, Inc. and Rockwell-Standard Corp. Sept. 22, 1967)
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NERVA	Nuclear engine for RIFT stage
NOVA	Moon direct flight vehicle deferred in favor of Saturn V
P
P&VE	Proulsion and Vehicle Engineering Laboratory at MSFC
PCS	Pointing Control System
Pegasus	Meteoroid detection satellite
PFRT	Preliminary Flight Rating Test
P&W	Pratt & Whitney Company
R
R&D	Research and Development
RCA	Radio Corporation of America
Rocketdyne	Division of North American Aviation
RIFT	Reactor-In-Flight Test stage (nuclear power)
RP-1	A kerosene-type fuel
RL10-A-3	Liquid hydrogen engine for S-IV stage
S
S&ID	Space and Information Systems Division of North American Aviation
SA	Saturn I launch vehicle (with number signifies a specific vehicle such as SA-5)
S-I	Saturn I originally Saturn C-1 first stage
S-II	Saturn V second stage
S-IVB	Saturn V third stage
S-IC	Saturn V first stage
S-IV	Saturn I second stage
SACTO	Douglas Aircraft's Sacramento Test Facility
Santa Susana	Test site for S-II and S-IVB stage and J-2 engine
Santa Monica	Douglas Aircraft's fabrication facility at Santa Monica, California
Saturn I	Two-stage vehicle, with eight H-1 engines in first stage and six RL10 engines in second stage
Saturn IB	Two-stage vehicle, with eight H-1 engines in first stage and single J-2 engine in second stage
Saturn V	Three stage vehicle, with five F-1 engines in first stage, five J-2 engines in second stage, and single J-2 engine in third stage
Seal Beach	North American Aviation Assembly plant at Seal Beach, California
SLCC	Saturn Launch Control Computer
Slidell	A computer center that serves Michoud in Slidell, La.
SM	Service Module
SPS	Service Propulsion System
SRM	Solid Rocket Motor
SSFL	Santa Susana Field Laboratory
SSO	Saturn Systems Office
Sverdrup Parcell Company	Mississippi Test Facility design contractor
U
Uprated Saturn	Nomenclature used for S-IB for a short period of time
V
VAB	Vertical (Vehicle) Assembly Building
VCL	Vehicle Checkout Laboratory