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AMU
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Astronaut Maneuvering Unit
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Apollo
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NASA project that landed astronauts on the Moon
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CCA
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Communications Carrier Assembly
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CCC
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Contaminant Control Cartridge
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Composite Material
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Substance derived by combining two or more materials such as glass
fibers and epoxy
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DCM
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Displays and Control Module
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EEH
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EMU Electrical Harness
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EMU
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Extravehicular Mobility Unit
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EVA
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Extravehicular Activity; Extravehicular Visor Assembly
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Gemini
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NASA project that pioneered space flight technologies for spacecraft
rendezvous and docking and spacewalking
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HHMU
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Hand-Held Maneuvering Unit
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HUT
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Hard Upper Torso
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IDB
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In-Suit Drink Bag
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ISS
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International Space Station
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Joule
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One newton meter or 1 kg • m2/s2
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Kilopascal
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Metric pressure unit; one pound per square inch pressure equals
6.895 kilopascals
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Kinetic Energy
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Energy in motion
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LCVG
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Liquid Cooling-and-Ventilation Garment
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MAG
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Maximum Absorption Garment
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Microgravity
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An environment, produced by free-fall, that alters the local effects
of gravity and makes objects seem weightless
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Micrometeoroid
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Tiny particle of space debris (natural or artificial) ravling at
high speed through space
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MMU
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Manned Maneuvering Unit
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Mercury
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The NASA project that launched the first U.S. astronauts into space
and demonstrated that humans could live and work in space
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ORU
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Orbital replacement unit
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PLSS
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Primary Life-Support System
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Regolith
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Sediment derived directly from igneous rock and not containing
any organically-derived materials
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RMS
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Remote Manipulator System
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SCU
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Service and Cooling Umbilical
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Skylab
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First U.S. space station
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SOP
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Secondary Oxygen Pack
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SAFER
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Self-rescue rocket backpack device for use during spacewalks around
the International Space Station
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Space Shuttle
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Reusable spaceship currently used for all U.S. manned space missions
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Spacewalk
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Extravehicular activity
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Sublimation
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Change of state of matter from a solid to a gas
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