ACRONYM |
DEFINITION |
CONTRIBUTOR |
v |
volt (Symbol) (SI unit of electric
potential difference) |
Langley |
V&T |
Verification and Test |
Goddard |
V&V |
Verification and Validation |
Goddard |
V/F |
Voltage-to-Frequency |
Goddard |
V/STOL |
Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing |
CASI |
V/T |
Voltage/Temperature |
Goddard |
VAB |
Vehicle Assembly Building (KSC NASA) (Also
SAB Satellite (or Spacecraft) Assembly Building) |
CASI |
VAC |
Volts Alternating Current |
Goddard |
Vac |
Volts Alternating Current |
CASI |
VADE |
Vandenberg Automatic Data Evaluation |
CASI |
VAFB |
Vandenberg Air Force Base |
CASI |
VAL |
Vehicle Assembler/Loader |
Goddard |
VALT |
VTOL Automatic Landing Technology (Program) |
CASI |
VANG 1 |
Variable Area Nozzle Gas Injection |
CASI |
VAP |
Verification and Acceptance Program |
Goddard |
VAS |
Variable Angle Scatterometer |
CASI |
VAS |
VISSR Atmospheric Sounder |
CASI |
VAS/CCOPE |
Vertical Atmospheric Sounder/Cooperative Convective
Precipitation Experiment |
CASI |
VASC |
Virginia Air and Space Center |
Langley |
VASI |
Visual Approach Slope Indicator |
CASI |
VASIMR |
Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket |
CASI |
VASLA |
Virginia Chapter Special Libraries
Assocation |
Langley |
VAST |
Versatile Avionics Shop Test System |
CASI |
VATA |
Vertical Assembly and Test Area |
Goddard |
VATS |
Vertical Assembly Test Stand |
Goddard |
VAX |
Virtual Address Extender |
Goddard |
VC |
Virtual Channel |
Goddard |
VCD |
Vapor Compression Distillation |
CASI |
VCDU |
Virtual Channel Data Unit [CCSDS] |
Goddard |
VCE |
Variable Cycle Engine |
CASI |
VCG |
Vapor Crystal Growth |
CASI |
VCHP |
Variable Conductance Heat Pipe |
Goddard |
VCHS |
Visibly Clean Highly Sensitive |
Goddard |
VCID |
Virtual Channel Identification
(CCSDS) |
Goddard |
VCIP |
Volcano-Climate Interaction Program |
Langley |
VCL |
Vegetation Canopy Lidar Mission |
Goddard |
VCLAD |
Vertical Cavity Laser Amplifier Detector |
CASI |
VCM |
Velocity Control Mode |
CASI |
VCM |
Volatile Condensable Material |
Goddard |
VCO |
Voltage Controlled Oscillator |
CASI |
VCP |
Virtual Control Panel |
Goddard |
VC-PDU |
Virtual Channel-Protocol Data Unit |
Goddard |
VCR |
Video Cassette Recorder |
CASI |
VCS |
Vapor Cooled Shields |
Goddard |
VCS |
Vapor Cooled Shroud |
Goddard |
VCS |
Vehicle Computer Simulation |
Goddard |
VCS |
Voice Controlled System |
CASI |
VCWS |
Velocity vector Control Wheel Steering |
CASI |
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VDA |
Vacuum Deposited Aluminum |
Goddard |
VDA |
Vapor-Deposited Aluminum |
Goddard |
VDC |
VCL Data Center |
Goddard |
VDC |
Voltage Direct Current |
Goddard |
Vdc |
Volts Direct Current |
CASI |
VDD |
Version Description Document |
Goddard |
VDE |
Valve Drive Electronics |
Goddard |
VDMA |
Verbund Deutscher Maschinen und Anlagenbau
eV |
CASI |
VDOP |
Vertical Dilution of Precision |
CASI |
VDS |
Vehicle Dynamics Simulation |
Goddard |
VDS |
Voice Distribution System |
Goddard |
VDT |
Video Display Terminal |
CASI |
VDU |
Visual Display Unit |
Goddard |
VE |
Value Engineering |
Langley |
VEFR |
Vehicle Frame |
Goddard |
VEM |
Vibro Elastic Material |
Goddard |
VEMAP |
Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and
Analysis Project |
Goddard |
VER |
Vertical Ejection Rack (for bomb ejection) |
CASI |
VERSACOMM |
Versatile Contour Measuring Machine |
CASI |
VESPER |
Venus Sounder for Planetary Explorer |
Goddard |
VEST |
Vehicle Electrical System Test |
Goddard |
VETIME |
Vehicle Elapsed Time Word |
Goddard |
VEU |
Very Extreme Ultraviolet |
CASI |
VEUV |
Very Extreme Ultraviolet |
CASI |
VFR |
Visual Flight Rules |
CASI |
VFT |
Visual Function Test in Space |
CASI |
VGA |
Video Graphics Adaptor |
Goddard |
VGH |
Velocity Gravity Height |
CASI |
VGP |
Virtual Geomagnetic Poles |
CASI |
VGRF |
Variable Gravity Research Facility |
CASI |
VGT |
Variable Geometry Truss |
Langley |
VHBW |
Very High Speed BlackandWhite (film) |
CASI |
VHDL |
VHSIC (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit)
Hardware Description Language |
CASI |
VHDL |
Vhsic Hardware Description Language |
Langley |
VHF |
Very High Frequency |
CASI |
VHOL |
Very High Order Language |
CASI |
VHRR |
Very High Resolution Radiometer |
CASI |
VHRS |
Visible and Infrared Imaging Radiometer
Suite |
Goddard |
VHSIC |
Very High Speed Integrated Circuit |
Goddard |
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VI |
Vegetation Index |
Goddard |
Vi |
Internal Velocity |
CASI |
VIAF |
Virtual International Authority File |
CASI |
vib |
vibration (Printing) |
Langley |
VIC |
Variable Infiltration Capacity |
Goddard |
VIC |
Vehicle Identification Code |
Goddard |
VICAR |
Video Image Communication and Retrieval |
CASI |
VICI |
Velocity Indicating Coherent Integrator Electronic
Countermeasure |
CASI |
VID |
Vehicle Identification |
Goddard |
VIF |
Vertical Integration Facility |
Goddard |
VIK |
Voltage Improvement Kit |
Goddard |
VIL |
Volume Imaging Lidar |
CASI |
VIM |
Visual Inspection Module |
CASI |
VIMS |
Visible and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer |
CASI |
VIP |
Virtual Interface Processor |
Goddard |
VIPOR |
Visual Investigation Program on Orbiter Operations |
CASI |
VIPR |
Video Imaging and Photographic
Requirements System |
Goddard |
VIPS |
Video Image Processing System |
Langley |
VIR |
Visible Infrared Radar |
CASI |
VIRA |
Venus International Reference Atmosphere |
Goddard |
VIRGO |
Variability of solar Irradiance
and Gravity Oscillations |
Goddard |
VIRGS |
VISSR Image Registration and Gridding System |
CASI |
VIRS |
Visible Infrared Scanner |
Goddard |
VIRSR |
Visible Infrared Scanning Radiometer |
Goddard |
VIS |
Visible (or visibility) |
Langley |
VIS/UV |
Visual/Ultraviolet |
CASI |
VISAR |
Velocity Interferometer System for Any Reflector |
CASI |
VISAR |
Video Image Stabilization And Registration |
CASI |
VISSR |
Visible and Infrared Spin Scan
Radiometer on GOES |
Langley |
VISSR |
Visible-Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
(NASA) |
Langley |
VISSR |
Visible Infrared SpinScan Radiometer (GOES
B and C) |
CASI |
VIT |
Technical Research Centre of Finland |
Goddard |
ViTS |
Video Teleconferencing System |
Goddard |
VLA |
Verification Loads Analysis |
Goddard |
VLA |
Very Large Array |
CASI |
VLBA |
Very Long Baseline Array |
CASI |
VLBI |
Very Long Baseline Interferometry |
CASI |
VLF |
Very Low Frequency |
CASI |
VLIW |
Very Long Instruction Word |
CASI |
VLS |
Vandenberg Launch and Landing Site |
CASI |
VLSI |
Very Large Scale Integration |
CASI |
VLSIC |
Very Large Scale Integrated Circuit |
CASI |
VM |
Virtual Manufacturing |
Langley |
VM |
Virtual Memory |
CASI |
VMAG |
Vector Magnetometer |
Goddard |
VMD |
Vertical Magnetic Dipole |
CASI |
VMIC |
VME Microsystems International
Corporation (company) |
Goddard |
VML |
Vibration Monitor Limiter |
Goddard |
VMS |
Virtual Memory System |
Goddard |
VMS |
Visual Motion Simulator |
Langley |
VNAV |
Vertical Navigation |
CASI |
VNIR |
Visible and Near Infrared |
Goddard |
VNIR |
Visible and Near-Visible Infrared |
Langley |
VNIR |
Visible Near Infrared |
CASI |
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VOC |
Volatile Organic Compounds |
Goddard |
VOC |
Voltage Open Circuit |
Goddard |
VOCC |
VEST Operations Control Center |
Goddard |
VOI |
Venus Orbit Insertion |
Goddard |
VOIR |
Venus Orbiting Imaging Radar |
CASI |
VOLT |
Visual Observation Layout Tool |
CASI |
VOR |
Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range |
CASI |
VOR/DME |
Very High Frequency Omni-directional Range/Distance
Measuring Equipment |
CASI |
VOTS |
Voice Teleconferencing Services |
Goddard |
VOX |
Voice-Operated Transmission |
CASI |
VP |
Verification Plan |
Goddard |
VP |
Visibility Period |
Goddard |
VPA |
Variable Power Amplifier |
CASI |
VPF |
Vertical Processing Facility |
Goddard |
VPGS |
VCL Precision Geolocation System |
Goddard |
VPHD |
Vertical Payload Handling Device |
Goddard |
VPI&SU |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University |
Langley |
VPPA |
Variable Polarity Plasma Arc |
CASI |
VPU |
Video Processing Unit |
Goddard |
VR |
Virtual Recorder |
Goddard |
VR |
Visiting Researcher |
Goddard |
VRAM |
Video Random Access Memory |
Goddard |
VRCS |
Vernier Reaction Control System |
Goddard |
VRM |
Venus Radar Mapper |
CASI |
VRM |
Viscous Remanence Magnetization |
CASI |
VRML |
Virtual Reality Modeling Language |
CASI |
VRSD |
Verification Requirements and Specification
Document |
Goddard |
VRV |
Visual Range Visibility |
CASI |
VS |
Verification Specification |
Goddard |
VSA |
Vibrating String Accelerometer |
CASI |
VSB |
Vestigial Sideband |
CASI |
VSI |
Velocity and Steering Indicator |
CASI |
VSI |
VLBI Standard Interface |
CASI |
VSL |
Viscous Shock Layer |
Langley |
VSMF |
Visual Search Microfiche Film (Trademark)
(Computer science) |
Langley |
VSOP |
VLBI Space Observatory Program |
CASI |
VSWR |
Voltage Standing Wave Ratio |
CASI |
VTAM |
Virtual Telecommunications Access
Method |
Langley |
VTF |
Valve Testing Facility (for HTAH for magnetohydrodynamics
power plants) |
CASI |
VTL |
Vertical Tracking Log |
Goddard |
VTOL |
Vertical Takeoff and Landing |
CASI |
VTPR |
Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer |
CASI |
VTR |
Video Tape Recorder |
CASI |
VTRE |
Vented Tank Resupply Experiment |
Langley |
VUE |
Visible-light/Ultraviolet Experiment |
Goddard |
VXI |
VME bus Extension for Instrumentation |
Goddard |
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