Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

|Fewer Letters|More Letters| |-------|---------|---| |CNSA|Chinese National Space Administration| |CRS|Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA| |ESA|European Space Agency| |ISRO|Indian Space Research Organisation| |JWST|James Webb infra-red Space Telescope| |NRHO|Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit| |NRO|(US) National Reconnaissance Office| | |Near-Rectilinear Orbit, see NRHO| |RP-1|Rocket Propellant 1 (enhanced kerosene)| |SLS|Space Launch System heavy-lift| |ULA|United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)|

|Jargon|Definition| |-------|---------|---| |Raptor|Methane-fueled rocket engine under development by SpaceX| |kerolox|Portmanteau: kerosene fuel, liquid oxygen oxidizer|

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