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Space Shuttle missions are hyphenated between the “STS” and the number (e.g., STS-51L, STS-107). - to be rotated 180°ree; CW by the astronaut only if the ground is unable to command the ASE "ON" and/or high bit rate (HBR) "ON", - activates ASE OPER SELECT and switches DATA PROCESSOR to ASE HBR ON, - initial position is CW (unpainted crescent to left), - to be rotated 180° CCW (cover all four trinagular shapes), - it must be CCW to operate the ASE, activates ASE STBY SELECT, switches DATA PROCESSOR to ASE HBR OFF (return to normal bit rate (NBR)), switched to interrupt ASE 29V OPER PWR line; safety feature, - if ALSEP fails to start up normally, upon request the astronaut rotates SW #1 CW and back CCW, - applies power to redundant Power Conditioning Unit (PCU 2), - CW rotation enables LSPE +29V-DC operational power line, CCW rotation inhibits the LSPE. CWG
Dennis R. Jenkins, Hypersonics Before the Shuttle: A Concise History of the X-15 Research Airplane (Washington, DC: NASA SP-2000-4518, 2000), http://history.nasa.gov/monograph18.pdf (accessed 28 October 2004). Names that would otherwise clutter the text, definitions that only a minority of your readers may need, and related matters that are worth telling but would distort the paragraph. Serial commas: Use a comma after each item in a series, except the last. See the list below for capitalization of words containing “sun” and “moon.”, Racial/ethnic/nationality terms: Lowercase “black” and “white” unless there are reasons for doing otherwise in your particular book. Homeland Security Act of 2002: Hearings on H.R. Examples: NFL,
. ), on orbit (prep. Give the size and condition of each major collection, e.g., “500 cubic feet, some records badly aged and nearly illegible.” If you examined less than the entire collection, what sampling system did you use? Size and format are not the criteria. phrase), NASA Headquarters, the headquarters (used generically), nose cone (but nosebleed, nosepiece, nosewheel), on-orbit (adj., adv. See “Figures and Tables” elsewhere in this guide for further information. These should appear in roman text with initial caps. Lowercase “a.m.” and “p.m.” (See “Clock Time” under “Measurements” above.). What can profitably go into notes? Do not feel obliged to discuss a source in the bibliography just because you have cited it in your notes. Some books published in the NASA History Series contain a bibliographic essay. ... CDR Commander. If a government report has no named author but is the product of an identifiable office or agency, then the office or agency is the author. You may combine abbreviation and category. cit.” You may not use “ibid.” if the previous note contains more than one source. (If this is the case, spell them out once and use abbreviations thereafter.) Make maximum use of abbreviations. August 2012 version
Marginal queries and suggestions are more likely to have a constructive effect than overt criticisms. 2007) NASA: Norfolk and Suffolk Animal Trust (UK) NASA: Nucleo de Afirmacion del Saber Andino (Spanish: Core Andean Affirmation of Knowledge; Peru) NASA: Navy Alpine Snowsports Association (Australia) NASA : Never Access Space Again (slang) Note: We have 173 other definitions for NASA … In long and complex titles, you may need to add more punctuation. For types of sources not covered below, always follow the Chicago Manual of Style. These should be discussed in descending order from most to least important. Comment on finding aids, accuracy of the inventories, consistency of filing systems and cross-referencing, completeness of files, presence of marginal notes, and buck slips on formal documents.