| AAALAC | Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care |
| ANO | Authorized NASA Official |
| APHIS | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service |
| APRB | Animal Policy Review Board |
| ARC | Ames Research Center |
| AWA | Animal Welfare Act |
| C.F.R. | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CHMO | Chief Health and Medical Officer |
| CIOMS | Council for International Organization of Medical Sciences |
| COSPAR | Committee on Space Research |
| DEA | Drug Enforcement Agency |
| IACUC | Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees |
| ICLAS | International Council for Laboratory Animal Science |
| ILAR | Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources |
| IO | Institutional Officials |
| IRAC | Interagency Research Animal Committee |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |
| JSC | Johnson Space Center |
| NFACUP | NASA Flight Animal Care and Use Panel |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| OLAW | Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare |
| PHS | Public Health Service |
| PI | Principal Investigator |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| U.S.C. | United States Code |
| USDA | U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USOS | U.S. Operating Segment |
| VASR | Vertebrate Animal Science Review |
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