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AFL Astrobiology Field Laboratory

ASTEP Astrobiology Science and Technology Instrument Development

ASTID Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets

DSN Deep Space Network

IRTF Infrared Telescope Facility

JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory

MAO Mars Upper Atmosphere Orbiter

MEP Mars Exploration Program

MEPAG Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group

MER Mars Exploration Rover

MIDP Mars Instrument Development Program

ML3N Mars Long-Lived Lander Network

MQF Mars Quarantine Facility

MRO Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

MSL Mars Science Laboratory

MSR Mars Sample Return

MSTO Mars Science and Telecommunications Orbiter

NRC National Research Council

NSF National Science Foundation

PI principal investigator

PIDDP Planetary Instrument Definition and Development Program

R&A research and analysis

SSB Space Studies Board

SSE solar system exploration

VSE Vision for Space Exploration

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