GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND TERMS

ARM: Asteroid Retrieval Mission (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/initiative)

CLASS: Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science ()

EPO: Education and Public Outreach

EVA: Extra-Vehicular Activity

FSI: FloridaSpace Institute (http://fsi.ucf.edu)

HEOMD: Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate (http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo)

KSC: Kennedy Space Center (http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy)

MSFC: Marshall Space Flight Center (http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall)

NEA: Near-Earth Asteroid

SSERVI: Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (http://sservi.nasa.gov)

SMD: Science Mission Directorate (http://science.nasa.gov)

UCF: University of Central Florida (http://www.ucf.edu)

UF: University of Florida (http://www.ufl.edu)

Meteorite: a small piece of an extraterrestrial body, such as an asteroid, that has fallen to the Earth’s surface from space.

Regolith: layer of course material and fine dust that coats the rough, rocky bodies of the Solar System.