Contemporary NASA and ESA terms

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terms spotted in Nasa, ESA, Space

X, rocket launches.

also includes Blue Origin, Spacex, Virgin Galactic terms.

circa 2014-2017

adding terms that pop up in the space agencies' videos, tweets, and new conferences.

Nov 9: Edit to add- preferably, would like to see words as they appear in usage, rather than as they appear in a 'style guide' http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/11/grammar-in-space-are-you-in-orbit-or-on-orbit/381522/

Nov10 edit: noted that I cannot comment on the "O&C" term, which is nasaspeak for the Operations and Checkout building. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations_and_Checkout_Building

What I find interesting is the 'in orbit' 'on-orbit' and 'on station' phrases. I wonder what the difference is between 'in orbit' and 'on orbit'.

update - Nasa has several online glossaries, each one for its own mission https://nasasearch.nasa.gov/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=nasa&query=glossary

oct 2018 edit -

Nasa has an online Thesaurus

https://www.sti.nasa.gov/nasa-thesaurus/