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INFO: Full form for MDE is Mission Dependent Experiment in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for MDE is Modular Display Electronics in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for FH is Flex Hose in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for DMD is Dextrous Manipulator Demonstration in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for ILF is Intelligent Life Forms in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for QM is Qualification Motor in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for CVT is Concept Verification Testing in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for CVT is Communications Vector Table in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for LDR is Large Deployable Reflector in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for LDR is Low Data Rate in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for BOT is Beginning of Tape in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for BOT is Botswana (spaceflight Tracking and Data Network Site) in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for MVP is Mission Volume Performance in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for MVP is Master Verification Plan in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for GOMS is Ground Operations Management System in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for HA is Hazard Analysis in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for GWT is Ground Winds Tower in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for CFD is Continuous Flow Diffusion in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for CFD is Converter, Frequency-to-dc (direct Current) Voltage in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for BOM is Beginning of Month in Space Science category
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INFO: Full form for CDP is Command Data Processor in Space Science category
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Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) was a NASA program to coordinate the development of vehicles for the delivery of crew and cargo to the International Space Station by private companies. The program was announced on January 18, 2006 and successfully flew all cargo demonstration flights by September 2013, when the program ended.

NASA's Final Report on the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program considers it an unqualified success and a model for future public-private collaboration. Compared to traditional costs-plus contracts employed by NASA, such as the $12 billion Orion (spacecraft) contract, the unprecedented efficiency of the $800 million COTS investment resulted in "two new U.S. medium-class launch vehicles and two automated cargo spacecraft".

NASA signed COTS agreements with SpaceX and Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) in 2006, but later terminated the agreement with RpK due to insufficient private funding. NASA then signed an agreement with Orbital Sciences in 2008. Independently, NASA awarded contracts for cargo delivery to the International Space Station in December 2008, to Orbital Sciences and SpaceX to utilize their COTS cargo vehicles.

COTS is related but separate from the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) program. COTS related to the development of the vehicles, CRS to the actual deliveries. COTS involved a number of Space Act Agreements, with NASA providing milestone-based payments. COTS did not involve binding contracts. CRS on the other hand does involve legally binding contracts, which means the suppliers would be liable if they failed to perform. Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) is a related program, aimed specifically at developing crew rotation services. It is similar to COTS-D. All three programs are managed by NASA's Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Office (C3PO).