| Acronym | Meaning |
| OCST | Office Of Commercial Space Transportation |
| SRM | Solid Rocket Motor |
| PN | Planetary Nebula |
| ASTRO | Space Astrophysics Laboratory |
| IPMP | Investigations Into Polymer Membrane Processing |
| IAPPP | International Amateur/Professional Photoelectric Photometry |
| EDS | Electronic Data Systems |
| SWF | ShortWave Fading |
| OMB | Office Of Management And Budget |
| SWAS | Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite |