| Acronym | Meaning |
| CFC | ChloroFluoroCarbon |
| CRIM | Commercial Refrigerator Incubator Module |
| HIRS | High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder |
| VLBI | Very Long Baseline Interferometry |
| RCC | Reinforced Carbon-Carbon |
| RIACS | Research Institute For Advanced Computer Science |
| WINDII | Wind Imaging Interferometer |
| DSP | Defense Support Program |
| SLAP | Space Link Access Protocol |
| GHA | Greenwich Hour Angle |