| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASEM | Assembly Of Station By EVA Methods |
| CLAES | Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer |
| HB | Horizontal Branch |
| MODE | Middeck Zero-Gravity Dynamics Experiment |
| JILA | Joint Institute For Laboratory Astrophysics |
| MITI | Ministry Of International Trade And Industry |
| VLBA | Very Long Baseline Array |
| DCX | Delta Clipper EXperimental |
| EODC | Earth Observation Data Centre |
| STC | SHAPE Technical Center |