| Acronym | Meaning |
| AMOS | Air Force Maui Optical System |
| MET | Mission Elapsed Time |
| ESPC | European Space Power Conference |
| SL | (Comet) Shoemaker-Levy / SpaceLab |
| MTFF | Columbus Man-Tended Free-Flyer |
| IR | InfraRed |
| LASCO | Large Angle Spectrometric Coronograph |
| NLDP | National Launch Development Program |
| DESAT | Desaturation |
| WSGT | White Sands Ground Terminal |