| Acronym | Meaning |
| MAIR | Manufacturing And Inspection Record |
| IPS | IRInclination Of The Ascending Return |
| SDP | Shuttle Data Processor |
| HAC | Heading Alignment Cylinder |
| LV | Load Vertical |
| TERM | Terminate |
| ESTEC | European Space Technology Center |
| CCAFS | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
| FT&C | Formal Training And Certification |
| PPEP | Plasma Physics And Environmental Perturbation |