| Acronym | Meaning |
| OPF | Orbiter Processing Facility |
| EVA | Extravehicular Activity |
| LOX | Liquid OXygen |
| SR | Special Relativity |
| MMCC | Mission Management And Control Centre |
| LEDA | On-line Earthnet Data Access |
| MODIS-T | MODIS-Tilt |
| MSS | Multispectral Scanner |
| BIMDA | Bioserve-Instrumentation Technology Associate Materials Dispersion Analysis |
| CREAM | Cosmic Radiation Effects And Activatiom Monitor |