| Acronym | Meaning |
| DIRBE | Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment |
| CLAES | Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer |
| UKST | United Kingdom Schmidt Telescope |
| SPDM | Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator |
| AMSR | Advanced Microwave Sounding Radiometer |
| ATMOS | Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy |
| CRL | Communication Research Lab |
| GOMOS | Global Ozone Monitoring By Occultation Of Stars |
| MRO | Memory Read-Out |
| WFF | Wallops Flight Facility |