| Acronym | Meaning |
| GAS | Get-Away Special |
| CIS | Commonwealth Of Independent States |
| ACE | Advanced Composition Explorer |
| CIRRIS | Cryogenic InfraRed Radiance Instrument For Shuttle |
| HEAO | High Energy Astronomical Observatory |
| CHARA | Center For High Angular Resolution Astronomy |
| TTC | Telemetry |
| USMP | United States Microgravity Payload |
| MODE | Middeck Zero-Gravity Dynamics Experiment |
| HIRIS | High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |