| Acronym | Meaning |
| AAP | Affirmative Action Program |
| RAMS | Regional Atmospheric Modeling System |
| GBPS | Gigabity (109) Per Second |
| DP | Data Processing |
| EXCEL | Experimental Chloride Extraction Line |
| S-POL | S-band Dual Polarization Doppler Radar |
| ALEXIS | Array Of Low-energy X-ray Imaging Sensors |
| NGT | NASA Ground Terminal |
| BRS | Bibliographic Retrieval Service |
| DSN | Deep Space Network |