| Acronym | Meaning |
| MCS | Maintenance And Checkout Station |
| DOT | Deployment Operations Team |
| TVCS | Thrust Vector Control System |
| BP | C |
| RACU | Remote Acquisition And Command Unit |
| EDS | Electrical Distribution System |
| VU | VehicleUnit |
| SUTAGS | Shuttle Uplink Text And Graphics Scanner |
| GCF | Ground Communications Facility |
| MD | Manual Disconnect |