| Acronym | Meaning |
| MAS | Millimeter-wave Atmospheric Sounder |
| CNES | Centre National D'Etude Spatiales |
| SDI | Strategic Defense Initiative |
| RG | Red Giant |
| GMRT | Giant Meter-wave Radio Telescope |
| ERBE | Earth Radiation Budget Experiment |
| RSN | Radio SuperNova |
| NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite Data And Information Service. |
| NASM | National Air And Space Museum |
| GOSAMR | Gelation Of Soils: Applied Microgravity Research |