| Acronym | Meaning |
| NRSC | National Remote Sensing Centre |
| MET | Mission Elapsed Time |
| FUSE | Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer |
| NGT | NASA Ground Terminal |
| DOT | Department Of Transportation |
| PPF | Columbus Polar Platform |
| ISAMS | Improved Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder |
| FIRAS | Far InfraRed Absolute Spectrophotometer |
| JILA | Joint Institute For Laboratory Astrophysics |
| CCSDS | Consultative Committee For Space Data Systems |