| Acronym | Meaning |
| CM | Command Module |
| CM | Center Of Mass |
| ALDP | Advanced Launch Development Program |
| WFPC | Wide Field/Planetary Camera |
| CELSS | Controlled Ecological Life Support System |
| MPC | Minor Planets Circular |
| CRISTA | Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometer Telescope For Atmosphere |
| CM | Central Meridian |
| GUGK | Glavnoye Upravileniye Geodesii I Kartografii |
| HCI | Highes Communications |