| Acronym | Meaning |
| VMF | Voenno-Morskoy Flot |
| HCI | Highes Communications |
| FRED | Space Station Freedom |
| RVSN | Raketniye Voiska Stratigcheskovo Naznacheniya |
| SAMS | Space Acceleration Measurement System |
| LERC | Lewis Research Center |
| FIR | Far InfraRed |
| BIMDA | Bioserve-Instrumentation Technology Associate Materials Dispersion Analysis |
| CERES | Clouds And Earth's Radiant Energy System |
| OTFE | Oscillatory Thermocapillary Flow Experiment |