| Acronym | Meaning |
| AGE | Auxiliary Ground Equipment |
| EMU | Extravehicular Mobility Unit |
| IFEA | Integrated Furnace Experiment Assembly |
| AFP | Air Force Program |
| ISZ | Iskusstvenniy Sputnik Zemli |
| NORAD | NORth American Aerospace Defense |
| VS | SNGVooruzhennikh Sil SNG |
| ASEM | Assembly Of Station By EVA Methods |
| HRSR | High-Resolution Scanning Radiometer |
| FGS | Fine Guidance Sensors |