| Acronym | Meaning |
| OTFE | Oscillatory Thermocapillary Flow Experiment |
| DSSC | Deep Space Station Complex |
| TDT | Terrestrial Dynamic Time |
| ISZ | Iskusstvenniy Sputnik Zemli |
| JERS | Japanese Earth Resources Satellite |
| RNGC | Revised New General Catalog |
| HCMM | Heat Capacity Mapping Mission |
| ATMOS | Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy |
| SNU | Solar Neutrino Units |
| OGO | Orbiting Geosurvey Observatories |