| Acronym | Meaning |
| NTR | Nuclear Thermal Rocket(ry) |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disk Read-Only Memory |
| CCAFS | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
| EODC | Earth Observation Data Centre |
| TDRS | Tracking And Data Relay Satellite |
| AOA | Abort Once Around (shuttle Abort Plan) |
| OPF | Orbiter Processing Facility |
| OSS | Office Of The Space Station |
| TOPEX | Ocean Topography Experiment |
| OARE | Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment |