| Acronym | Meaning |
| NOMAD | Navy Oceanographic Meteorological Device |
| RACOON | Radiation Controlled Balloon |
| EPAC | External Program Advisory Committee |
| AFA | American Forestry Association |
| TBM | Terabit Memory System |
| SHIRE | Southern Hemisphere Infrared Experiment |
| PCA | Physical Configuration Audit |
| LVDT | Linear Variable Differential Transformer |
| NGT | NASA Ground Terminal |
| AMOS | Automatic Meteorological Observation System |