| Acronym | Meaning |
| BAE | British Aerospace |
| ROUS | Rodents Of Unusual Size |
| SAREX | Search And Rescue Exercise / Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment |
| AAO | Anglo-Australian Observatory |
| SWAN | Solar Wind Anisotropy Experiment |
| MLS | Microwave Limb Sounder |
| DSSC | Deep Space Station Complex |
| FITS | Flexible Image Transport System |
| PDRS | Payload Deployment And Retrieval System |
| HRPT | High Resolution Picture Transmission |