| Acronym | Meaning |
| RAS | Royal Astronomical Society |
| GOMOS | Global Ozone Monitoring By Occultation Of Stars |
| VRM | Venus Radar Mapper |
| BATSE | Burst And Transient Source Experiment |
| DC | Delta Clipper |
| IFEA | Integrated Furnace Experiment Assembly |
| NBS | National Bureau Of Standards |
| AAS | American Astronautical Society |
| OGO | Orbiting Geosurvey Observatories |
| DMR | Differential Microwave Radiometer |