| Acronym | Meaning |
| DOE | Department Of Energy |
| BEM | Bug-Eyed Monster |
| BDB | Big Dumb Booster |
| SCT | Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope |
| IFEA | Integrated Furnace Experiment Assembly |
| MARS | Series Of Soviet Mars Spacecraft |
| SAREX | Search And Rescue Exercise / Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment |
| USMC | United States Marine Corps |
| MFV | Main Fuel Valve |
| CCSDS | Consultative Committee For Space Data Systems |