| Acronym | Meaning |
| FOLD | Federally-Owned LANDSAT Data |
| USN | United States Navy |
| ASRM | Advanced Solid Rocket Motor |
| AGU | American Geophysical Union |
| APM | Atmospheric Particle Monitor |
| CPCG | Commercial Protein Crystal Growth |
| WIMP | Weakly Interacting Massive Particle |
| TCM | Trajectory Control Maneuver |
| OSTP | Office Of Science And Technology Policy |
| NGC | New General Catalog |