| Acronym | Meaning |
| HUT | Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope |
| OTV | Orbital Transfer Vehicle |
| NICMOS | Near Infrared Camera/Multi Object Spectrometer |
| NRO | National Reconnaissance Office |
| OMDP | Orbiter Maintenance Down Period |
| SLF | Shuttle Landing Facility |
| SST | Spectroscopic Survey Telescope / SuperSonic Transport |
| FIRAS | Far InfraRed Absolute Spectrophotometer |
| OSS | Office Of The Space Station |
| OTFE | Oscillatory Thermocapillary Flow Experiment |