| Acronym | Meaning |
| CYSP | Cape York Space Port |
| GOMOS | Global Ozone Monitoring By Occultation Of Stars |
| MMS | Multi-mission Modular Spacecraft |
| CMB | Cosmic Microwave Background |
| STIS | Space Telescope Imaging Spectrometer |
| SAGA | Solar Array Gain Augmentation |
| CIT | Circumstellar Imaging Telescope |
| NTR | Nuclear Thermal Rocket(ry) |
| IC | Index Catalog |
| PPM | Positions And Proper Motions (catalog) |