| Acronym | Meaning |
| SSCE | Solid Surface Combustion Experiment |
| APT | Automatic Picture Transmission |
| RFM | Reconfigurable Furnace Module |
| ADFRF | Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility |
| VLBI | Very Long Baseline Interferometry |
| CMCC | Central Mission Control Centre |
| VEEGA | Venus-Earth-Earth Gravity Assist |
| TRMM | Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission |
| RAS | Royal Astronomical Society |
| VTVL | Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing |