| Acronym | Meaning |
| IPMP | Investigations Into Polymer Membrane Processing |
| JCMT | James Clerk Maxwell Telescope |
| AIPS | Astronomical Image Processing System |
| ALEXIS | Array Of Low Energy X-ray Imaging Sensors |
| EODC | Earth Observation Data Centre |
| ISY | International Space Year |
| ARISTOTELES | Applications And Research Involving Space Technologies Observing The Earth's Field From Low Earth Orbiting Satellite |
| MVI | Microgravity Vestibular Investigation |
| FEM | Flight-Engineering Model |
| ESA | European Space Agency |