| Acronym | Meaning |
| ZCG | Zeolite Crystal Growth |
| GISS | Goddard Institute For Space Studies |
| MOTV | Manned Orbital Transfer Vehicle |
| OCST | Office Of Commercial Space Transportation |
| EUMETSAT | European Meterological Satellite Organisation |
| NIR | Near InfraRed |
| HD | Henry Draper Catalog Entry |
| YSO | Young Stellar Object |
| MARS | Series Of Soviet Mars Spacecraft |
| HALOE | Halogen Occultation Experiment |