| Acronym | Meaning |
| DOD | Department Of Defense |
| CDA | Command And Data Acquisition |
| RFI | Radio Frequency Interference |
| ETM | Enhanced Thematic Mapper |
| CITA | Canadian Institute For Theoretical Astrophysics |
| CXBR | Cosmic X-ray Background Radiation |
| SSME | Space Shuttle Main Engine |
| VVS | Voenno-Vosdushniye Sili |
| GOMR | Global Ozone Monitoring Radiometer |
| AGB | Asymptotic Giant Branch |