| Acronym | Meaning |
| SRB | Solid Rocket Booster |
| ADFRF | Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility |
| NTR | Nuclear Thermal Rocket(ry) |
| CRIM | Commercial Refrigerator Incubator Module |
| RFNA | Red Fuming Nitric Acid |
| COBE | COsmic Background Explorer |
| UGC | Uppsala General Catalog |
| CMCC | Central Mission Control Centre |
| DPM | Drop Physics Module |
| SDI | Strategic Defense Initiative |