| Acronym | Meaning |
| RIR | Reference-intensity Ratio |
| MA | Mission Abort |
| ZBLAN | Zirconium Barium Lanthanum Aluminum Sodium Fluoride |
| BEFS | Berkeley Extreme And Far-UV Spectrometer |
| MCR | Microcarbon Residue |
| CHORUS | CERN Hybrid Oscillation Research Apparatus |
| TAI | Thermal Alteration Index |
| ELV | End-of-life Vehicle |
| SHC | Symmetrized Hyperspherical Coordinates (in Quantum Calcns. On Reactive Scattering) |
| ASPRS | American Society Of Photogrammetry And Remote Sensing |