| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIAA | American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics |
| RMCD | Radaiation Monitoring Container Device |
| RFM | Reconfigurable Furnace Module |
| BBXRT | Broad-Band X-Ray Telescope |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organization |
| TDRSS | Tracking And Data Relay Satellite System |
| PDRS | Payload Deployment And Retrieval System |
| MSS | Multispectral Scanner |
| CFC | ChloroFluoroCarbon |
| AU | Astronomical Unit |