| Acronym | Meaning |
| ATM | Amateur Telescope Maker |
| OCGF | Organic Crystal Growth Facility |
| SAIL | Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory |
| CPCG | Commercial Protein Crystal Growth |
| RG | Red Giant |
| GR | General Relativity |
| MCC | Mission Control Center |
| DSO | Detailed Supplementary Objective |
| APE | Auroral Photography Experiment |
| MBB | Messerschmitt-Belkow-Blohm |