| Acronym | Meaning |
| HLV | Heavy Lift Vehicle |
| MPEC | Multi-Purpose Experiment Canister |
| EMU | Extravehicular Mobility Unit |
| DCA | Defense Communications Agency |
| SN | SuperNova |
| HALOE | Halogen Occultation Experiment |
| DLR | Deutsche Forschungsanstalt Fuer Luft- Und Raumfahrt |
| CZCS | Coastal Zone Color Scanner |
| FAST | Fast Auroral SnapshoT Explorer |
| WFF | Wallops Flight Facility |