| Acronym | Meaning |
| SLF | Shuttle Landing Facility |
| NBS | National Bureau Of Standards |
| LMC | Large Magellanic Cloud |
| AAS | American Astronomical Society |
| TIG | Time Of (until) Ignition |
| VAFB | Vandenberg Air Force Base |
| ASCO | Arab Satellite Communications Organization |
| HALOE | Halogen Occultation Experiment |
| OMB | Office Of Management And Budget |
| ISO | International Standards Organization |