| Acronym | Meaning |
| VMS | Vertical Motion Simulator |
| CSM | Command And Service Module |
| SSCE | Solid Surface Combustion Experiment |
| SAREX | Search And Rescue Exercise / Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment |
| GST | Greenwich Sidereal Time |
| RFNA | Red Fuming Nitric Acid |
| CXBR | Cosmic X-ray Background Radiation |
| CGRO | Compton Gamma Ray Observatory |
| GOMOS | Global Ozone Monitoring By Occultation Of Stars |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |