| Acronym | Meaning |
| S&R | Search And Rescue |
| ERS-2 | European Remote Sensing |
| MIESR | Matrix Isolation/Electron Spin Resonance |
| SPRINT | Sorted Position Radar Interpolator |
| TIME | Thermosphere-ionosphere-mesosphere-electrodynamics |
| ABTRES | Abatement & Residual Forecasting Model |
| ICSU | International Council Of Science |
| STIP | Study Of Traveling Interplanetary Phenomena |
| ASNT | American Society For Nondestructive Testing |
| NOHRSC | National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center |