| Acronym | Meaning |
| LINEAR | Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research |
| CNES | Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (French Space Center) |
| EAA | Essential Amino Acids |
| DAPK | Death-associated Protein Kinase |
| HWERL | Hazardous Waste Engineering Research Laboratory (USEPA Cincinnati) |
| RWKB | Relativistic Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin |
| PNS | Peripheral Nervous System |
| DSPSE | Deep Space Probe Science Experiment |
| RLM | Reflected Light Microscopy |
| ECOSP | Environmental Cleanup Objectives Standard Procedures |