| Acronym | Meaning |
| GGM | Goskogidromet/Gidromettsentr |
| DC | Delta Clipper |
| MEV | Mars Excursion Vehicle |
| OSSE | Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment |
| PPF | Columbus Polar Platform |
| CETA | Crew And Equipment Translation Aid |
| SSRT | Single Stage Rocket Technology |
| TIG | Time Of (until) Ignition |
| RAL | Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory |
| AAO | Anglo-Australian Observatory |