| Acronym | Meaning |
| VAFB | Vandenberg Air Force Base |
| SPH | Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics |
| GMRT | Giant Meter-wave Radio Telescope |
| HRPT | High Resolution Picture Transmission |
| HAO | High Altitude Observatory |
| EDOMP | EDO Medical Project |
| NPOE | NPO Energiya |
| ALPO | Association Of Lunar And Planetary Observers |
| MET | Mission Elapsed Time |
| FOC | Faint Object Camera |