| Acronym | Meaning |
| STS | Space Transportation System |
| MINDAP | Microwave-induced Nitrogen Discharge At Atmospheric Pressure |
| ORU | In Orbit Replaceable Unit (spacecraft) |
| CIEF | Capillary Isoelectric Focusing |
| DCMD | Direct Contact Membrane Distillation |
| CLIPS | Chemical List Index And Processing System |
| LC | Liquid Chromatography |
| PEMFC | Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell |
| SNIFTIRS | Subtractively Normalized Interfacial Fourier Transform IR Spectroscopy |
| MIESR | Matrix Isolation Electron Spin Resonance |