| Acronym | Meaning |
| OTS | Office Of Technical Services |
| ADM | Administrative Services Section |
| FWS | Filter Wedge Spectrometer |
| FGCMS | Fast GC / MS = Fast Gas Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry |
| STOL | Short Takeoff And Landing |
| LAPB | Local Analysis And Prediction Branch |
| METEOR | Multiple Experiment Transporter Into Earth Orbit And Return |
| TIMED | Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere Energetics & Dynamics |
| MPA | Maintenance Purchase Award |
| BRL | Ballistics Research Laboratory |