| Acronym | Meaning |
| MAESA | Measurements For Assessing The Effects Of Stratospheric Aircraft |
| AAR | Alkali-aggregate Reaction |
| HIERD | Heavy Ion Elastic Recoil Detection |
| NAA | Neutron Activation Analysis |
| FGSE | Field-gradient Spin-echo |
| HIMAC | Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator In Chiba |
| IVA | Intravehicular Activity (related To Spacecraft) |
| CDS/ISIS | CDS/Integrated Set Of Information System |
| CVOC | Chlorinated Volatile Organic Compound |
| LTPLD | Liquid Target Pulsed Laser Deposition |