| Acronym | Meaning |
| AICC | Adiabatic Isochoric Complete Combustion |
| VTVM | Vacuum Tube Voltmeter |
| NIGEC | National Institute For Global Environmental Change |
| NEPH | Nephelometer |
| DSN | Deep Space Network |
| TDLAS | Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy |
| UVDM | Ultraviolet Double Monochromator |
| OCR | Optical Character Reader |
| APL | Applied Physics Laboratory |
| MOM | Mission Operations Manager |