| Acronym | Meaning |
| IR | InfraRed |
| MVI | Microgravity Vestibular Investigation |
| ESA | European Space Agency |
| USN | United States Navy |
| IRAF | Image Reduction And Analysis Facility |
| COBE | COsmic Background Explorer |
| CGF | Crystal Growth Furnace |
| RKA | Rossiskoye Kosmicheskoye Agentsvo |
| NSO | National Solar Observatory |
| OSSE | Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment |