| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACRV | Astronaut Crew Rescue Vehicle |
| ET | Ephemeris Time |
| CRIM | Commercial Refrigerator Incubator Module |
| TOPS | Toward Other Planetary Systems |
| SAIL | Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory |
| JGR | Journal Of Geophysical Research |
| GC | Galactic Center |
| RKA | Rossiskoye Kosmicheskoye Agentsvo |
| NASP | National AeroSpace Plane |
| AW&ST | Aviation Week And Space Technology |