| Acronym | Meaning |
| FRRID | Flight Readiness Review Item DisPosition |
| TDRSS | Tracking And Data Relay Satellite System |
| MTVC | Manual Thrust Vector Control |
| OFI | Operational Flight Instrumentation |
| IP | Inertial Processing |
| MPESS | Mission Peculiar Experiment Support Structure |
| ISP | Instrumentation Support Plan |
| SD | Specification Document |
| ORSDI | Oak Ridge Selective Dissemination Of Information |
| PIC | Preinstallation Checkout |