| Acronym | Meaning |
| NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite Data And Information Service. |
| PDRS | Payload Deployment And Retrieval System |
| MODE | Middeck Zero-Gravity Dynamics Experiment |
| SSPF | Space Station Processing Facility |
| BEM | Bug-Eyed Monster |
| LC | Launch Complex |
| EUMETSAT | European Meterological Satellite Organisation |
| VMS | Vertical Motion Simulator |
| VISSR | Visible/Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer |
| MOMV | Manned Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle |