| Acronym | Meaning |
| ESA | European Space Agency |
| MTC | Man Tended Capability |
| CRIM | Commercial Refrigerator Incubator Module |
| TIROS | Television InfraRed Observation Satellite |
| SSPF | Space Station Processing Facility |
| HIRDLS | High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder |
| SAIL | Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory |
| SLF | Shuttle Landing Facility |
| MARS | Series Of Soviet Mars Spacecraft |
| DOD | Department Of Defense |