| Acronym | Meaning |
| RMCD | Radaiation Monitoring Container Device |
| RCT | Radiometric Calibration Target |
| ISEP | Isolated/Stabilized Exercise Platform |
| HB | Horizontal Branch |
| CXBR | Cosmic X-ray Background Radiation |
| OSS | Office Of The Space Station |
| ETM | Enhanced Thematic Mapper |
| IOBM | In Ocean By Mistake |
| MACHO | MAssive Compact Halo Object |
| RVSN | Raketniye Voiska Stratigcheskovo Naznacheniya |