| Acronym | Meaning |
| NAS | National Academy Of Sciences |
| TAP | Diffusion Transport Models |
| MCIDAS | Man-computer Interactive Data Access System |
| FS | Flight Segment |
| SUNRISE | Radiative Input From The Sun To The Earth Program |
| ENRI | Electronic Navigation Research Institute |
| ASI | Agenzia Spaxiale Italiano |
| EI | Electron Ionization |
| MAPS | Millions Of Actions Per Second |
| NET | Noise-equivalent Temperature |