| Acronym | Meaning |
| FOS | Flight Operations Segment |
| BSAC | Biotechnology Science Advisory Committee |
| USSDM | Unidata System For Scientific Data Management |
| SRC | Science Research Council |
| CAPE | Convection And Precipitation/Electrification Experiment |
| VSWR | Voltage Standing-wave Ratio |
| SGGE | Second GARP Global Experiment |
| FDCA | Federal Drug And Cosmetics Act |
| ADATS | Automated Data Acquisition And Transfer System |
| MPD | Magnetospheric Particles Detectors |