| Acronym | Meaning |
| RAF | Research Aviation Facility |
| DSL | Distributed Software Libraries |
| ATSR | Argonne Thermal Source Reactor |
| AM | Ampex |
| PICS | Positive Ion Composition Spectrometer |
| KSC | Kennedy Space Center |
| JVNC | John Von Neumann National Supercomputing Center |
| RASS | Radio Acoustic Sounding System |
| SBUV | Solar Backscatter Ultrav Iolet |
| MSP | Minneapolis |