| Acronym | Meaning |
| ANS | American Nuclear Society |
| MIP | Millions Of Instructions Per Second |
| PACE | Precipitation Augmentation For Crops Experiment |
| CDFS II | Cloud Depiction And Forecast System |
| PCO | Polar Cap Observatory |
| NRSC | National Remote Sensing Centre |
| DNFSB | Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board |
| METEOR | Multiple Experiment Transporter Into Earth Orbit And Return |
| AIRS | Advanced Infared Studies |
| ERTD | Environmental Research & Technology Division |