| Acronym | Meaning |
| ASAP | Aerospace Safety Automation Program |
| AGU | American Geophysical Union |
| MAC | Machine Aided Cognition |
| PASE | Polar Air-Show Experiment |
| CDIS | Command And Data Interface Simulator Unit |
| GFDL | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
| GCA | Geophysics Corporation Of America |
| ASAP | Ariane Structure For Auxiliary Payloads |
| WSMR | White Sands Missile Range |
| MAB | Man And The Biosphere Program |