| Acronym | Meaning |
| AW&ST | Aviation Week And Space Technology |
| AFWTR | USAF's WTR |
| FPM | Fiber Pulling In Microgravity |
| AAS | American Astronautical Society |
| APT | Automatic Photoelectric Telescope |
| MMU | Manned Maneuvering Unit |
| AXAF | Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility |
| MMCC | Mission Management And Control Centre |
| TIG | Time Of (until) Ignition |
| SST | Spectroscopic Survey Telescope / SuperSonic Transport |