| Acronym | Meaning |
| PMC | Permanently Manned Capability |
| GOX | Gaseous OXygen |
| TKSC | Tsukuba Space Center |
| GC | Globular Cluster |
| ISAMS | Improved Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder |
| STIS | Space Telescope Imaging Spectrometer |
| ADFRF | Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility |
| SDI | Strategic Defense Initiative |
| AAS | American Astronautical Society |
| LGA | Low Gain Antenna |