| Acronym | Meaning |
| GC | Globular Cluster |
| HIRDLS | High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder |
| AFPRO | Air Force Plan Representative Office |
| OCGF | Organic Crystal Growth Facility |
| OTFE | Oscillatory Thermocapillary Flow Experiment |
| RIACS | Research Institute For Advanced Computer Science |
| ACTS | Advanced Communications Technology Satellite |
| NACA | National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics |
| LEO | Low Earth Orbit |
| TAL | Transatlantic Abort Landing |