| Acronym | Meaning |
| RMCD | Radaiation Monitoring Container Device |
| LLNL | Lawrence-Livermore National Laboratory |
| LST | Local Sidereal Time |
| VLBA | Very Long Baseline Array |
| FRED | Space Station Freedom |
| OCST | Office Of Commercial Space Transportation |
| CSTC | Consolidated Satellite Test Center |
| PCG | Protein Crystal Growth Experiment |
| MMS | Multi-mission Modular Spacecraft |
| ATLAS | Atmospheric Laboratory For Applications And Science |