| Acronym | Meaning |
| ET | External Tank |
| AEPI | Atmospheric Emissions Photometric Imaging |
| LPV | Long Period Variable |
| VRM | Venus Radar Mapper |
| MODE | Middeck Zero-Gravity Dynamics Experiment |
| ENSO | El Nino/Southern Oscillation |
| SPH | Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics |
| GOSAMR | Gelation Of Soils: Applied Microgravity Research |
| RCT | Radiometric Calibration Target |
| DAO | Dominion Astrophysical Observatory |