| Acronym | Meaning |
| CGF | Crystal Growth Furnace |
| LASCO | Large Angle Spectrometric Coronograph |
| CRAF | Comet Rendezvous/Asteroid Flyby |
| TKSC | Tsukuba Space Center |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| LRSI | Low-temperature Reusable Surface Insulation |
| BMFT | Bundesministerium Fuer Forschung Und Technologie |
| MODIS-N | MODIS-Nadir |
| STS | Shuttle Transport System / Space Transportation System |
| NRL | Naval Research Laboratory |