| Acronym | Meaning |
| RVSN | Raketniye Voiska Stratigcheskovo Naznacheniya |
| JILA | Joint Institute For Laboratory Astrophysics |
| RFM | Reconfigurable Furnace Module |
| TEA | Torque Equilibrium Attitude |
| GMC | Giant Molecular Cloud |
| TAI | International Atomic Time |
| AAO | Anglo-Australian Observatory |
| ASTRO | Space Astrophysics Laboratory |
| MNRAS | Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society |
| DFRC | Dryden Flight Research Center |