| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCAFS | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station |
| IMO | International Meteor Organization |
| SAM | Shuttle Activation Monitor |
| RMS | Remote Manipulator System |
| WUPPE | Wisconsin Ultraviolet PhotoPolarimter Experiment |
| NSA | National Security Agency |
| NASP | National AeroSpace Plane |
| VLBA | Very Long Baseline Array |
| SL-J | SpaceLab Japan |
| CNES | Centre National D'Etude Spatiales |