| Acronym | Meaning |
| BIMA | Berkeley Illinois Maryland Array |
| NSSDC | National Space Science Data Center |
| OPF | Orbiter Processing Facility |
| UBM | Unpressurized Berthing Mechanism |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
| IOTA | Infrared-Optical Telescope Array |
| VLBI | Very Long Baseline Interferometry |
| IPS | Inertial Pointing System |
| SCT | Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope |
| VRM | Venus Radar Mapper |