| Acronym | Meaning |
| PLBD | Payload Bay Doors |
| FOLD | Federally-Owned LANDSAT Data |
| HRSI | High-temperature Reusable Surface Insulation |
| LRB | Liquid Rocket Booster |
| IRAS | InfraRed Astronomical Satellite |
| GOES | Geostationary Orbiting Environmental Satellite |
| NACA | National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics |
| HV | High Voltage |
| HD | Henry Draper Catalog Entry |
| HIRIS | High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |