| Acronym | Meaning |
| UPPP | Union Pour La Promotion De La Propulsion Photonique |
| SID | Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance |
| JCMT | James Clerk Maxwell Telescope |
| EPD | Energetic Particles Detector |
| APE | Auroral Photography Experiment |
| M | Messier |
| REM | Rat Enclosure Module |
| ASRM | Advanced Solid Rocket Motor |
| SMC | Small Magellanic Cloud |
| RMCD | Radaiation Monitoring Container Device |