| Acronym | Meaning |
| FITS | Flexible Image Transport System |
| SPH | Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics |
| OSSE | Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment |
| CMCC | Central Mission Control Centre |
| AFGWC | Air Force Global Weather Center |
| FEM | Flight-Engineering Model |
| MRSRM | Mars Rover And Sample Return Mission |
| GRS | Great Red Spot |
| STDCE | Surface Tension Driven Convection Experment |
| NSSDC | National Space Science Data Center |