| Acronym | Meaning |
| NERVA | Nuclear Engine For Rocket Vehicle Application |
| ASTRO | Space Astrophysics Laboratory |
| AC | Atlas Centaur |
| HIRDLS | High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder |
| CRIM | Commercial Refrigerator Incubator Module |
| EOS | Electrophoresis Operations In Space |
| FPD | Flight Projects Directorate |
| FPM | Fiber Pulling In Microgravity |
| SCT | Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope |
| M | Messier |