| Acronym | Meaning |
| IFEA | Integrated Furnace Experiment Assembly |
| CG | Center Of Gravity |
| IPAC | Infrared Processing & Analysis Center |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disk Read-Only Memory |
| IKI | Institut Kosmischeskikh Issledovaniya |
| NGC | New General Catalog |
| SSRMS | Space Station Remote Manipulator System |
| XMM | X-ray Multi Mirror |
| POCC | Payload/Platform Operations Control Center |
| MFPE | Misson From Planet Earth |