| Acronym | Meaning |
 | POCC | Payload/Platform Operations Control Center |
 | SLC | Space Launch Complex |
 | IML | International Microgravity Lab |
 | LLNL | Lawrence-Livermore National Laboratory |
 | KB | Construction Bureau |
 | ERBE | Earth Radiation Budget Experiment |
 | AEPI | Atmospheric Emissions Photometric Imaging |
 | TAU | Thousand Astronomical Unit |
 | TOMS | Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer |
 | CHARA | Center For High Angular Resolution Astronomy |