| Acronym | Meaning |
| DFRF | Dryden Flight Research Facility |
| SLAR | Side-Looking Airborne Radar |
| HB | Horizontal Branch |
| AAVSO | American Association Of Variable Star Observers |
| OMS | Orbital Maneuvering System |
| NRL | Naval Research Laboratory |
| RMCD | Radaiation Monitoring Container Device |
| IMU | Inertial Measurement Unit |
| CRAF | Comet Rendezvous/Asteroid Flyby |
| HD | Henry Draper Catalog Entry |