| Acronym | Meaning |
| CMCC | Central Mission Control Centre |
| AGB | Asymptotic Giant Branch |
| SAR | Search And Rescue / Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| BEM | Bug-Eyed Monster |
| AFGWC | Air Force Global Weather Center |
| ATO | Abort To Orbit |
| AU | Astronomical Unit |
| FPM | Fiber Pulling In Microgravity |
| LANL | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| ACRV | Astronaut Crew Rescue Vehicle |