| Acronym | Meaning |
| ALAE | Atmospheric Lyman-Alpha Emissions |
| VS | SNGVooruzhennikh Sil SNG |
| EDRS | European Data Relay Satellite |
| SN | SuperNova |
| NOCC | Network Operations Control Center |
| AAS | American Astronautical Society |
| STSDAS | Space Telescope Science Data Analysis System |
| DRAO | Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory |
| MCCC | Maragone Convection On Closed Containers |
| PDRS | Payload Deployment And Retrieval System |