| Acronym | Meaning |
| CIS | Commonwealth Of Independent States |
| RCT | Radiometric Calibration Target |
| WFPC | Wide Field/Planetary Camera |
| TES | Thermal Emission Spectrometer |
| SSTO | Single Stage To Orbit |
| ACE | Advanced Composition Explorer |
| EPD | Energetic Particles Detector |
| CYSB | Cape York Space Base |
| SAIL | Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory |
| SPTN | SPARTAN |