| Acronym | Meaning |
| SPD | Standard Practice Directive |
| LSS | LLife Sciences Space Laboratory |
| TOI | Transfer Orbit Insertion |
| HF | Hard Failure |
| B/O | Breakout |
| BPD | Baseline Program Documentation |
| DP&SS | Data Processing And Software Subsystem |
| MPTA | Main Propulsion Test Article |
| SFOM | Shuttle Flight Operations Manual |
| CDF&TDS | Circuit Design |