| Acronym | Meaning |
| A&A | Astronomy And Astrophysics |
| ACRV | Astronaut Crew Rescue Vehicle |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
| NASA | National Aeronautics And Space Administration |
| SPS | Solar Power Satellite |
| BIMDA | Bioserve-Instrumentation Technology Associate Materials Dispersion Analysis |
| VAFB | Vandenberg Air Force Base |
| AFETR | USAF's ETR |
| IRFNA | Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid |
| ISO | Imaging Spectrometic Observatory |