| Acronym | Meaning |
| WIMP | Weakly Interacting Massive Particle |
| SAM | Shuttle Activation Monitor |
| USA/RC | Universities Space Automation/Robotics Consortium |
| BFS | Backup Flight System |
| GOMOS | Global Ozone Monitoring By Occultation Of Stars |
| NRAO | National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
| IML | International Microgravity Lab |
| IRFNA | Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid |
| ISZ | Iskusstvenniy Sputnik Zemli |
| MOMS | Modular Optoelectronic Multispectral/Stereo Scanner |