| Acronym | Meaning |
| SOTS | Suborbital Tank Separation |
| CADU | Control And Display Unit |
| RSC | Range Safety Control/Command |
| ICW | Interrupted Continuous Wave |
| MCA | Monitoring And Control Assembly |
| HAL/S | High Order Programming Language For Spacelab Usage |
| NCR | Nonconformance/Failure Report |
| RAM | Research And Applications Module |
| OPSS | Orbital Propellant Storage Subsystem |
| SPCW | StoredProgramCommandWord |