| Acronym | Meaning |
| HFT | Horizontal Flight Test |
| OST | Operations Support Team (GSFC) |
| SRR | Site Readiness Review |
| SSPDS | Space Shuttle Payload Data Study |
| FDI | Fault Detection And Isolation |
| STADAN | Space Tracking And Data Acquisition Network |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| SPFA | Single Point Failure Analysis |
| SE&I | System Element |
| ERS | Engineering Release System |