| Acronym | Meaning |
| GES | Goddard Experiment SuPport System |
| GLY | Glycol |
| LSU | International System Of Units |
| S-BD | S-Band |
| SPPP | Spacelab Payloads Processing Project |
| OMEWG | Orbiter Maintenance Engineering Working Group |
| TMPV | Torquemotor Pilot Valve |
| GPL | Goal Processing Language |
| LWS | Lightning Warning System |
| QRSL | Quick-Reaction Space Laboratory |