| Acronym | Meaning |
| OAR | Office Of Aerospace Research |
| PFU | Proto Flight Unit |
| MADER | Management Of Atmospheric Data For Evaluation And Research |
| BTU | British Thermal Unit |
| ELVD | Every Launch Vehicle Directorate |
| ROSE | Rural Oxidants In The Southern Environment |
| ICFD | Institute For Computational Fluid Dynamics |
| ESSC | Earth System Science Committee |
| DEC | Digital Equipment Corporation |
| FFRDCS | Federally Funded Research And Development Centers |