| Acronym | Meaning |
| ESSA | Environmental Science Services Administration (preceded NOAA) |
| AURA | Association Of Universities For Research In Astronomy |
| PIFTS | Planetary Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| GASP | GOES Aerosol Smoke Product |
| HST | Hubble Space Telescope |
| UFO | Unidentified Flying Object |
| IMAPP | International MODIS/AIRS Processing Package |
| SHARP | Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (NASA) |
| KSC | Kennedy Space Center |
| WSGC | Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium |