| Acronym | Meaning |
| SPTN | SPARTAN |
| TAL | Transatlantic Abort Landing |
| VPF | Vertical Processing Facility |
| TKSC | Tsukuba Space Center |
| LY | Light Year (usu. Ly) |
| RVSN | Raketniye Voiska Stratigcheskovo Naznacheniya |
| HDE | Henry Draper Extension |
| ENSO | El Nino/Southern Oscillation |
| OSSE | Oriented Scintillation Spectrometer Experiment |
| MOL | Manned Orbiting Laboratory |