| Acronym | Meaning |
| FRF | Flight Readiness Firing |
| SPH | Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics |
| MTC | Man Tended Capability |
| SPOT | Systeme Probatoire Pour L'Observation De La Terre |
| GHRS | Goddard High Resolution Spectrograph |
| HST | Hubble Space Telescope |
| ARC | Ames Research Center (NASA) |
| SPS | Solar Power Satellite |
| VICAR | Graphics Format Used By JPL |
| DCX | Delta Clipper EXperimental |