| Acronym | Meaning |
| PARE | Physiological And Anatomical Rodent Experiment |
| PI | Principal Investigator |
| AIPS | Astronomical Image Processing System |
| NPO | Scientific Production Organization |
| AGN | Active Galactic Nucleus |
| USO | Ultra-Stable Oscillator |
| NTT | New Technology Telescope |
| IMU | Inertial Measurement Unit |
| RFM | Reconfigurable Furnace Module |
| SEPAC | Space Experiments With Particle Accelerators |