| Acronym | Meaning |
| COSTAR | Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement |
| RME | Radiation Monitoring Experiment |
| TOS | Transfer Orbit Stage |
| ADS | Aitken Double Star Catalog |
| CFPA | Center For Particle Astrophysics (Berkeley) |
| CITA | Canadian Institute For Theoretical Astrophysics |
| GNC | Guidance |
| CYSP | Cape York Space Port |
| STSCI | Space Telescope Science Institute |
| PARE | Physiological And Anatomical Rodent Experiment |