| Acronym | Meaning |
| USACE | United State Army Corps Of Engineers |
| AIM | Adaptive Injection Molding |
| S/TM | Stratospheric/tropospheric Measurements |
| GLERL | Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab |
| TOPEX/POSEIDON | Ocean Topography Experiment |
| NEIC | National Earthquake Information Center |
| FUA | Fuel Use Act |
| PA/CCC | Payload Accommodations/Carrier Control Center |
| LDS | Lightning Detection System |
| EASOE | European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment |