| Acronym | Meaning |
| CFPA | Center For Particle Astrophysics (Berkeley) |
| SOLSTICE | Solar Stellar Irradiance Comparison Experiment |
| CNO | Carbon-Nitrogen-Oxygen |
| VICAR | Graphics Format Used By JPL |
| SB | Spiral |
| UOSAT | University Of Surrey Satellite |
| VS | SNGVooruzhennikh Sil SNG |
| MOTV | Manned Orbital Transfer Vehicle |
| HPOTP | High Pressure Oxidizer Turbopump |
| SPH | Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics |