| Acronym | Meaning |
| ISM | InterStellar Medium |
| CYSF | Cape York Space Facility |
| TWTA | Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier |
| REM | Rat Enclosure Module |
| ASP | Astronomical Society Of The Pacific |
| IOC | In-Orbit Checkout And Calibration |
| NIMS | Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer |
| SLAP | Space Link Access Protocol |
| PMIRR | Pressure Modulated InfraRed Radiometer |
| MB | Manned Base |