| Acronym | Meaning |
| DOE | Department Of The Environment |
| ATAL | Alternate Transoceanic Abort Landing |
| MODIS-N | MODIS-Nadir |
| OCTW | Optical Communications Through The Shuttle Window |
| AOA | Abort Once Around (shuttle Abort Plan) |
| RAS | Royal Astronomical Society |
| BC | Bolometric Correction |
| CFC | ChloroFluoroCarbon |
| JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| NASP | National AeroSpace Plane |