| Acronym | Meaning |
| BAE | British Aerospace |
| AGE | Auxiliary Ground Equipment |
| AXAF | Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility |
| DAO | Dominion Astrophysical Observatory |
| LOX | Liquid OXygen |
| AW&ST | Aviation Week And Space Technology |
| BFS | Backup Flight System |
| ASRM | Advanced Solid Rocket Motor |
| VTVL | Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing |
| JAEL | JSC Avionics Engineering Laboratory |