| Acronym | Meaning |
| VHF | Very High Frequency |
| ATLAS | Atmospheric Laboratory For Applications And Science |
| GOMOS | Global Ozone Monitoring By Occultation Of Stars |
| LEST | Large Earth-based Solar Telescope |
| CASSINI | Saturn Orbiter And Titan Probe |
| OCTW | Optical Communications Through The Shuttle Window |
| IRAS | InfraRed Astronomical Satellite |
| AGU | American Geophysical Union |
| AOA | Angle Of Attack |
| NTT | New Technology Telescope |