| Acronym | Meaning |
| CR | Correlation Radiometer |
| TEA | Torque Equilibrium Attitude |
| AXAF | Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility |
| MCCC | Maragone Convection On Closed Containers |
| FOLD | Federally-Owned LANDSAT Data |
| SEPAC | Space Experiments With Particle Accelerators |
| LLNL | Lawrence-Livermore National Laboratory |
| RASC | Royal Astronomical Society Of Canada |
| WD | White Dwarf |
| CRIM | Commercial Refrigerator Incubator Module |