| Acronym | Meaning |
| AC | Ancho Canyon |
| NSSDC | National Space Science Data Center |
| FAPS | Fate Of Atmospheric Pollutants Study |
| MTBF | Mean Time Between Failure |
| NSN | NASA Science Network |
| CAM | Computer Aided Machining |
| SPIRES | Stanford Physics Information Retrieval System |
| ACO/UK | ACO/United Kingdom |
| IGPP | Institute Of Geophysics And Planetary Physics |
| ACDF | Advanced Chemical Diagnostics Facility |