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Glossary of Terms
| ABA | American Bar Association |
| ACC | Air Coordinating Committee |
| AF/RDC | Air Force assistant deputy chief of staff for research and technology |
| ASIL | American Society of International Law |
| AU | Air University |
| COPUOS | Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space |
| COSPAR | Committee on Space Research |
| DOS | Department of State |
| IAU | International Astronomical Union |
| ICAF | Industrial College of the Armed Forces |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization |
| ICSU | International Council of Scientific Unions |
| IGY | International Geophysical Year |
| JAG | judge advocate general |
| JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NASC | National Aeronautics and Space Council |
| NSC | National Security Council |
| OCB | Operations Coordinating Board |
| OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense |
| SSB | Space Science Board |
| UN | United Nations |
| USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
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