| LEO | Low Earth Orbit |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| VO2max | Maximal oxygen consumption |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| ISS | International Space Station |
| AF | Atrial fibrillation |
| LET | linear energy transfer |
| MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging |
| Gy | Gray (unit) |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| NAFLD | Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease |
| EBV | Epstein-Bar Virus |
| VZV | Varicella-Zoster Virus |
| CMV | Cytomegalovirus |
| NCRP | National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements |
| SMS | Space motion sickness |
| ICP | Intracranial pressure |
| PFMS | Post-flight motion sickness |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| SANS | Spaceflight Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome |
| IOP | Intraocular pressure |
| FRC | Functional residual capacity |
| VC | Vital capacity |
| ERV | Expiratory reserve volume |
| RV | Residual volume |
| V/Q | Ventilation/perfusion |
| NEEMO | NASA Extreme Environment Missions Operations |
| FAST | Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma |
| PET | Positron emission tomography |
| CPR | Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation |
| CR | Caloric restriction |
| TPU | Tensor Processing Unit |
| PHQ-9 | Patient Health Questionnaire-9 |
| GAD-7 | General Anxiety Disorder-7 |
| GCR | Galactic Cosmic Ray |
| DVT | Deep vein thrombosis |
| ASIC | Application-specific integrated circuit |
| TB | Tuberculosis |
| PSA | Prostate-specific antigen |
| DXA | Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry |
| T4 | Levothyroxine |
| TSH | Thyroid-stimulating hormone |
| GDR | Galactic cosmic radiation |