[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 5]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR1214.301]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1214_SPACE FLIGHT--Table of Contents

 

Subpart 1214.3_Payload Specialists for Space Transportation System (STS) 

                                Missions

 

Sec. 1214.301  Definitions.



    (a) Payload specialists. Individuals other than NASA astronauts 

(commanders, pilots, and mission specialists), whose presence is 

required on board the Space Shuttle to perform specialized functions 

with respect to operation of one or more payloads or other essential 

mission activities.

    (b) NASA or NASA-related payload. A specific complement of 

instruments, space equipment, and support hardware, developed by a NASA 

Program Office or by another party with which NASA has a shared 

interest, and carried into space to accomplish a mission or discrete 

activity in space.

    (c) Mission. The performance of a coherent set of investigations or 

operations in space to achieve program goals. A single mission might 

require more than one flight or more than one mission might be 

accomplished on a single flight.

    (d) Mission manager. The official responsible for the implementation 

of the payload portion of an STS flight(s).

    (e) Mission specialist. A career NASA astronaut trained and skilled 

in the operation of STS systems related to payload operations and 

thoroughly familiar with the operational requirements and objectives of 

the payloads with which the mission specialist will fly. The mission 

specialist, when designated for a flight, will participate in the 

planning of the mission and will be responsible for the coordination of 

overall payload/STS interaction. The mission specialist will direct the 

allocation of STS and crew resources to the accomplishment of the 

combined payload objectives during the payload operations phase of the 

flight in accordance with the approved flight plan.

    (f) Investigator Working Group (IWG). A group composed of the 

Principal Investigators, or their representatives, whose primary purpose 

is facilitating or coordinating the development and execution of the 

operational plans of an approved NASA program or reporting the progress 

thereof.

    (g) Payload sponsor. For NASA and NASA-related payloads the payload 

sponsor is the Associate Administrator of the sponsoring Program Office 

whose responsibilities are most closely related to the particular 

scientific or engineering discipline associated with a payload. For all 

other payloads, the payload sponsor is identified by the Associate 

Administrator who contracts with the agency or organization, whether 

foreign or domestic, private-sector or governmental, to fly a payload on 

the STS.

    (h) Unique requirements. The need for a highly specialized or 

unusual technical or professional background or the need for instrument 

operations requiring a highly specialized or unusual background that is 

not likely to be found in the group of mission specialists or cannot be 

attained in a reasonable training period.



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