[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: 14CFR1214.603]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION

 

PART 1214_SPACE FLIGHT--Table of Contents

 

          Subpart 1214.6_Mementos Aboard Space Shuttle Flights

 

Sec. 1214.603  Official Flight Kit (OFK).



    (a) Purpose. The OFK on a particular flight enables NASA, developers 

of NASA sponsored payloads, NASA's external payload customers, other 

Federal agencies, researchers, aerospace contractors, and counterpart 

institutions of friendly foreign countries to utilize mementos as awards 

and commendations or preserve them in museums or archives. The courtesy 

is also extended to other organizations outside the aerospace community, 

such as state and local governments, the academic community, and 

independent business entities. In the latter case, it is customary to 

fly only one item for the requesting organization to be used for display 

purposes.

    (b) Limitations. In addition to Sec. 1214.602(c) of this part, U.S. 

national flags will not be flown as mementos except by U.S. Government 

sponsors.

    (c) Approval of Contents. At least 60 days prior to the launch of a 

Space Shuttle flight, an authorized representative of each organization 

desiring mementos to be carried on the flight in the OFK must submit a 

letter or request describing the item(s) to be flown and the intended 

purpose or distribution. Letters should be directed to the cognizant 

NASA office as follows:

    (1) Space Shuttle customers/users of any nature, to the Director of 

Transportation Services, Code MC, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 

20546.

    (2) Foreign organizations/individuals, and Department of Defense 

organizations/individuals (both other than as a Space Shuttle customer) 

and other Federal agencies to the Associate Administrator of External 

Relations, Code X, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC 20546. Upon receipt 

of all requests, the cognizant offices will review and forward data to 

the Associate Director, Code AC, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 

77058.

    (3) All others (aerospace companies, state and local governments, 

the academic community, and non-space-related businesses) may send 

requests directly to the Associate Director, Code AC, Johnson Space 

Center, Houston, TX 77058. In the event OFK requests, on a particular 

flight, exceed OFK capability, priority consideration may be given to 

those entities having payloads on that flight. The listing of the 

proposed OFK contents for each flight is prepared at the Johnson Space 

Center and forwarded to the Associate Administrator for Space Flight 

approximately 30 days prior to launch for approval.



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