---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 1214.701"
title: "14"
number: "1214.701"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/1214.701"
---

# §1214.701. Definitions.

- (a) The flight crew consists of the NASA Commander, astronaut crew members, and [any] other persons aboard the spacecraft.
- (b) A mission is the period including the flight-phases from launch to landing on the surface of the Earth—a single round trip. (In the case of a forced landing, the NASA Commander's authority continues until a competent authority takes over the responsibility for the persons and property aboard).
- (c) The flight-phases consist of launch, in orbit/transit, extraterrestrial mission, deorbit, entry, and landing, and post-landing back on Earth.
- (d) A payload is a specific complement of instruments, space equipment, and support hardware/software carried into space to accomplish a scientific mission or discrete activity.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 111-314, sec. 3, 124 Stat. 3328 (51 U.S.C. 20101, et seq. ).

### Source

Source: 81 FR 43041, July 1, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 111-314, sec. 3, 124 Stat. 3328 (51 U.S.C. 20101, et seq. ).

### Source

Source: 57 FR 4545, Feb. 6, 1992, unless otherwise noted.