### Question
Can you define what in-space transportation services means?


### Answer
**In-space transportation services** is defined as the following in *51 U.S.C. § 50301*:

> operations and activities involved in the direct transportation or attempted transportation of a payload or object from one orbit to another by means of an in-space transportation vehicle

#### Citation:
  - *51 U.S.C. § 50301*
  - Heading: **Subtitle V-Programs Targeting Commercial Opportunities > CHAPTER 503-COMMERCIAL REUSABLE IN-SPACE TRANSPORTATION**

