Design References

Standards

• NASA Standards Program

 

• NASA-STD-5000 and -7000 series

 
• NASA-STD-8719.9 Standard for Lifting Devices and Equipment

 

• MIL-STD-1522A, Safe Design And Operation Of Pressurized Missile
  And Space Systems

 

• NASA TM X-73305, Marshall Astronautic Structures Manual

 

• NASA-STD-8719.14, Process for Limiting Orbital Debris

 

• NASA Orbital Debris Program Office

 

• GSFC-STD-1000, GSFC GOLD Rules, Rules for the Design, Development, Verification, and Operation of Flight Systems"

 

Shuttle and Carrier Interface Documents

• NSTS 14046 Payload Verification Requirements

 

• NSTS 1700.7 Safety Policy and Requirements for Payloads
  Using the STS

 

• ICD-2-19001 Shuttle Orbiter/Cargo Standard Interfaces

 

• Additional Shuttle ICD's

 

• NSTS 07700 Vol 14 -- Shuttle Requirements

 

• Shuttle Program Documents and Library

 

Drafting and Drawings

• Drawing Formats

 

• How to get Engineering Drawing Numbers:
  See Section 4.0 of GSFC Configuration Management Manual (GSFC-CM-001)

 

• 500-PG-8700.2.5, Engineering Drawing Standards Manual

 

• ASME Y14-5, 1994, Dimensioning and Tolerancing for Drawings

 

Mechanical Design Software

 

• NASA STEP Central (for CAD/CAM/CAE Data Exchange)

 

• Units conversion , including downloads for your Palm

 

Materials

• MIL-HDBK-5 (Superseded by BATTELLE MMPDS-03, METALLIC MATERIALS PROPERTIES DEVELOPMENT AND STANDARDIZATION (MMPDS) )

 

• MIL-HDBK-17 (Composites)
• VOL 1, POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES GUIDELINES FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS
• VOL 2, POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES MATERIALS PROPERTIES
• VOL 3, POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES MATERIALS USAGE, DESIGN, AND ANALYSIS
• VOL 4, METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES
• VOL 5, CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES

 

• NASA Ref Pub 1124, Outgassing Data for Selecting Spacecraft Materials

 

• MSFC-SPEC-522, Design Criteria for Controlling
  Stress Corrosion Cracking (superseded by MSFC-STD-3029)

 

• 731-0005-83 Fracture Control Plan for Payloads Using STS

 

• MSFC-STD-3029, GUIDELINES FOR THE SELECTION OF METALLIC
  MATERIALS FOR STRESS CORROSION CRACKING RESISTANCE
  IN SODIUM CHLORIDE ENVIRONMENTS
  See NASA Standards Program

 

• BATTELLE MMPDS-03, METALLIC MATERIALS PROPERTIES DEVELOPMENT AND STANDARDIZATION (MMPDS)
  See NASA Standards Program

 

• SUNY @ Stony Brook - Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering

 

• Material Tips

 

Fasteners

• 541-PG-8072.1.2 GSFC Fastener Integrity Requirements

 

• Flight Fasteners

 

• Fastener Design Manual, NASA Reference Publication 1228

 

• Understanding Metric Threads

 

• Standard Tap Drills/Clearance Holes

 

• 540-PG-8072.1.2, Mechanical Fastener Torque Guidelines

 

• 543-PG-8700.2.1, Guidelines for Designing and Using Drill Template Jigs

 

Safety

• 540-PG-8715.1.2, MSD Safety Manual

 

• (Re)Certification Requirements for Lifting Devices and Equipment & Pressure Vessels and Systems

 

• Analysis Procedure for Spreader Bar Lift Stability

 

• EWR 127-1, "Eastern and Western Range Safety Requirements (Superseded by AFSPCMAN 91-710, Air Force Space Command Range Safety Policies and Procedures"

 

• MSDS Pro - Material Safety Data Sheets

 

• GSFC Safety First

 

• 540-PG-8719.1.1, Lift Sling Design

 

• GPR 8834.1, Lifting Operations Requirements

 

• 540-PG-8700.2.1, Design of Dollies, Stands, and Spacecraft Shipping Containers

 

• GSFC Problem Reporting System (GPRS)

 

• Close Call/Hazard Reporting

 

• AFSPCMAN 91-710, Air Force Space Command Range Safety Policies and Procedures
• VOL 1, SAFETY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES :
• VOL 2, FLIGHT SAFETY REQUIREMENT :
• VOL 3, LAUNCH VEHICLES, PAYLOADS :
• VOL 4, AIRBORNE FLIGHT SAFETY SYSTEM DESIGN, TEST, AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS :
• VOL 5, FACILITIES AND STRUCTURES :
• VOL 6, GROUND AND LAUNCH PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT, SYSTEMS, AND MATERIAL OPERATIONS SAFETY REQUIREMENTS :
• VOL 7, GLOSSARY OF REFERENCES, ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS, AND TERMS :

Testing

• GSFC-STD-7000, GENERAL ENVIRONENTAL VERIFICATION STANDARD (GEVS) For GSFC Flight Programs and Projects

 

• Environmental Test and Integration Facilities Handbook

 

• Space Flight Items Handling Requirements

 

• FORCE LIMITED VIBRATION TESTING HANDBOOK, NASA HDBK-7004

 

• FORCE LIMITED VIBRATION TESTING MONOGRAPH, NASA-RP-1403

 

• NASA-HDBK-7005 Dynamic Environmental Criteria

 

• NASA-STD-7003 Pyroshock Test Criteria

 

• Lifting Devices and Equipment (LDE)

 

Launch Vehicles / Aircraft and Launch Sites

• Orbital's Pegasus® Launch Vehicle

 

• The Delta Launch Vehicle

 

• Taurus Launch Vehicle

 

• Ariane-5

 

• NASA's ER-2 Aircraft

 

• DC-8 Aircraft

 

• P-3B Aircraft

 

Mass Properties

• GSFC Mass Properties Measurement Facility

 

• Mass Properties Measurement Handbook

 

• How To Calculate Mass Properties

 

• Society of Allied Weight Engineers (SAWE)

 

• Mass Properties Engineering

 

Design Reviews

• GSFC-STD-1001, Criteria for Flight Project Critical Milestone Reviews

 

• GPR 8700.6, Engineering Peer Reviews

 

Mechanisms

• NASA Glenn Space Mechanisms

 

• Spacecraft Deployable Appendages

 

• NASA TM-110172, Pyrotechnic Design, Development and Qualification

 

• Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium

 

• European Space Mechanisms & Tribology Symposium

 

• Machine Devices and Components Illustrated Sourcebook

 

• Space Mechanisms Handbook

 

Misc. References

• McMaster Carr Supply Company

 

• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

 

• W.W. Grainger, Inc.

 

• Hypertext Webster dictionary (Yes, even engineers need to spel !)

 

• NASA Documents Online

 

• Acronym Database

 

• Machine Design "Basics of Design Engineering"