Space Safety Regulations and Standards

Chapter 1 NASA space safety standards and procedures for human-rating requirements¹

Charles Herbert Shivers

Deputy Director, Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA

Chapter Outline

• Introduction…………………………………3

• NASA Top-level Documentation…………………………………4

• NASA Top-level Safety Standards and Requirements…………………………………6

• NASA Human Ratings Process…………………………………9

• Flowdown Methodology…………………………………11

• Space Shuttle Program…………………………………12

• Space Exploration (Constellation) Program…………………………………14

• A Typical Non-crewed Mission Launched on an Expendable Launch Vehicle…………………………………15

• Conclusions…………………………………15

• References…………………………………15

Introduction

This chapter identifies the standards ...