NASA-STD-7002A, NASA TECHNICAL STANDARD: PAYLOAD TEST REQUIREMENTS (10 SEP 2004)

NASA-STD-7002A, NASA TECHNICAL STANDARD: PAYLOAD TEST REQUIREMENTS (10 SEP 2004)., This standard includes selected environmental exposure tests for hardware operating in earth orbit. The tests included are generally regarded as the most critical and the ones having the highest cost and schedule impact. This standard also includes functional demonstration tests necessary to verify the capability of the hardware to perform its intended function (with and without environmental exposure as appropriate). This standard specifies test levels, factors, margins, durations, and other parameters where appropriate. In some cases, these specifics are expressed statistically or are referenced in other NASA standards. This standard provides a NASA-wide common basis from which test programs shall be developed for NASA payloads. The document defines a succinct standard set of flight hardware test requirements which provide for the necessary verification of design adequacy and flight worthiness of NASA spacecraft. Compliance provides consistency across the Agency and its contractors, thereby facilitating the sharing of hardware between Centers and programs. Compliance also provides a basis for establishing a baseline pedigree that allows the conduct of a "qualification by similarity" evaluation process for "heritage" hardware without the complicating need to consider the variability of test requirements.