July 16, 2003

Al Feinberg 
Headquarters, Washington 
(Phone: 202/358-4504) 

NOTE TO EDITORS: n03-069

NASA HUMAN RATING REQUIREMENTS AVAILABLE ON WEB SITE

NASA has posted the "Human Rating Requirement and Guidelines for Space 
Flight Systems," on the agency's Web site. The document contains 
requirements and guidelines for certifying the design of future 
agency space vehicles carrying humans.

An interdisciplinary team of agency experts and engineers produced 
this NASA Procedures and Guidelines document. It will serve as a 
'blueprint' for providing the maximum reasonable assurance the design 
and operations of future human space flight systems present minimum 
risk to the flight crew and occupants, as well as those involved in 
and exposed to space flight activities. 

The "Human Rating Requirements" document can be accessed at: 

http://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/library/displayDir.cfm?Internal_ID=N_PG_8705_0002_&page_name=main 

For more information about NASA and human space flight on the 
Internet, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov 

	
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