Human Spaceflight Standards
NASA Human Health, Medical, and Performance Spaceflight Standards – NASA- Standard 3001 Volumes 1 and 2
NASA-STD-3001, NASA Spaceflight Human-System Standard Volume 1 and 2, establishes Agency standards that enable human spaceflight missions by minimizing health risks, providing vehicle design parameters, and enabling the performance of flight and ground crew. Applicability and tailoring of Standards are determined based on each program’s mission profile and procurement strategy.
NASA-STD-3001 Volume 1 covers the requirements needed to support astronaut health and provide medical care while Volume 2 covers human-related vehicle system design and operations requirements that will maintain astronaut safety and promote performance.
The Human Spaceflight & Aviation Standards Team continually works with programs to provide the best standards and implementation documentation to minimize development issues. Via partnerships with programs and industry, the standards are constantly evolving to enable the successful implementation of NASA programs and the commercialization of human spaceflight.
Volume 1: Crew Health
NASA-STD-3001 Volume 1 covers the requirements needed to support astronaut health and provide medical care
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Volume 2: Human Factors, Habitability, and Environmental Health
NASA-STD-3001 Volume 2 covers human-related vehicle system design and operations requirements that will maintain astronaut safety and promote performance.
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Human Spaceflight Standards Hierarchy Pyramid
Often it is necessary to assess the cross-relationship of standards and their impact on a specific mission/program, especially during the formulation stage of a new program. To facilitate this assessment, a “Standards pyramid of hierarchy” was developed to aid in the determination of individual standard’s impact on missions. The purpose of this tool is to help look “across” all of the standards and assess their impact on a mission’s success related to loss of crew, loss of mission, and loss of individual mission objectives. The pyramid also categorizes standards that increase the probability of achieving mission objectives. This hierarchy has been used in determining the applicability of standards for programs during the formulation stage of development.
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Human Health and Performance Products
Human Health and Performance provide unique products and services required to maintain astronaut health and performance during and after long-duration space exploration
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