Procedural
Requirements
Effective Date: December 16, 2021
Expiration Date: December 21, 2026
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NASA Procedural Requirements |
NPR 8715.3E Effective Date: December 16, 2021 Expiration Date: December 21, 2026 |
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a. This directive defines NASA procedural requirements for requesting relief from Agency mission assurance requirements and the associated roles and responsibilities.
b. The procedural requirements for requesting relief from Agency institutional safety requirements is provided in NPR 8715.1, NASA Safety and Health Programs.
c. This directive has been significantly updated from the initial release of revision D. The procedural requirements for requesting relief from Agency mission assurance requirements, previously contained in Section 1.13, is the only content that remains. References in other documents to Section 1.13 of earlier versions of this NPR should be interpreted as references to Chapter 1 in this revision.
(1) NPR 8715.1 provides requirements (1) for protecting the public, NASA workforce, and high-value assets from all hazards associated with NASA activities and operations created or controlled by NASA, and (2) for protecting NASA civil servants while performing official NASA duties from any hazard, regardless of location. Content related to institutional safety previously addressed in this directive that is now in NPR 8715.1 includes public safety, operational safety, aviation safety, fire safety, safety training, and facility safety.
(2) This change cancels most requirements previously contained in chapter 1, Programmatic Safety Requirements. NPR 8705.2, Human-Rating Requirements for Space Systems, and NPR 8705.4, Risk Classification for NASA Payloads, provide requirements for mission success of crewed and robotic space flight missions respectively.
(3) This change cancels procedural requirements previously contained in chapter 2, System Safety. Accepted standards and guidance for the conduct of system safety include NASA/SP-2010-580, NASA System Safety Handbook, Volume 1: System Safety Framework and Concepts for Implementation, NASA/SP-2014-612, NASA System Safety Handbook Volume 2: System Safety Concepts, Guidelines, and Implementation Examples, MIL-STD-882, Standard Practice for Safety Systems, and ISO 14620-1:2018, Space systems - Safety requirements - Part 1: System Safety. Technical Authorities may accept other standards for use by programs and projects.
(4) Chapter 6, Nuclear Safety for Launching of Radioactive Materials, in earlier versions of this directive was replaced by NPR 8715.26, Nuclear Flight Safety.
a. This directive is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers.
b. This directive is applicable to NASA missions and NASA controlled activities in support of NASA missions. In this directive, all mandatory actions (i.e., requirements) are denoted by statements containing the term "shall." The term "may" denotes a discretionary privilege or permission, "can" denotes statements of possibility or capability, "should" denotes a good practice and is recommended, but not required, "will" denotes expected outcome, and "are/is" denotes descriptive material.
c. In this directive, all document citations are assumed to be the latest version unless otherwise noted.
NPD 8700.1, NASA Policy for Safety and Mission Success.
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Compliance with the requirements contained in this directive is monitored by the Mission Directorates, by the program and project Safety and Mission Assurance Technical Authorities (TA), and by the NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance. Compliance may also be verified as part of selected life cycle reviews and by assessments, reviews, and audits of the requirements and processes defined within this directive.
NPR 8715.3D, NASA General Safety Program Requirements, dated December 16, 2021.
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