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Requirements 		NPR 8715.7B
Effective Date: April 27, 2020
Expiration Date: April 27, 2030
COMPLIANCE IS MANDATORY FOR NASA EMPLOYEES
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Subject: Payload Safety Program

Responsible Office: Office of Safety and Mission Assurance


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Chapter 1. Overview

1.1 Introduction

1.1.1 NASA payloads often incorporate hazards which can pose significant risk to life and property. NASA payload missions require the coordination of efforts among a diverse group of participants who have varying responsibilities and authorities. These missions can present unique challenges to the payload safety assurance process, which often involves numerous organizations internal and external to the Agency. The Office of Safety and Mission Assurance has established the NASA Payload Safety Program to assist payload projects in achieving safe design objectives, obtaining the necessary safety approvals, and assuring that the objectives are satisfied for all payload missions.

1.1.2 The key technical objectives for the NASA Payload Safety Program are:

a. Contain or mitigate the risk to the public, NASA workforce, and any property requiring protection from hazards associated with payload design, fabrication, testing, integration, processing, launch, and recovery.

b. Ensure risk acceptance decisions are made that integrate concerns for all identified hazards for the payload and ensure Agency risk criteria are satisfied.

1.2 Delegation of Responsibilities

1.2.1 Unless specifically prohibited, responsibilities and requirements may be delegated. The stated role or actor remains accountable for its implementation and outcome.

1.2.2 Where an office or organization is stated as the actor of a requirement, the Official in Charge of that office or organization is responsible and accountable for the action and its outcome.

1.3 General Terms

1.3.1 In this directive, "payload" refers to the project payload, associated GSE, auxiliary payload, and payload provided upper stages.

1.3.2 In this directive, "Center Director" refers to the Center Directors, and to the directors of Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers.

1.4 Requests for Relief

NPR 8715.1 defines the procedural requirements for requesting and granting relief from requirements within this directive and standards incorporated by reference herein. Section 3.5, Waiver Process, below provides additional requirements for relief from requirements in standards incorporated by reference herein.

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