Purpose

This standard establishes fastener procurement, receiving inspection, and storage practices for all fasteners used for spaceflight hardware that are procured, received, tested, inventoried, or installed for space flight by a NASA Center, by a prime contractor, or by any other spaceflight hardware developer.

For the purposes of this document, spaceflight hardware shall include any government-furnished equipment (GFE) or payloads that are flown on spaceflight vehicles.

Applicability

The requirements set forth in this document are the baseline fastener procurement, receiving inspection, and storage requirements for all NASA spaceflight hardware.

This standard may be cited in contracts, program, and other Agency documents as a technical requirement. Requirements are numbered and indicated by the word "shall." Explanatory or guidance text is indicated in italics beginning in section 4.

Individual NASA Centers may establish more restrictive program/project-specific requirements and/or guidelines, as appropriate. To do this, individual provisions of this standard may be tailored (i.e., modified or deleted) by contract or program specifications to meet specific constraints and program/project needs.

Deviations from this document or tailoring of this standard for application to a specific program or project shall be formally documented as part of program or project requirements and approved by the Technical Authority.