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acceptance test accomplished applicable IRL/IRD appropriate approval article or material articles and materials assembly audits calibration certification characteristics checkout component contractor shall ensure contractor shall establish contractor shall maintain contractor shall prepare contractor shall provide contractor's quality activity corrective action design criteria design reviews designated Government quality dispositions end-item fabrication facilities failure mode FMEA functions Government property Government quality representative handling hazard analysis identification and data implement inspection and test inspection or test installation integrated interfaces maintainability and quality maintenance manufacturing measurement process NASA nonconforming article nondestructive evaluation nondestructive test paragraph performance preventive action prior Problem Reporting procurement documents procurement source Quality Plan receiving inspection records reliability reliability engineering remedial and preventive Reporting and Corrective responsible rework Safety Plan selected Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Program standards and equipment storage subcontractor subsystem supplier technical documents techniques test operations vehicle
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Page 25 - Where it is not possible to preclude the existence or occurrence of a known hazard, devices shall be employed for the timely detection of the condition and the generation of an adequate warning signal. Warning signals and their application shall be designed to minimize the probability of wrong signals or of improper personnel reaction to the signal.
Page 5-2 - ... they monitored later? 3.6 Costs Related to Quality. The contractor shall maintain and use quality cost data as a management element of the quality program. These data shall serve the purpose of identifying the cost of both the prevention and correction of nonconforming supplies (eg, labor and material involved in material spoilage caused by defective work, correction of defective work and for quality control exercised by the contractor at subcontractor's or vendor's facilities). The specific...
Page 24 - Training and certification pertaining to safe operation and maintenance of the system.
Page 2 - The redundancy requirements for all flight vehicle subsystems . . . shall be established on an individual subsystems basis, but shall not be less than fail-safe. 'Fail-safe...
Page 2 - The inability of a system, subsystem, component, or part to perform its required function within specified limits, under specified conditions for a specified duration.
Page 4 - The optimum degree of safety within the constraints of operational effectiveness, time, and cost attained through the...
Page 1 - COMPONENT. A combination of parts, subassemblies or assemblies, usually self-contained, which performs a distinctive function in the operation of the overall equipment. A "black box".
Page 1 - A description of the physical and functional requirements for a product. In its initial form, the design specification is a statement of functional requirements with only general coverage of physical and test requirements. The design specification evolves through the research & development phase to reflect progressive refinements in performance, design, configuration and test requirements.
Page 5-14 - Does management regularly review the status and adequacy of the quality program ? 3.2 Initial Quality Planning. The contractor, during the earliest practical phase of contract performance, shall conduct a complete review of the requirements of the contract to identify and make timely provision for the special controls, processes, test equipments, fixtures, tooling and skills required for assuring product quality. This initial planning will recognize the need and provide for research, when necessary,...
Page 2 - Destructs are executed when the rocket gets off its plotted course or functions in a way so as to become a hazard. Deviation — 1. In NASA quality control, specific authorization, granted before the fact, to depart from a particular requirement of specifications or related documents. 2. In statistics, the difference between two numbers. Also called "departure.