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NASA-STD-3001 Volume 2, Revision B METRIC/SI (ENGLISH) NASA-STD-3001, NASA TECHNICAL STANDARD VOLUME 2, REVISION B National Aeronautics and Space Administration Approved: 2019-09-09 Superseding NASA-STD-3001, Volume 2, Revision A NASA SPACEFLIGHT HUMAN-SYSTEM STANDARD VOLUME 2: HUMAN FACTORS, HABITABILITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE – DISTRIBUTION IS UNLIMITED NASA-STD-3001, VOLUME 2, REVISION B DOCUMENT HISTORY LOG Status Document Change Approval Date Description Revision Number Baseline 2011-01-10 Initial Release Revision A 2015-02-10 Revision of lunar dust standard, section 6.4.4.2 Revision B 2019-09-09 Editorial changes throughout document with addition of the following sections/standards: 3.5/[V2 3006], 5.2.4/[V2 5008], 6.3.1.3/[V2 6105], 6.6.1.14/[V2 6106], 7.3.2.5/[V2 7085], 8.7.4/[V2 8059], 8.7.5/[V2 8060], 11.1.3.2/[V2 11028], 11.2.3.1/[V2 11029], 11.2.3.2/[V2 11030], 11.2.5.1/[V2 11031], 11.3/[V2 11032], 11.4/[V2 11033], 11.5/[V2 11034], 11.6/[V2 11035], 11.7/[V2 11036], 11.8/[V2 11037], 11.9/[V2 11038], 11.10/[V2 11039], and all of new Section 12, Ground Assembly Design and Emergency Egress Operations Assembly Design, replacing Section 13, Ground Maintenance and Assembly (Reserved). Deletion of the following sections/standards: 3.1/[V2 3001], 3.2/[V2 3002], 3.3/[V2 3003], 3.4/[V2 3004], 3.5/[V2 3005], 4.8.3/[V2 4014], 6.2.1.4/[V2 6005], 6.2.5.2/[V2 6018], 6.3.1.3/[V2 6028], 6.6.1.1/[V2 6071], 6.6.1.2/[V2 6072], 6.6.2.14/[V2 6086], 7.9.3/[V2 7072], 7.10.5/[V2 7078], 8.1.4/[V2 8004], 8.6.1.2/[V2 8044], 8.6.1.5/[V2 8047], 8.6.1.6/[V2 8048], 8.7.4/[V2 8054], 10.2.1.1/[V2 10029], 10.3.2.4/[V2 10041], 10.3.4.1.1/[V2 10051], 10.5.3.8/[V2 10092], 11.1.2.3/[V2 11004], 11.1.3.3/[V2 11008], 11.2.3.1/[V2 11026] and Section 12, Operations (Reserved). The following sections/standards were materially changed either in the text of this APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE – DISTRIBUTION IS UNLIMITED 2 of 296 NASA-STD-3001, VOLUME 2, REVISION B DOCUMENT HISTORY LOG (Continued) Status Document Change Approval Date Description Revision Number Revision B 2019-09-09 Continued: NASA Technical Standard and/or in the rationale: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 4.2.2/[V2 4006], 4.4/[V2 4008], 5.1.1/[V2 5001], 5.1.2/[V2 5002], 5.1.3/[V2 5003], 5.2.1/[V2 5005], 5.2.2/[V2 5006], 5.2.3/[V2 5007], 6.2.1.2/[V2 6003], 6.2.1.3/[V2 6004], 6.2.2.1/[V2 6006], 6.2.2.2/[V2 6007], 6.2.2.3/[V2 6008], 6.2.3.2/[V2 6011], 6.2.4.1/[V2 6012], 6.2.4.3/[V2 6014], 6.2.5.1/[V2 6017], 6.2.6.1/[V2 6020], 6.2.6.2/[V2 6021], 6.2.7.1/[V2 6022], 6.3.1.1/[V2 6026], 6.3.2.7/[V2 6035], 6.4.4.1/[V2 6052], 6.4.5.3/[V2 6056], 6.4.5.4/[V2 6057], 6.4.8/[V2 6063], 6.5.1/[V2 6064] (Figures 4 and 5), 6.5.2.2/[V2 6066], 6.5.2.3/[V2 6067], 10.6.1.9/[V2 10108], 11.1.2.1/[V2 11006], 11.1.2.2/[V2 11007], 11.1.3.3/[V2 11014], 11.1.6/[V2 11023], 11.2.1.1/[V2 11024], 11.2.2.1/[V2 11025], 11.2.4.1/[V2 11027]. APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE – DISTRIBUTION IS UNLIMITED 3 of 296 NASA-STD-3001, VOLUME 2, REVISION B FOREWORD This NASA Technical Standard is published by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide uniform engineering and technical requirements for processes, procedures, practices, and methods that have been endorsed as standard for NASA programs and projects, including requirements for selection, application, and design criteria of an item. This NASA Technical Standard provides uniform technical requirements for the design, selection, and application of hardware, software, processes, procedures, practices, and methods for human-rated systems. This NASA Technical Standard is approved for use by NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers and Facilities, and applicable technical requirements may be cited in contract, program, and other Agency documents. It may also apply to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC)), other contractors, recipients of grants and cooperative agreements, and parties to other agreements only to the extent specified or referenced in applicable contracts, grants, or agreements. This NASA Technical Standard establishes Agency-wide requirements that minimize health and performance risks for flight crew in human spaceflight programs. This NASA Technical Standard applies to space vehicles, habitats, facilities, payloads, and related equipment with which the crew interfaces during spaceflight and lunar and planetary, e.g., Mars, habitation. Requests for information should be submitted via “Feedback” at https://standards.nasa.gov. Requests for changes to this NASA Technical Standard should be submitted via MSFC Form 4657, Change Request for a NASA Engineering Standard. Original signed by . 09/05/2019 . J. D. Polk, DO, MS, MMM, CPE, FACOEP, FAsMA Approval Date NASA Chief Health and Medical Officer NASA Headquarters APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE – DISTRIBUTION IS UNLIMITED 4 of 296 NASA-STD-3001, VOLUME 2, REVISION B Concurrences: Original signed by . 09/06/2019 . Terrence W. Wilcutt Concurrence Date NASA Chief of Safety and Mission Assurance Original signed by . 09/06/2019 . Ralph R. Roe, Jr. Concurrence Date NASA Chief Engineer APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE – DISTRIBUTION IS UNLIMITED 5 of 296 NASA-STD-3001, VOLUME 2, REVISION B TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PAGE DOCUMENT HISTORY LOG .......................................................................................... 2 FOREWORD ....................................................................................................................... 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................... 6 LIST OF APPENDICES ..................................................................................................... 9 LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................. 9 LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................... 10 1. SCOPE .................................................................................................................. 11 1.1 Purpose ................................................................................................................... 11 1.2 Applicability ........................................................................................................... 12 1.3 Tailoring ................................................................................................................. 13 1.4 Authority ................................................................................................................ 13 2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS ........................................................................... 13 2.1 General ................................................................................................................... 13 2.2 Government Documents ........................................................................................ 14 2.3 Non-Government Documents ................................................................................ 14 2.4 Order of Precedence ............................................................................................... 16 3. PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION STANDARDS .......................................... 16 3.1 Applicability of this NASA Technical Standard ................................................... 16 3.2 Systems Engineering Processes and Requirements ............................................... 17 4. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND CAPABILITIES............................ 18 4.1 Physical Data Sets .................................................................................................. 18 4.2 Body Lengths ......................................................................................................... 19 4.3 Range of Motion Data ............................................................................................ 20 4.4 Reach Data ............................................................................................................. 20 4.5 Body Surface Area Data ........................................................................................ 21 4.6 Body Volume Data ................................................................................................ 21 4.7 Body Mass Data ..................................................................................................... 21 4.8 Strength .................................................................................................................. 22 4.9 Aerobic Capacity ................................................................................................... 23 5. PERCEPTION AND COGNITION ................................................................... 23 5.1 Perceptual and Cognitive Characteristics and Capabilities ................................... 23 5.2 Integrated Human Performance Capabilities ......................................................... 25 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE – DISTRIBUTION IS UNLIMITED 6 of 296 NASA-STD-3001, VOLUME 2, REVISION B TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) SECTION PAGE 6. NATURAL AND INDUCED ENVIRONMENTS ............................................ 27 6.1 Trend Analysis of Environmental Data ................................................................. 27 6.2 Internal Atmosphere .............................................................................................. 28 6.3 Water .....................................................................................................................
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