scope:

Purpose

a. This document provides the procedural requirements and processes for the NASA Health and Medical System for Human Space Exploration.

b. NASA fulfills all requirements of this NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) to protect the health and safety of crewmembers involved in space flight activities and enable successful human space exploration.

Applicability

a. This NPR is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers. This NPR applies to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a Federally Funded Research and Development Center, other contractors, and parties to agreements only to the extent specified or referenced in the appropriate contracts, grants, or agreements.

b. The requirements in this NPR apply to all human space exploration activities including, but not limited to, space systems, space suits, habitats, planetary rovers, and surface vehicles.

c. The requirements in this NPR applies to internationally provided space systems as documented in distinct separate agreements, such as joint or multilateral agreements.

d. The requirements in this NPR supercede requirements imposed by other Federal Government agencies.

e. In this directive, all document citations are assumed to be the latest version unless otherwise noted.

f. In this NPR, a requirement is identified by "shall," a good practice by "should," permission by "may" or "can," expected outcome or action by "will," and descriptive material by "is" or "are" (or another form of the verb "to be").