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Purpose

This document establishes minimum requirements for supply chain risk management, procurement, receiving inspection, testing, traceability management, and storage practices for fasteners used in NASA mission hardware. This document does not contain fastener requirements pertaining to design or design analysis; design and design analysis requirements are contained in NASA-STD-5020, Requirements for Threaded Fastening Systems in Spaceflight Hardware.

For the purpose of this document, "fastener" includes all metallic fastening system hardware that joins or retains components or structural elements, including but not limited to bolts, screws, nuts, nut plates, threaded inserts, rivets, shear pins, set screws, washers, safety wire, and cotter pins.