scope:

This NASA Technical Standard is directed toward equipment and facilities used to produce additive manufacturing (AM) parts for NASA spacecraft systems, including, but not limited to, crewed, non-crewed, robotic, launch vehicle, lander, and spacecraft program/project hardware elements. Requirements in this NASA Technical Standard assume the AM facility is already compliant with all applicable federal, state, or local laws regarding environmental, health, or safety regulations. The requirements in this NASA Technical Standard respond to section 4.5 of NASA-STD-6030, Additive Manufacturing Requirements for Spaceflight Systems.

Equipment and facilities used to produce AM parts for interfacing ground support equipment (GSE) or test equipment are covered by the requirements of this NASA Technical Standard only to the extent required to prevent damage to or contamination of spaceflight hardware.

Purpose

The purpose of this NASA Technical Standard is to define the minimum requirements for equipment and facilities used for AM processes that are used for AM part production of spaceflight systems, including, but not limited to, hardware used for spacecraft, launch vehicles, in-space and extraterrestrial surface systems.

Applicability

This NASA Technical Standard is applicable to facilities operating under the auspices of NASA-STD-6030 that are used to produce AM parts for spaceflight systems, including hardware used for spacecraft and launch vehicles, and AM parts used to interface with spaceflight hardware or other GSE. This NASA Technical Standard may also apply to AM parts used for NASA non-crewed missions (e.g., robotic missions).

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.

Verifiable requirement statements are designated by the acronym "EFCR" (Equipment and Facilities Control Requirement), numbered, and indicated by the word "shall"; this NASA Technical Standard contains 31 requirements. Explanatory or guidance text and rationales for requirements are indicated in italics beginning in section 4 of this NASA Technical Standard. To facilitate requirements selection by NASA programs and projects, a Requirements Compliance Matrix is provided in Appendix A.