NASA STD 5009 : 2008

DOCUMENT HISTORY LOG
FOREWORD
1 SCOPE
  1.1 Purpose
  1.2 Applicability
2 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS
  2.1 General
  2.2 Government Documents
  2.3 Non-Government Documents
  2.4 Order of Precedence
3 ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS
  3.1 Acronyms
  3.2 Definitions
4 NDE REQUIREMENTS
  4.1 NDE Procedures, Standards, and Methods
      4.1.1 Cracks
      4.1.2 Material Review Board (MRB)
      4.1.3 Detailed NDE Requirements
      4.1.4 NDE Drawing Callouts
      4.1.5 NDE Process and Configuration Control
      4.1.6 Capability Demonstration Specimens
      4.1.7 Supporting Data and Record Retention
      4.1.8 Organizational Guidelines and Documentation
            Requirement
  4.2 Standard NDE
      4.2.1 Standard NDE Methods
      4.2.2 Standard NDE Crack Sizes
      4.2.3 Table 1 (or 2) - Minimum Detectable Flaw Sizes
            Conditional Notes
      4.2.4 Demonstration of Standard NDE Capability
      4.2.5 Inability to Meet Standard NDE Inspection Process
            Requirements
      4.2.6 Standard NDE Classification Justification
      4.2.7 Standard NDE Deviations
  4.3 Special NDE
      4.3.1 General
      4.3.2 Special NDE Crack Sizes
      4.3.3 Demonstration of Special NDE Capability
      4.3.4 NDE Capability Demonstration Specimens
      4.3.5 Point Estimate Method
      4.3.6 POD Method
  4.4 NDE Documentation
      4.4.1 NDE Plan
      4.4.2 NDE Summary Report
      4.4.3 Supporting Data and Record Retention
  4.5 Personnel Qualification and Certification
      4.5.1 Standard NDE Qualification and Certification
      4.5.2 Special NDE Qualification and Certification
5 GUIDANCE
  5.1 Reference Documents
      5.1.1 Government Documents
      5.1.2 Non-Government Documents
Appendix A - Example of an NDE Organization

Establishes the nondestructive evaluation (NDE) requirements for any NASA system or component, flight or ground, where fracture control is a requirement. Also defines the primary requirements for NDE in support of NASA-STD-5019.