SSP 41173C, SPACE STATION QUALITY ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PROGRAM (30 SEP 2003)

SSP 41173C, SPACE STATION QUALITY ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PROGRAM (30 SEP 2003)., This document establishes programmatic Quality Assurance (Section 3.0) and Software Quality Assurance (Section 4.0) requirements for the design, development, production, assembly, integration, test, and operation of the International Space Station and includes post-delivery and on-orbit QA requirements. Quality Assurance encompasses quality management, quality planning, quality improvement, quality control, and quality engineering functions performed by QA representatives comprised of Quality Management, Quality Assurance, Quality Improvement, Quality Control and Quality Engineering personnel and their designated representatives. For the purpose of this document, the term Customer shall be interpreted to mean the procuring or receiving organization (i.e., Buyer) and includes the ultimate receiving organization (i.e., National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) or International Partner/Participant). The term Provider shall be interpreted to mean the organization providing product for the ISS (includes IP/P, contractor, subcontractor, supplier). These terms are used interchangeably within this document. These QA and SQA requirements are applicable to the NASA, prime contractors, Tier 1 subcontractors, suppliers, and any organization that provides, processes, or has custody of hardware and/or software for use on the International Space Station. These quality requirements are applicable to all International Space Station (ISS) hardware and software designated as flight components, subsystems, systems, and/or equipment including Flight Support Equipment (FSE) and Orbital Support Equipment (OSE). These quality requirements are also applicable to Ground Support Equipment (GSE) that: 1) either physically or functionally interfaces with flight hardware/software; 2) could by its malfunction cause loss of life or loss/damage to flight, GSE, or facilities hardware/software; and/or 3) generated data used in determining flight worthiness/certification and acceptance of deliverable items. These quality requirements may be tailored for other GSE as appropriate to the mission and intended useful life. Non-deliverable Test Support Equipment (TSE) and Factory Equipment (FE) may be tailored to the appropriate company. TSE and FE that are determined to be deliverable must meet the requirements applied to GSE, as identified above.