NASA-HDBK-5010 Fracture Control Implementation Handbook for Payloads, Experiments, and Similar Hardware

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This Technical Handbook approved by NASA May 24, 2005. 233 p. This handbook provides methodology and approaches for implementation of fracture control for payloads and experiments flown on the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. Following the guidelines of this handbook will satisfy the intent of the applicable NASA fracture control requirements for payloads and experiments as delineated in the Applicable Documents 1-9 in Section 4.1.