Home / NASA

NASA publications index

83 publications indexed from the NASA Technical Standards (NTSS) (official portal) — NASA technical standards and handbooks. 83 listed as current. Index updated 2026-08-23.

Ask a NASA question

Answers are scoped to the NASA (plus DoD-wide policy) and grounded on this live index. Attach a memo or photo if you have one.

Browse by series

Other series in this catalog

Series the NASA Technical Standards (NTSS) lists that are not service-wide publication types — major-command and field-level instructions, and the portal’s own shelf categories.

Recently updated

PublicationTitleDateStatus
NASA-STD-3001_VOL_2NASA Spaceflight Human-System Standard Volume 2: Human Factors, Habitability, and Environmental Health (F)2026-07-14Current
NASA-STD-7001Payload Vibroacoustic Test Criteria (c)2026-07-14Current
NASA-STD-8719.12Safety Standard for Explosives, Propellants, and Pyrotechnics (B)2026-07-13Current
NASA-STD-5002Load Analyses of Spacecraft and Payloads (B)2026-03-10Current
NASA-HDBK-4007Spacecraft High-Voltage Paschen and Corona Design Handbook (A)2026-02-03Current
NASA-HDBK-7009NASA HANDBOOK FOR MODELS AND SIMULATIONS: AN IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE FOR NASA-STD-7009B (B)2026-02-03Current
NASA-HDBK-4001AElectrical Grounding Architecture for Unmanned Spacecraft (A)2025-07-15Current
NASA-HDBK-1009NASA SYSTEMS MODELING HANDBOOK FOR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (A)2025-03-12Current
NASA-STD-8739.12Metrology & Calibration (Revision A)2024-11-20Current
NASA-STD-2822Still and Motion Imagery Metadata Standard (2.0)2024-11-19Current
NASA-HDBK-5026Guidance On Strength, Fatigue, and Fracture Control Requirements for Additively Manufactured Spaceflight Hardware2024-08-12Current
NASA-STD-8719.9Lifting Standard (C)2024-08-08Current
NASA-STD-7919.1NASA Commercial Aviation Services (CAS) Standard (Baseline with Change 1)2024-06-28Current
NASA-STD-7009Standard for Models and Simulations (B)2024-03-05Current
NASA-HDBK-5010-VOLUME_2FRACTURE CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION HANDBOOK FOR SPACEFLIGHT HARDWARE VOLUME 2: EXAMPLE APPLICATIONS AND ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES (REVISION A)2024-01-09Current

Full weekly changelog — every new, changed and removed publication →

What this index covers — and what it can't

Everything here is mirrored from what the NASA Technical Standards (NTSS) publicly lists. Statuses are the catalog's own, re-reconciled at every index refresh (last: 2026-08-23, re-checked weekly). Some listed documents are access-controlled — distribution-restricted, CAC-gated, or CUI — and can only be obtained through official channels; where the catalog states a distribution restriction, the pub's page shows it. Classified material appears in no public catalog, including this one. NASA publications also sit inside a larger stack: DoD-wide issuances above them (indexed under DoD) and department-level or sister-service directives alongside — the cross-branch crosswalks map the same subject across services so you don't stop one tier short.

Get NASA updates by email
We check the NASA Technical Standards (NTSS) catalog every week. Get an email when a NASA publication is added, revised, superseded, or rescinded — no digest spam, only when something actually changes.
One address, unsubscribe in every email. We never sell it — see Privacy.
Looking for a specific pub? Use the search box above — number or title both work (e.g. “NASA-STD …”).