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Lunar Flashlight Propulsion System Fracture Control Plan

Hunter Williams
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This document is intended to replace a previously approved Fracture Control Plan (VACCO X16029-10-FCP1) for the Lunar Flashlight Propulsion System (LFPS). The current LFPS is a new design and therefore requires a new plan; however, the spacecraft interfaces have remained the same. This document describes the elements of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)Fracture Control Program and the responsibilities for managing these elements for the LFPS for the Lunar Flashlight CubeSat mission that will launch as a secondary payload on the Space Launch System (SLS). The purpose of this document is to establish a plan for the fracture control activities for MSFC’s LFPS that will be used on the Lunar Flashlight CubeSat. This plan lists all the specific activities that will be performed to satisfy fracture control for this program. The provisions of this plan shall be met to demonstrate that the parts are in compliance with NASA’s fracture control requirements for space flight hardware.

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Hunter Williams. 2020-03-31. Lunar Flashlight Propulsion System Fracture Control Plan. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20210020768

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