Human Factors Standards for Space Habitation

Nasa is developing a Man/System Integration Standard. It is to be a single source for human factors engineering standards for the design and development of space habitats. Included in this paper is a discussion of the Anthropometrics, Architecture, Activity Centers, and Health Management sections of the standard. There is a brief description of the general contents of each of these sections and some of the human factors considerations that are unique to the space environment.

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Human Factors Engineering Standards at NASA

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/154193120805202417 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 52 (24) ◽

pp. 1999-2002

Author(s):

Barry Tillman ◽

Lynn Pickett ◽

Lockheed Martin

Keyword(s):

Human Factors ◽

Human Factors Engineering ◽

Engineering Standards

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Applying User-Centered Design in the Context of the Deming Quality Cycle: The Design and Development of a Server Computer

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/154193120004401212 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 44 (12) ◽

pp. 2-483-2-486

Author(s):

Melroy E. D'Souza

Keyword(s):

Human Factors ◽

Human Factors Engineering ◽

Quality Engineering ◽

User Centered Design ◽

Design And Development ◽

Check Phase ◽

Server Computer ◽

User Centered

There are many different tools and methodologies in the field of human factors for user-centered design. Similarly, other fields have tools and methodologies that enable practitioners in those fields to perform their work. Although these tools may be used most productively within their specific fields, they might contain elements that lend themselves to being applied in other domain areas. The field of quality engineering has been around for a while and has many useful tools. The similarity in the goals of the fields of human factors engineering and quality engineering suggests that there could be certain methodologies and tools in the area of quality engineering that, practitioners of human factors might find useful and applicable to the development of products and services from a user-centered perspective. This paper explores the application of user-centered design in the context of the Deming Cycle to the development of a server computer in an actual organization. It also provides examples of actual issues that were identified during the “check” phase of the Deming Cycle, and describes the actions that were performed to address these issues.

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Human Engineering Design Standards for Extravehicular Activity in Advanced Space Programs

Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/154193128603000415 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 30 (4) ◽

pp. 374-376

Author(s):

Nicholas Shields

Keyword(s):

Engineering Design ◽

System Integration ◽

Life Support ◽

Microgravity Environment ◽

Human Factors Engineering ◽

Human Engineering ◽

Design Standards ◽

Extravehicular Activity ◽

Engineering Standards ◽

Standards And Guidelines

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is currently developing the Man/Systems Integration Standard which will detail the human factors engineering design requirements for future spacecraft. Several existing standards and guidelines from the Johnson Space Center and the Marshall Space Flight Center, along with human engineering standards from the Department of Defense will be superseded by this NASA wide standard. One chapter to be included in this human engineering standard, which is not usually included in general standards, will deal with extravehicular activity (EVA) where the human wears a pressurized life support system and operates in the microgravity environment. This paper details the development and contents of the EVA portion of the new NASA Man/System Integration Standard.

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