Apollo Reliability and Quality Assurance Program Plan

NHB 5300.1A, Apollo Documentation No. RA 001-000-1, July 1966, superseding the October 1965 edition. Sets forth the overall Apollo R&QA policies, requirements, and procedures across nine sections: R&QA requirements by hardware development phase, program implementation by level (Apollo Program Office down to subcontractors and suppliers), R&QA plans, mission reliability analysis, status reporting, auditing, parts/materials/components program, identification for traceability, and nonconforming material control, with appendices of reference documents, abbreviations, and a glossary. Covers spacecraft, Saturn IB, Saturn V, launch vehicle engines, ground support equipment, crew systems, and mission experiment equipment. Preface bears the printed signature of Samuel C. Phillips, Major General, USAF, Director, Apollo Program, over a “DISTRIBUTION: Special” notice.