About NPSL

Prohibited Materials

Parts Selection Table of Contents

• Capacitors
• Circuit Protection Devices
• Fuses
• Connectors
• Filters
• Inductors
• Microcircuits
• Monolithics
• Hybrids
• Resistors
• Semiconductors (Summary)
• Diodes
• Transistors
• Thermistors
• Wire and Cable

Other Space Agency
EEE Parts Selection Listings

European Space Agency (ESA)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

1.0 FOREWORD

The NASA EEE Parts Selection List (NPSL) has been developed as a "parts selection tool" specifically geared toward design and parts engineering organizations internal to NASA and to universities and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that do not have the resources for a dedicated quality and reliability infrastructure in parts engineering. The NPSL is a listing of electrical, electronic, and electromechanical (EEE) part types and advanced packaging technologies such as Multi-Chip Modules (MCM) which are produced under various government and/or industry quality systems.

Since NASA's Standard EEE Parts List, MIL-STD-975, was cancelled without replacement on May 3, 1998, the NPSL provides a viable alternative for parts selection. However, there are some key differences in the philosophy of these two documents which users must be aware of:
 

MIL-STD-975	NPSL
Defines "Standard" and "Non-Standard" Parts	Leaves standardization up to the individual flight projects
Defines a "Non-Standard Parts Approval Request" (NSPAR) policy	Leaves it to the individual flight projects to approve parts for the intended application
Intended to be invoked as a contract requirement	Not intended to be invoked as a contract requirement
Very stringent requirements for parts listings	Designed to facilitate listing of newer, advanced technologies

OEMs that have an established parts engineering infrastructure may elect to use the NPSL to augment their own existing part selection lists. The NPSL may be chosen, in part or in its entirety, to be a subset of a Project Approved Parts List (PAPL) or equivalent. The decision to invoke the NPSL shall be made by the project based on the parts management and control requirements for that mission. The NPSL itself, should not be imposed as a contractual requirement, but the associated part listings may be established as approved selections by the project.