This handbook was produced with the intention of providing failure analysts who work with spaceflight metals a reference of SEM fractographs of fracture surfaces produced under known conditions. The metals and the fracture conditions were chosen to simulate situations that are encountered in spaceflight applications. This includes tensile overload at both room temperature and liquid nitrogen temperature and fatigue at room temperature. The handbook of fractography is used in failure analyses to help identify service failures. Comparisons of an unknown fracture surface to those of known...