diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de6b6a6..4cef342 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,15 @@ Example page from Pictorial Reference:
 ![Screenshot from Pictorial Reference](screenshot/nasa-work-pic-ss.png)
 
 
-
+# Standards
 Note: Many of these standards have been replaced. This reference is from 2002 era.
 Many of the new standards aren't freely available anymore.
 
+See the standards/ directory for PDFs of various standards referenced in
+the Pictorial Reference.
+
+
+
+happy hacking
+
+
diff --git a/standards/NASA-STD-8739-1b.pdf b/standards/NASA-STD-8739-1b.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae2c1b4
Binary files /dev/null and b/standards/NASA-STD-8739-1b.pdf differ
diff --git a/standards/NASA-STD-8739-2.pdf b/standards/NASA-STD-8739-2.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c949d68
Binary files /dev/null and b/standards/NASA-STD-8739-2.pdf differ
diff --git a/standards/NASA-STD-8739-3.pdf b/standards/NASA-STD-8739-3.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f5faa2
Binary files /dev/null and b/standards/NASA-STD-8739-3.pdf differ
diff --git a/standards/NASA-STD-8739-4a.pdf b/standards/NASA-STD-8739-4a.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d4d6a3
Binary files /dev/null and b/standards/NASA-STD-8739-4a.pdf differ
diff --git a/standards/NASA-STD-8739-5.pdf b/standards/NASA-STD-8739-5.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d047e51
Binary files /dev/null and b/standards/NASA-STD-8739-5.pdf differ
diff --git a/standards/NASA-STD-8739-6a.pdf b/standards/NASA-STD-8739-6a.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0975c80
Binary files /dev/null and b/standards/NASA-STD-8739-6a.pdf differ
diff --git a/standards/NASA-STD-8739-7.pdf b/standards/NASA-STD-8739-7.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6e95fc
Binary files /dev/null and b/standards/NASA-STD-8739-7.pdf differ