NASA Holds Additive Manufacturing Workshop
December 20, 2017
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NASA’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance Quality Initiatives Program sponsored a half day workshop on Quality Assurance in Additive Manufacturing (AM) at Aerospace Corporation Headquarters in El Segundo, California. The workshop, held in association with Aerospace’s Manufacturing Problem Prevention Program — or MP3 — and Additive Manufacturing Guidance Development Workshop, focused on the theme of “Quality Strategies for AM.” Speakers at the NASA AM portion included NASA centers, national labs and AM manufacturing industry representatives, as well as industrial risk analysis companies.
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Johnson’s EVA Data Integration System Works to Integrate ISS Data Systems
August 26, 2016
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Johnson Space Center developed the Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Data Integration (EDI) system, which allows seamless search and data correlations, integration and analysis across multiple data sources and assurance systems for the International Space Station (ISS) Program.
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NASA-Sponsored Quality Leadership Forum Holds Annual Meeting
May 25, 2016
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The 2016 Quality Leadership Forum, sponsored by NASA’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance, took place in March in Cape Canaveral, Florida. One hundred and forty five attendees from NASA and other government agencies, as well as suppliers and distributors, discussed a wide range of topics that provided insight into Quality lessons learned, risks, best practices and updates to industry standards.
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Goddard Hosts MBE Workshop and Shares Model-Based Mission Assurance With MBE Community
May 03, 2016
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On Feb. 17-18, Goddard Space Flight Center hosted its second Model-Based Engineering (MBE) workshop, which included an overview of MBE’s mission assurance counterpart, Model-Based Mission Assurance.
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NASA Discusses Safety and Mission Assurance With JAXA and ESA at TRISMAC 2015
July 10, 2015
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NASA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and the European Space Agency gathered in Italy to discuss Safety and Mission Assurance during this year’s Trilateral SMA Conference.
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NASA R&M Attendees Make the Most Out of RAMS 2015
May 29, 2015
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NASA Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) professionals attend the 2015 Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), where they held a NASA splinter session and presented papers.
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115th Range Safety Group Technical Interchange Meeting Held in White Sands
April 15, 2015
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Representatives from government agencies attended the 115th Range Safety Group Technical Interchange Meeting last November at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico to discuss current issues, ongoing tasks and future work of the Main, Risk and Flight Termination System Committees.
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Kennedy Hosted Workshop for ELV Payload Safety Community
January 28, 2015
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NASA’s Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV) Payload Safety Program hosted a workshop at Kennedy Space Center Dec. 3-4.
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NASA Programs Explore Risk-Based Techniques in Lieu of Traditional GMIPs
January 05, 2015
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NASA programs are exploring risk-based approaches that reduce cost without increasing risk for safety-critical attributes as a replacement for Government Mandatory Inspection Points (GMIPs). Quality Assurance and risk management officers from NASA programs and industry gathered at ATK in Promontory, Utah, on Oct. 22-23 to share their ideas and methods.
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OSMA Hosts Risk Management Summit to Address Key Challenges and Opportunities
December 12, 2014
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The Office of Safety and Mission Assurance hosted a Risk Management (RM) summit to address key RM challenges and opportunities for the agency.
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