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The Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) assures the safety and enhances the success of all NASA activities. Take a look around our website to learn what's happening in NASA's Safety and Mission Assurance community, including updates on disciplines, programs, policies and personnel.

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MEO Presents Papers to International Community

August 01, 2017 MMOD

Earlier this year, the Meteoroid Environment Office (MEO) presented three papers at the 7th European Conference on Space Debris in Germany, sharing findings and updates related to comparison studies on the damage caused by meteoroids versus Orbital Debris, meteor shower forecasting and NASA’s Meteoroid Engineering Model.

New EEE Parts Standard Issued

July 27, 2017 Policies and Requirements , Policy

NASA’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance Electrical, Electronic and Electromechanical (EEE) Parts program recently released a new standard to establish a consistent set of requirements for NASA EEE parts selection, management and control of space flight hardware and critical ground support equipment.

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Fireball

July 11, 2017 MMOD , Science and Technology

“What was that bright light in the sky last night?” is a popular question NASA hears from the public and media, and one that the Meteoroid Environment Office, along with its All Sky Fireball Network, does its best to answer, in detail.

EEE Parts Bulletin Now Available

June 27, 2017 Publications , Quality

The latest EEE Parts Bulletin is the second of two special editions on Electrostatic Discharge.

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Skin Cancer Prevention and Screening

A Life Saving Survey

June 05, 2017

Each year in the U.S., over 5.4 million cases of non-melanoma skin cancer are treated in more than 3.3 million people. There are more new cases of skin cancer than breast, prostate, lung and colon cancer combined. One in five Americans will develop skin cancer over the course of a lifetime. Melanoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer, can develop from less dangerous types of skin cancer.

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The Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) assures the safety and enhances the success of all NASA activities through the development, implementation and oversight of agency-wide safety, reliability, maintainability and quality assurance policies and procedures. OSMA includes the Mission Support Division, Safety and Assurance Requirements Division, and NASA Safety Center, as well as the Independent Verification and Validation Facility.

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Policy Status Updates

Recently Published

Policy	Title	Status
NPR 8705.2	Human-Rating Requirements for Space Systems	July 10, 2017	See NPR 8705.2
NASA-STD-8729.1	Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) Standard for Spaceflight and Support Systems	June 13, 2017	See NASA-STD-8729.1
NASA-STD-8739.10	Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical (EEE) Parts Management and Control Requirements for Space Flight Hardware & Critical Ground Support Equipment	June 13, 2017	See NASA-STD-8739.10
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Currently in Review

Policy	Title
NASA-STD-8719.12	Safety Standard for Explosives, Propellants, and Pyrotechnics	See NASA-STD-8719.12
NASA-STD-8719.17	NASA Requirements for Ground-Based Pressure Vessels and Pressurized Systems (PVS)	See NASA-STD-8719.17
NASA-STD-8739.12	NASA Standard for Metrology and Calibration
» More Policy Updates

Upcoming Reviews

Policy	Title
NASA-STD-6008	NASA Fastener Procurement, Receiving Inspection, and Storage Practices for Spaceflight Hardware	See NASA-STD-6008
NASA-STD-8709.20	Management of Safety and Mission Assurance Technical Authority (SMA TA) Requirements	See NASA-STD-8709.20
NASA-STD-8709.22	Safety and Mission Assurance Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Definitions
» More Policy Updates

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