SMA Leadership Profile: Glenn Graham
April 17, 2017
4-minute read
Last July, Glenn Graham stepped into a new role after 28 years in the U.S. Air Force: Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) director at Armstrong Flight Research Center. At what Graham calls a center of excellence for aviation in the mecca of aviation (the Antelope Valley North of Los Angeles) his experience is a great fit for the NASA center and its flying-focused missions.
Updates to Agency Requirements Accessibility Platform
March 29, 2017
1-minute read
NASA’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance recently released updates to Cradle, the agency’s Safety and Mission Assurance requirements database, to improve user experience.
New EEE Parts Bulletin Now Available
March 24, 2017
1-minute read
The most recent EEE Parts Bulletin provides information on activities related to Electrical, Electronic and Electromechanical (EEE) parts that occurred at NASA between January and July 2016.
NPR 8705.6C Revision Overview
March 13, 2017
1-minute read
Updates to NPR 8705.6, Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) Audits, Reviews, and Assessments, took effect Jan. 9, 2017. These changes were made to update and streamline the audit process.
Space Debris Sensor Waiting for Launch
February 07, 2017
1-minute read
The February 2017 edition of Orbital Debris Quarterly News included the article "Space Debris Sensor Waiting for Launch." Continue reading for the full article.
NASA Monitors Perseids to Improve Meteor Forecasting
December 13, 2016
2-minute read
The Perseid meteor shower, which peaks in August of each year, was twice as active in 2016 compared to other years. The Perseids are always a major shower and move at very high speeds, so monitoring is essential for the safety of NASA’s spacecraft as there is great potential for high-energy impacts. Increases in activity, like that seen this year, add additional mission risks.
Scintillating Quantum Dots May Hold the Key to High-Speed, Low-Cost X-Rays
December 06, 2016
2-minute read
Imagine if capturing an X-ray was as fast and simple as taking a digital photo. Now imagine being able to capture high-speed radiography videos with the same relative ease.
October Issue of ODQN Now Available
November 04, 2016
1-minute read
The October issue of
Orbital Debris Quarterly News is now available, including articles on ASTRO-H spacecraft fragments during payload checkout operations, the new SOZ breakup, the disposal of GOES-3 and more.
NASA Educates AAQ Community on SMA of SmallSats and CubeSats
November 03, 2016
1-minute read
Doug Sheldon, Assurance Technology Program Office manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, recently presented to the Academy of Aerospace Quality (ASQ) on the evolution of Safety and Mission Assurance approaches for SmallSat and CubeSat missions.
New System Receives and Searches NASA Advisories and GIDEP Notices
October 31, 2016
3-minute read
Want to search for NASA Advisories, Government-Industry Data Exchange Program (GIDEP) Notices and other similar documents on your own?
Up until now, if you wanted to search GIDEP, you either needed your own account or had to contact your center GIDEP representative. Now, if you are within the NASA firewall, you can search for GIDEP Notices and NASA Advisories yourself.