SMA Leadership Profile: Richard Barney
June 13, 2017
5-minute read
Typically, employees look to their leaders for guidance, but Goddard Space Flight Center’s Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) Director Richard Barney wants his employees to know he’s looking at those around him for inspiration.
Reliability Assessment Using Physics-of-Failure Principles, Modeling and Simulation
May 22, 2017
4-minute read
One of the most important aspects of Reliability and Maintainability is understanding how things fail. Engineers can only make systems reliable if they understand what makes them unreliable.
May Issue of ODQN Now Available
May 11, 2017
1-minute read
The May issue of Orbital Debris Quarterly News (ODQN) includes articles on policy updates, personnel, project details and more.
TEAMS: Alternatives to Enable Model-Based Mission Assurance
April 25, 2017
4-minute read
Johnson Space Center’s Reliability and Maintainability program is working on a new system that helps engineers and mission managers make better risk-informed decisions.
Updates to NASA Procedural Requirements for Limiting Orbital Debris
April 24, 2017
2-minute read
An update to the NASA Procedural Requirements for Limiting Orbital Debris and Evaluating the Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Environment (NPR 8715.6B) was released on February 16, 2017. NPR 8715.6B replaces the previous version, NPR 8715.6A with Change 1, which was released on May 25, 2012.
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.
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.