NASA Monitors Perseids to Improve Meteor Forecasting
December 13, 2016
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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
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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.
NEPP Partners With NSWC Crane
October 19, 2016
3-minute read
The NASA Electronic Parts and Packaging Program has a long history of partnering with businesses and organizations to foster knowledge on radiation and reliability of new electronic devices and related technologies. It has partnered with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division (often referred to as Crane) for many years on different technologies.
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NASA Collaborates to Progress AM Efforts Both Nationally and Internationally
October 13, 2016
4-minute read
These days 3-D printing is a fairly well-known concept, but in the design and Quality Assurance worlds, 3-D printing — aka Additive Manufacturing (AM) — is still in its infancy. There aren’t many policies guiding AM efforts at NASA, other government organizations or in industry, but the AM community is working hard to change that.
NDE Program’s Generazio Earns NASA Distinguished Service Medal
September 12, 2016
4-minute read
In late June, Dr. Ed Generazio, Office of Safety and Mission Assurance Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) program manager, received a NASA Distinguished Service Medal for his exemplary work in NDE for the agency.
Johnson’s EVA Data Integration System Works to Integrate ISS Data Systems
August 26, 2016
4-minute read
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.
Updates to Crimping, Interconnecting Cables, Harnesses, and Wiring Standard Published
August 25, 2016
4-minute read
NASA-STD-8739.4A, Crimping, Interconnecting Cables, Harnesses, and Wiring was updated and released on June 30, 2016. The revised standard, effective for five years, includes significant technical updates and corrections. This update was one of three recently publish standard updates, which included NASA-STD-8739.1B, Workmanship Standard for Polymeric Application on Electronic Assemblies and NASA-STD-8739.6A, Implementation Requirements for NASA Workmanship Standards.