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Introducing BioSTAR: NASA’s Bioburden and Sampling Tool for Assessing Risk

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The first release of NASA’s BioSTAR tool is here — and it’s ready to make life easier for Planetary Protection engineers across the agency! BioSTAR is an interactive, web-based tool that brings everything you need for estimating bioburden and building your Planetary Protection Equipment List (PPEL) together in one place.

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ELV Payload Safety Standard Updated to Coincide With Previous NPR Changes

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NASA-STD-8719.24

Changes to NASA-STD-8719.24 align the standard with policy changes made to NPR 8715.7 last February. 

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OSMA's NDE Program Presents on Additive Manufacturing

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Additive Manufacturing

Since last December, representatives from NASA’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance’s Nondestructive Evaluation program have provided presentations to various audiences that highlighted their efforts and new ventures related to Additive Manufacturing. 

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Updated Workmanship Standard Released

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Workmanship

NASA published an updated version of NASA-STD-8739.5, Workmanship Standard for Fiber Optic Terminations, Cable Assemblies, and Installation, on Sept. 14, 2015. This update adds an exclusion and a new requirement in addition to meeting agency requirements to periodically check and refresh the standard.

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Goddard's Dr. Cheryl Marshall Wins Radiation Effects Award at IEEE Conference

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NEPP Award

Dr. Cheryl Marshall of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center was awarded the prestigious Radiation Effects Award during the IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) held in Boston July 13-17, 2015. 

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Dust Study Explored Impact of Meteoroids on Solar Probe Plus Project

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Solar Probe Plus

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, with the support of NASA’s Meteoroids Environments Office, conducted a dust study as a part of NASA’s Solar Probe Plus mission to explore the sun’s outer atmosphere. 

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NASA Glenn's Facilities Division's System for Tracking Risks

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Risk Tracking

Glenn’s Facilities Division tracks risks to ensure its parent directorate — the Facilities, Test and Manufacturing Directorate — and the center are well aware of facility risks and how they may impact safety of personnel and facility assets.

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SARP Supports Software Assurance Research Projects

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SARP

SARP supports research initiatives with agency-wide impact, including multi-year studies.

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Secure Coding Portal

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Secure Coding Portal

The first issue of NASA Secure Coding features the article "Secure Coding Portal." Continue reading for the full article.

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Introducing the NASA Advisory Reporting System (NARS)

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NARS

NASA’s new system changes how the agency generates and searches for NASA Advisories.  

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New Issue of Orbital Debris Quarterly News

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ODQN July 2015

See the July issue of Orbital Debris Quarterly News. 

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