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December 19, 2014
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Cross-Agency SMA Team Overcame Unique Challenges with LADEE
December 16, 2014
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A multi-center Safety and Mission Assurance team, led by Ames Research Center, collaborated to provide oversight to the LADEE mission.
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OSMA Hosts Risk Management Summit to Address Key Challenges and Opportunities
December 12, 2014
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The Office of Safety and Mission Assurance hosted a Risk Management (RM) summit to address key RM challenges and opportunities for the agency.
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The NEPP Program Hosts EEE Parts Workshop With Focus on Small Missions
December 12, 2014
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The NASA Electronic Parts and Packaging Program hosted an international Electrical, Electronic and Electromechanical Parts workshop focusing on small missions.
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OSMA Introduces New Objectives-Based Strategies
December 04, 2014
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The Office of Safety and Mission Assurance introduces a new objectives-based approach to better support NASA’s increasingly complex missions in a changing design environment.
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New Construction Safety Training Opportunities in SATERN
December 04, 2014
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New courses in SATERN provide accessible training in Construction Safety for NASA employees and contractors. The offerings are video captures of courses that traditionally are taught only in-person, and as a result expand the availability and accessibility of important training for NASA’s construction community.
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Space Addendum Adds Quality Requirements to Industry ESD Standard
December 04, 2014
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NASA and other government and industry partners have made substantial progress this year in the development of technical standards that effectively mitigate the longstanding and growing threat posed by electrostatic discharge.
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NASA Invests in Additive Manufacturing Technologies
November 21, 2014
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NASA’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance has developed a three-year plan to develop Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) methodologies designed to ensure the production of safe and reliable Additive Manufactured (AM) parts for spaceflight applications. AM, or 3-D printing, is a rapidly growing technology that has the potential to revolutionize manufacturing by reducing component lead time, cost, material waste and energy usage.
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Ruminations, Myths and Unreliable Facts
November 17, 2014
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Henry Livingston, an engineering fellow and technical director at BAE Systems Electronic Systems, is in the process of writing a series of essays — "Ruminations, Myths and Unreliable Facts" — that provides insight on the serious and growing issue of counterfeit parts. The Introduction and Chapters 1-2 are now available on his website.
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OSMA Holds Quality Benchmarking Meeting at Ball Aerospace
November 17, 2014
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NASA’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance held a quality benchmarking visit at Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colorado, Sept. 23. It was the third in a series of benchmarking meetings intended to enhance quality across NASA and the space industry.
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