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M-FORCE Tiger Team Meets to Modernize Planetary Protection

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NASA’s new Microbial Forward Contamination Evaluation (M‑FORCE) Tiger Team recently met at the NASA Safety Center in Cleveland, Ohio, to produce a comprehensive assessment of planetary protection’s forward contamination requirements on Mars.

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University of Connecticut Releases Paper on Counterfeit Integrated Circuits

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Counterfeit Integrated Circuits

The University of Connecticut has released a paper on detecting and avoiding counterfeit integrated circuits, published in the Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications. The paper has valuable information for NASA and the space community.

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Updated: Nick Johnson, Chief Scientist of Orbital Debris, Says Goodbye to NASA

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Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson retired March 28, 2014, saying goodbye to NASA after 18 years as NASA's chief scientist of Orbital Debris (OD) and 10 as the OD Program Office's program manager.

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New NASA Training Opportunity: Hazard Analysis Basics Course

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Hazard Analysis Basics Course

A new course, “Hazard Analysis Basics,” is now available in SATERN.

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Course Covers NASA’s New System Safety Framework

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System Safety Framework

NASA’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance debuted the new “System Safety II” training course, which presents the new NASA System Safety framework, on Jan. 22-23, 2014.

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New Safety and Mission Assurance Website

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OSMA Website

We recently launched this new website to provide Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) news to NASA’s SMA community.

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Program Announcement: ORDEM 3.0 Released

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Orbital Debris Quarterly News

January's issue of Orbital Debris Quarterly News featured an article on the release of NASA's Orbital Debris Engineering Model, ORDEM 3.0. Read the full article for details.

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Introducing NASA’s Meteoroid Engineering Model

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Meteoroid Engineering Model

NASA developed the Meteoroid Engineering Model to mitigate the risk associated with the sporadic meteoroid environment, which can damage spacecraft.

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The Latest EEE Parts Bulletin Is Now Available

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 EEE Parts Bulletin

The most recent EEE Parts Bulletin provides information on activities related to Electrical, Electronic and Electromechanical parts that occurred at NASA between August and December 2013.

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Characterization of the Wide Field Planetary Camera-2 Radiator’s Cored Impact Features at NASA JSC

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Orbital Debris Quarterly News

The July 2013 issue of Orbital Debris Quarterly News included an article on cored impact features from the Wide Field Planetary Camera-2's radiator. Continue reading for the full article.

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Tidings From Trilateral

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2013 Trilateral SMA Meeting

More than 50 Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) leaders, managers and practitioners from around the world gathered in Washington, D.C., Dec. 18-20, 2013, at the Trilateral SMA meeting.

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