NASA’s Metrology and Calibration Program Office at Kennedy Space Center released the NASA Calibration Capabilities database on May 19, 2015. The database lists the calibration capabilities of NASA centers, providing information on the types, measurement ranges and accuracies of calibrations that can be performed at each location. 

The NASA Metrology and Calibration program’s Programmable Josephson Voltage Standard (PJVS) recently was routed to three other government organizations as part of an Inter-Laboratory Comparison (ILC). The PJVS is the most accurate Direct Current (DC) voltage calibration standard available.  The comparison validated that NASA’s PJVS and the Josephson voltage standards at those locations are working properly and providing accurate measurements.

For the past three years, NASA’s Metrology and Calibration Program Office has been repurposing measuring and test equipment previously used to support the Shuttle Program at Kennedy Space Center, resulting in close to $2 million in cost avoidance to date.

Metrology and calibration representatives from across the agency gathered at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, May 5-10 for the 2014 annual NASA Metrology and Calibration Working Group meeting.

The Metrology and Calibration Working Group held its annual meeting Aug. 13 through 15 at NASA’s Glenn Research Center. The annual meeting is an opportunity for members of the metrology and calibration community to meet face-to-face.