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OSMA Releases Significant NPR 8705.4A Updates

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8705.4

NASA’s Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) made significant updates to NPR 8705.4A, Risk Classification for NASA Payloads, effective April 29. 2021. OSMA updated the policy to reflect changes in risk acceptance and Technical Authority concurrence policies, to formalize and shorten the timeline for the risk classification process, to provide clearer and earlier documentation of the Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) implementation approach, and (most importantly) better align stakeholder and implementer expectations. 

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NASA R&M Attendees Make the Most Out of RAMS 2015

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NASA R&M Attendees Make the Most Out of RAMS 2015

NASA Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) professionals attend the 2015 Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), where they held a NASA splinter session and presented papers. 

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Goddard Develops Software Tools to Improve Mission Reliability

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GSFC Data Systems

Goddard Space Flight Center developed Mission Configuration and the Failure Interrogation and Archiving Tool to improve reliability predictions for missions.

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OSMA Introduces New Objectives-Based Strategies

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Goddard Develops Software Tools to Improve Mission Reliability

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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Keynote Speakers at ASTR Workshop Share Accelerated Testing Applications for NASA Missions

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ASTR Keynote

John Evans and Reza Ghaffarian co-presented their paper on accelerated testing of advanced electronics as keynote speakers for the 2014 Accelerated Stress Testing & Reliability Workshop.

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Reliability Plays Important Role in SpaceCube Development

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Spacecube

Goddard Space Flight Center has made reliability a key component in the development of SpaceCube.

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GIDEP Helps You to “Know Your Part”

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GIDEP

The Government-Industry Data Exchange Program’s “Know Your Part” campaign promotes this valuable tool to NASA engineers and procurement professionals to ensure that we use the best parts on our spacecraft and technology.

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NASA R&M Engineers Contribute to and Learn From the International R&M Community at RAMS 2014

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NASA at RAMS

NASA Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) representatives showcased NASA R&M advances at the annual R&M Symposium in January.

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Ames Research Center’s MAS Platform Is Used by ISS

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ISS Mission Assurance System

Ames Research Center's Mission Assurance System helps safety engineers assess and control risk both on earth and aboard the International Space Station.

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