This paper discusses the NASA Headquarters mishap response process for the Space Shuttle and International Space Station programs, and how the process has evolved based on lessons learned from the Space Shuttle Challenger and Columbia accidents. It also describes the NASA Headquarters Space Operations Center (SOC) and its special role in facilitating senior management's overall situational awareness of critical spaceflight operations, before, during, and after a mishap, to ensure a timely and effective contingency response.
NASA Headquarters Space Operations Center: Providing Situational Awareness for Spaceflight Contingency Response
Space Ops 2010 ; 2010 ; Huntsville, AL, United States
2010-01-01
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
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Englisch
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