The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV) payload space flight missions involve cooperative work between NASA and partners including spacecraft (or payload) contractors, universities, nonprofit research centers, Agency payload organization, Range Safety organization, Agency launch service organizations, and launch vehicle contractors. The role of NASA's Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) Directorate is typically fairly straightforward, but when a mission's partnerships become more complex, to realize cost and science benefits (e.g., multi-agency payload(s) or cooperative international missions), the task of ensuring payload safety becomes much more challenging. This paper discusses lessons learned from NASA safety professionals working multiple-agency missions and offers suggestions to help fellow safety professionals working multiple-agency missions.
Ensuring Payload Safety in Missions with Special Partnerships
Annual International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) Conference 2016 ; 2016 ; Melbourne, FL, United States
2016-05-18
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
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Englisch
NTRS | 1984
NTIS | 1983
NTRS | 1983
NTIS | 1983