The NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) was requested to support the Arecibo Observatory failure investigation in determining the root cause of the Auxiliary M4N cable failure. The NESC and Kennedy Space Center led an integrated NASA investigation with support from Marshall Space Flight Center and The Aerospace Corporation that included forensic investigation of failed hardware, finite element modeling, materials characterization, and root cause analysis. This document contains the outcome of the NESC Assessment.


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    Title :

    Arecibo Observatory Auxiliary M4N Socket Termination Failure Investigation


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    Publication date :

    2021-06-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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