It is also a forum to share experiences, lessons learned and useful techniques. Software defects in code as complex as this arent unexpected, nasa says, but there were numerous instances before flight when boeing should have caught them. Division personnel can contact smo or the division systems group for more. Nasas actions to implement the rogers commission recommendations after the challenger accident.
Data quality working groups comprehensive recommendations for data producers and distributors esdsrfc033 summarizes the approach and outcomes of the data quality working group dqwg, one of nasas earth science data system working groups, during 20142018, following collecting and analyzing 16 use cases. Nasa larc software engineering swe process improvement. Software assurance office of safety and mission assurance nasa. We are particularly pleased that nsroc management has retained the core group of firstclass contractors at wallops.
She serves as the lead trainer for the globe atmosphere training center of public outreach lead for the calipso mission. Swg is defined as software working group us nasa somewhat frequently. Nasa software engineering initiative implementation plan. The software was implemented as an action item assigned by the ccsds compression working group to provide independent validation of performance provided by jpl. The iaufwg was formed in 1988 by a formal resolution of the xxth iau general assembly at baltimore to maintain the existing fits standards and to approve future extensions to fits.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, appel knowledge services has cancelled all inperson courses while the agency is at stage 3. Jack lissauer, nasa ames research center the scientific goals of the ttv working group are to characterize planetary systems, measure the distributions of important system parameters using the kepler data, and estimate important quantities pertaining to earthsize planets. Tamra goldstein assistant chief for operations, software. Nasa group is making the working lives of freelancers and recruitment agencies more comfortable by taking care of their payroll and accounts. Once build 8a is complete, we will begin the process of moving that software to github. Transit timing variations and multiplebody working group ttv poc. The document describes the use cases analyzed, the data quality information management lifecycle, and primary focus areas for data quality. Documentation supporting software development working group documents.
Review progress on nasa software engineering initiative implementation against the plan. The atarc mobiledigital leadership team provides direction, guidance, and support to the various groups of project team leaders and members in the mobiledigital working group, the leadership team exists for the purpose of helping the project teams achieve their goals, and coordinate between crosscutting topics. Godfrey is a member of the nasa software working group, an agency advisory group for recommending software engineering policies, standards, and best practices. After the verification group has passed the software, it is given an official configuration inspection and turned over to nasa. Working at nasas goddard space flight center, she managed the development of early landsat image processing software systems and became the resident expert on the computer compatible tapes, or ccts, that were used to store early landsat imagery. By using this software, glenns power architecture and analysis branch analyzes the onorbit power capability and performance of the eps. Its held in a small conference room overstuffed with 22 people and. This swehb is a key component of the nasa software working groups swg implementation of an agencywide plan to work toward a continuous and sustained software engineering process and product improvement.
We are scientists, engineers, it specialists, human resources specialists, accountants, writers, technicians and many other kinds of people working together to break barriers to achieve the seemingly impossible. The software assurance working group sawg is a group of software assurance sa professionals from across nasa who work together to help formulate nasa sa policy, standards, training, guidance, briefings and other needed items. The nasa human factors task force received the 2019 agency honor awards group achievement award for its outstanding leadership in improving the use of human factors processes and techniques to ensure the agency continues to carry out its mission safely. Hanisch, chair 15 april 1992 revised, 23 june 1992 this report covers the period from. Specsintact is the latest generation for preparing standardized facility construction specifications used worldwide by national aeronautics and space administration nasa, the u. The intelligent robotics group irg explores extreme environments, remote locations, and uncharted worlds. Earth science data system working groups esdswg nasa. Welcome to the nasa software engineering handbook swehb. Again, we emphasize that these document lists do not represent the depth and breadth of work since not all documents are able to be publicly released. The chartered role of the esdswg focuses on the exploration and development of recommendations derived from pertinent community insights of nasas heterogeneous and distributed earth science data systems. The heasarc fits working group, also known as the ogip office of guest investigator programs fits working group, has promoted multimission standards for the format of fits. The first component will provide a basic visualization platform on genelab which will.
The 20192020 nasa software catalog offers hundreds of new software programs you can download for free to use in a wide variety of technical applications. The software assurance working group sawg is a group of software assurance sa professionals from across nasa who work together to. Use of this software engineering handbook swehb in intended to provide bestinclass guidance for the implementation of safe and reliable software in support of nasa projects. Larcs representative to the agency software working group swg. Our clients use us because they always find us efficient, adaptable, helpful and very responsive. Software systems engineeringcode 581 software engineering division. This webpage is intended to be used as an introduction to printed circuit board pcb product assurance information for uses by nasa projects. The earth science data system working groups esdswg is a nasa organization established under the auspices of nasa headquarters in 2004. Its more than just software, our name represents our purpose. It will start with a brief history of the use and development of software in safety critical applications at nasa. Software assurance ensures that nasas software life cycle processes and. Develops and continuously improves software engineering processes and software products at gsfc using. This swehb is a key component of the nasa software engineering working groups swg implementation of an agencywide plan to work toward a continuous and sustained software engineering process and product improvement. This group consists of software engineers, bioinformaticians, and scientists applying their knowledge and tools to creating and developing visualization capabilities for genelab in two components.
Larcs representative to the agency software working group. Introducing the 20192020 nasa software catalog the 20192020 nasa software catalog offers hundreds of new software programs you can download for free to use in a wide variety of technical applications. Other pds4 components will be candidates for open source in the near future. This wiki based handbook provides users and practitioners with guidance material for implementing the requirements of npr 7150.
Jessica taylor is a physical scientist at nasas langley research center. Working group on astronomical software annual report submitted by r. This section will contain publiclyreleaseable documents that originated from within each working group within nasa utm. The primary purpose of the level 2 retrieval software is to derive estimates of the column averaged atmospheric co2 dry air mole fraction, xco2, and other level 2 data products from the spectra returned by the oco2 mission. The nasa printed circuit board working group is a cooperative effort between several agency sites and agency contracting organizations. In march 1986 nasa established a flight rate capability working group. Reuse readiness assessment of data quality software products esdsrfc 039 provides information to the eosdis and the nasa earth. At that point nasa assumes configuration control, and any changes must be approved through agency channels. The software assurance working group sawg is a group of software assurance sa professionals from across nasa who work together to help formulate. For any and all questions and support, please contact bob duffy at 6043591. The sounding rocket working group srwg is encouraged that the implementation of the nasa sounding rocket operations contract nsroc has gotten off to a good start.
Recommendations from the data quality working group. We conduct applied research in computer vision, geospatial data systems, humanrobot interaction, planetary mapping and robot software. One major current objective is to engage the nasa decadal missions in areas. Glenns analysis and assessment efforts are in support of the vehicle integrated performance, environments and resources viper working group at.
Esdswg a nasa organization focusing on the exploration and development of. The nasa earth science data systems esds software reuse working group srwg is chartered with the investigation, production, and dissemination of information related to the reuse of nasa earth science software assets. Smo also helps division software developers navigate the nasa software. This swehb is a key component of the nasa software engineering working groups swg implementation of an agency. This handbook is a key component of the nasa software working groups swg implementation of an agencywide plan to work toward a continuous and. Irg brochure irg has developed the astrobee freeflying robot, the krex and k10 series of planetary rovers slideshow, fact sheet, and the.
Systems division, whether working on a large software development team or a. It comes out in a meeting between members of the software group and their nasa counterparts. This includes gaining advocacy from the enterprises. Branch personnel represent expertise in all aspects of information, communication and technology software systems from flight and ground software components to science data systems and management. Working group on astronomical software annual report. A remarkable group of african american women, working at what would become nasas langley research center in virginia, were breaking down their own gender. The stmd software release authority working group srawg oversees the software release process.