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the Joint Strategic Quality Council, or JSQC, with members from the Aero- space Industries Association, Inter- national Quality Group, and other Acquisition Category partners. “Working together as a single, inventive team is essential when it comes to spaceflight acquisition,” Bennett said. “Innovative core stren- gths are the trigger that leads to pre- dictable spaceflight as we all consider costs, schedule, technical compliance, and spaceship capabilities.” To ensure a people-ready envi- ronment in deep space travel, NASA created the NASA Technical Require- ments for Human-Rating standards to establish technical criteria for human- rated space systems that ensure crew and passenger safety during NASA missions. This standard defines system safety and control require- ments, including failure tolerance and human-system integration, to accommodate human needs and effectively use human capabilities. This document, aimed to align with NASA’s Moon-to-Mars architecture and evolving commercial partner- ships, was approved in December 2023. “There is a large amount of shuttle launch expertise and understanding of spaceflight contract supervision within DCMA,” Bennett said. “We’ve had a cooperation with NASA since 2011 with the purpose of providing contract supervision and insight to enhance the design and performance of these systems.” The Artemis I launch marked the beginning of efforts to modernize the DCMA Support to NASA Manual 3101-03 , written with NASA initia- tives and standards in mind to serve Engineers and technicians with the Exploration Ground Systems Program stack the first Moon rocket segment—the left aft assembly for the Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket booster—onto mobile launcher 1 inside the Vehi- cle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. The first of 10 booster segments to be stacked, the boosters will help support the remaining rocket components and the Orion spacecraft during final assembly of the Artemis II Moon rocket and provide more than 75 percent of the total SLS thrust during liftoff from NASA Kennedy’s Launch Pad 39B. Source: NASA/Glenn Benson
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