Earth science mission operations (ESMO) mission director support. This task is in support of the applied engineering and technology directorate (AETD), software engineering division (SED), mission…

This is a delivery order contract awarded by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to The Aerospace Corporation, a non-profit federally funded research and development center (FFRDC). The contract, valued at $999,376.94, provides mission director support for NASA's Earth Science Mission Operations (ESMO) project. The contractor will serve as a full-time on-site mission director support, providing day-to-day direction and assisting with planning, conducting, and evaluating spaceflight operations. This includes responsibilities such as monitoring contractors, assuring safe and effective spacecraft operations, and supporting NASA management oversight. The contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee type and does not have a set-aside designation. The Aerospace Corporation has demonstrated a broad range of technical capabilities in supporting various NASA programs, including human spaceflight initiatives, through both contract awards and federal grant funding.

Earth science mission operations (ESMO) mission director support. This task is in support of the applied engineering and technology directorate (AETD), software engineering division (SED), mission validation and operations branch. The support will be a full-time contractor employee to serve as mission director support for the ESMO project. The ESMO project manager will provide day-to-day direction and the contractor will be on-site located in ESMO project office. The contractor will work under the authority of the lead mission director, located in the mission validation and operations branch, code 584. NASA policy directive (NPD) 1000 will govern the engineering technical authority. The work involves developing or analyzing operational concepts, requirements, plans, schedules, or documentation for planning, conducting, and evaluating spaceflight operations. The work may include mission control, payload operations control, flight control, mission and crew operational requirements, data acquisition requirements, ground support systems requirements, or integrated hardware and software systems used to evaluate mission requirements. Duties may also include monitoring non-aerospace corporation contractors engaged in this work. The contractor shall assure that spacecraft operations activities are executed safely and effectively. The contractor shall assure that the flight operations team (FOT) for the assigned mission is appropriately trained, and that all activities are well planned and executed. The contractor shall support NASA management oversight of satellite operations activities. The contractor shall act as a liaison between NASA and other engineering and/or support teams involved in studies, analyses, anomaly resolution, and/or other mission support activities. The contractor shall be responsible for oversight and control of facilities utilized for multi-program mission operations as well as facilities for spacecraft command and control and simulations and training. The contractor shall lead major spacecraft reviews as required. The contractor shall support major earth observing system (EOS) ground system reviews and shall stay informed of all major changes. The contractor shall conceive and develop new methods that can provide significant technical or operational impact in an assigned area and shall manage new, advanced, and upgraded systems technology and capability development. The contractor shall stay informed of current aqua, aura, terra, tropical rainfall measuring mission (TRMM), and global precipitation measurement (GPM) spacecraft statuses and on-going anomalies. The contractor shall formulate and provide guidance for complex spacecraft mission planning and operations designed to verify spacecraft subsystem and instrument performance, which will involve multi-disciplinary mission elements, instrument teams, and subsystem engineering support.