NASA ames research center ISS program support and services

Added: Jun 05, 2012 2:19 pm This procurement is to provide strategic program planning and analysis, full life-cycle payload development engineering and oversight, science advisory support to the ARC ISS Program and ongoing Standing Review Board (SRB) technical expert support for the Solar Orbiter and ASTRO H flight projects. Support shall include, but not be limited to, the following: Assisting the ARC ISS Program leadership with strategic planning and analysis, and in the development of communications strategies, required to further develop the ARC ISS Program Office; Developing program and project plans and full life cycle project documentation as required by NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) 7120.5 for space projects; Supporting life-cycle review activities such as System Requirements Reviews (SRRs); Preliminary Design Reviews (PDRs), Critical Design Reviews (CDRs), Flight Readiness Reviews (FRRs), and launch activities; Providing highly skilled Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in support of engineering and scientific activities required by the ISS Program Office for Life Science and ISS payloads, both within the Space Life & Physical Sciences Research and Applications (SLPSRA) Headquarters organization and as supported by the Johnson Space Center/National Lab funding streams. Support will include top level advisory committee participation (e.g. support to the Chairman of the Solar Orbiter SRB and the ASTRO SRB), Science and Hardware Advisory Committee for the ARC Life Science Research and functionality development programs, project management, engineering, and other specialty disciplines. Providing support for Integration and Test (I&T), Verification, and launch support activities.