{"id":197148,"date":"2025-04-08T06:16:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T20:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=fc9c5b10addc24cf0c4e1f7a9485a9f9"},"modified":"2025-04-08T06:16:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T20:16:50","slug":"nasa-selects-goddard-safety-and-mission-assurance-contractor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=197148","title":{"rendered":"NASA Selects Goddard Safety and Mission Assurance Contractor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1321\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp?w=1321\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The letters NASA on a blue circle with red and white detail, all surrounded by a black background\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp 1321w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp?resize=300,166 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp?resize=768,424 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp?resize=1024,566 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp?resize=400,221 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp?resize=600,332 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp?resize=900,497 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/meatball-w-black-background.webp?resize=1200,663 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1321px) 100vw, 1321px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">Credit: NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NASA has selected ARES Technical Services of McLean, Virginia, to provide safety and mission assurance services at the agency\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>The Safety and Mission Assurance Services III\u00a0contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with an estimated total value of $226 million. The contract will have a five-year effective ordering period starting on June 1, 2025, with an optional six-month extension period.<\/p>\n<p>Under the contract, the vendor will provide support to the agency\u2019s Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate at NASA Goddard. This includes performing independent surveillance, audits, reviews, and assessments of design, development, test, and mission operations activities on site at NASA and supplier facilities.<\/p>\n<p>For information about NASA and other agency programs, visit:<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/\"><strong>https:\/\/www.nasa.gov<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-end-<\/p>\n<p>Tiernan Doyle<br \/>Headquarters, Washington<br \/>202-358-1600<br \/><a href=\"mailto:tiernan.doyle@nasa.gov\">tiernan.doyle@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jacob Richmond<br \/>Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland<br \/>301-286-6255<br \/><a href=\"mailto:jacob.a.richmond@nasa.gov\">jacob.a.richmond@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 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The Safety and Mission Assurance Services III\u00a0contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with an estimated total value of $226 million. 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