National Aeronautics andSpace Administration

www.nasa.gov This document has been reviewed for export control and it does NOT contain controlled technical data.

NASA EEE Parts Assurance Group  (NEPAG)

Marshall Space Flight Center

Benny Damron

NASA – Marshall Space Flight Center MSFC/Jacobs  Engineering

Prepared for Infineon, Villach AustriaMay 10‐12, 2016

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20160007067 2020-08-01T12:38:55+00:00Z

This document has been reviewed for export control and it does NOT contain controlled technical data.

Agenda

• NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center/Jacobs Engineering

• SLS Mission

• NEPAG Initiative

2

Not for Public Release or Redistribution.  This document has been reviewed for export control and it does NOT contain controlled Not fo

This document has been reviewed for export control and it does NOT contain controlled technical data.

“The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join it or not,and it is one of the greatest adventures of all time, and no nationwhich expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to staybehind in this race for space…

“The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join it or not,and it is one of the greatest adventures of all time, and no nationwhich expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to staybehind in this race for space…

President John F. KennedyAddress at Rice University on the Nation’s Space Effort

September 12, 1962

President John F. KennedyAddress at Rice University on the Nation’s Space Effort

September 12, 19623

We set sail on this new sea because thereis new knowledge to be gained and usedfor all people…

We choose to go to the moon in thisdecade and do the other things, notbecause they are easy, but because theyare hard, because the goal will serve toorganize and measure the best of ourenergies and skills…”

This document has been reviewed for export control and it does NOT contain controlled technical data.4

NASA CentersNASA Centers• ARC• DFRC• GRC• GSFC• HQ• JPL• JSC• KSC• LaRC• MSFC• SSC

• ARC• DFRC• GRC• GSFC• HQ• JPL• JSC• KSC• LaRC• MSFC• SSC

NASA

50+ years of exploration and discovery

1958 – 2012

NASA

50+ years of exploration and discovery

1958 – 2012

This document has been reviewed for export control and it does NOT contain controlled technical data.

Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)

5

Charter: Space Launch, Propulsion, Exploration Systems, Materials and Manufacturing, Scientific Research

This document has been reviewed for export control and it does NOT contain controlled technical data.

Electronic Parts for Launch Vehicles and Space Exploration Missions

Some Considerations:

• Design to save power, size, and weight• Operate in space radiation environment; have to consider the

effects of radiation• Mission reliability requires worst case analysis, proper derating• Missions are Non-repairable!! Can’t send the “Maytag”

repairman up there • Operate at high and low temperature extremes: (ie., on Mars at

night) • Other mission specific

6

This document has been reviewed for export control and it does NOT contain controlled technical data.

NASA’s NEPAG Initiative

• Acronym for NASA EEE (Electrical, Electronic, Electro-mechanical) Parts Assurance Group

• A forum to exchange information on electronic parts across NASA and the space parts user community

• 27 organizations representing the world-wide space community

• Leverage off of each other’s experience

7

This document has been reviewed for export control and it does NOT contain controlled technical data.

Our Business

• We are involved with all aspects of electronic parts used on space flights: parts selection, quality, reliability, radiation, procurement, application, screening, failure analysis, corrective action, etc.

• Examples of electronic parts used on a space craft are: capacitors, resistors, connectors, diodes, transistors, integrated circuits, microprocessors, memories, DC/DC converters, oscillators, gate arrays, application specific integrated circuits, sensors, thermistors and others.

8

This document has been reviewed for export control and it does NOT contain controlled technical data.

Space Parts World A Small Vanishing Part of the Commercial Parts World

9

NEPAG is actively involved in the procurement process - parts users and standards organizations join hands to ensure timely delivery of reliable parts.

Copyright 2010 California Institute of Technology. Government sponsorship acknowledged.

This document has been reviewed for export control and it does NOT contain controlled technical data.

MSFC NEPAG ACTIVITIES

10

This document has been reviewed for export control and it does NOT contain controlled technical data.11

NEPAG – One Space Community

This document has been reviewed for export control and it does NOT contain controlled technical data.12

The Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity landing demonstrates why you need extremely good parts for surviving:

“7 Minutes of Terror”

7 Minutes of Terror (MSL Entry, Descent, and Landing)

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/index.cfm?id=1090

NEPAG – Why we need good parts!