Exploration Flight & Development Project
Office
This new program will provide a path for bringing key exploration
technologies to maturity from the laboratory environment through ground
testing, and ultimately to flight testing. Initial demonstration projects
are likely to focus on: high-power electric propulsion; autonomous
precision landing; in-situ resource utilization (including lunar volatiles
characterization); human- robotic systems (including operating robots
from planetary orbit); and fission surface power systems. As the Program
Office, GRC will coordinate and manage these activities across the
nation.
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The Exploration Flight & Development Project Office (MX) manages
the overall planning, formulation, implementation, and integration
of projects and tasks assigned to Glenn Research Center by the Orion
CEV Project Office at the Johnson Space Center as agreed to in Memorandum
of Agreement (MOA) ZV-06-003. The MOA is an agreement between
the GRC Center Director and the Orion CEV Project Manager as a representative
of the JSC based Constellation Program. The GRC Orion Projects
Office Manager and Service Module Project Office (MXS) Manager
serve as reports to the Orion CEV Project Manager at JSC as well
as to the Spaceflight Systems Director at GRC.
The Office ensures success by promoting project management excellence and meeting
commitments with quality spaceflight products that are on schedule and within
budget. These two tenets align with GRC’s strategic goals to “Be Valued
as a Leader in Space Flight Systems Development” and “Be Known for Excellence
in Project Management”.
The Office will provide the above management functions to the Service Module
Project, Integrated Environmental Test, Requirements Integration Management,
Crew Module Support, Flight Test Hardware Development, Orion/Ares Interface Management
and other tasks assigned by the Orion Project Office.
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