NASA Electrical, Electronic, Electromechanical, Electro-Optical (EEEE) Parts Selection Process

Lyudmyla (Panashchenko) Ochs [NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]

Abstract: 

NASA flies hardware built from Electrical, Electronic, Electromechanical, Electro-Optical (EEEE), and has a history going back over 50 years in parts selection. The parts selection process evolved with changes in the electronics industry, from partnering with other government agencies to establish some of the first US MIL specifications (1960s/1970s), to leveraging MIL specifications to selectively add space-level requirements, to more recent consideration of commercial/alternate-grade parts where appropriate. This talk will provide the current approach at NASA for EEEE parts selection, based on NASA-STD-8739.10, EEE-INST-002, and the upcoming NASA-STD-8739.11.

Biography: 

Lyudmyla Ochs holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland and has worked at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for 16 years as a failure analysis engineer and parts engineer supporting multiple space flight missions, including the Hubble Space Telescope, James Webb Space Telescope, and the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.