JSC BECOMES FIRST ISO 9001 CERTIFIED NASA FIELD CENTER



May 13, 1998



Ed Campion
Johnson Space Center, Houston
Phone: 281/483-5111

<h4>Release: J98-14</h4> <h3>JSC Becomes First ISO 9001 Certified NASA 
Field Center</h3> 

The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center has become the first NASA field 
center to earn ISO 9001 certification and one of the largest U.S. 
research and development organizations so honored.



National Quality Assurance (NQA) USA today presented the certificate 
of ISO 9001 registration to JSC Director George Abbey. The 
presentation followed a successful independent audit by NQA of the 
JSC Quality System in late February. The third-party auditors 
examined such areas as management commitment, design control, 
documentation, purchasing, test and inspection, and corrective action 
procedures. NQA found that JSC met or exceeded the stringent quality 
standards in all areas.



"This certification is a significant testimonial to the excellence of 
our quality system at JSC, and also serves as a starting point for 
continuing improvement of our overall technical and management 
processes," said Abbey.



ISO 9001 comprises the most detailed, comprehensive set of standard 
requirements for quality programs established by the International 
Standards Organization. To date, nearly 20,000 U.S. organizations 
have received ISO 9001 certification.



All NASA centers are required by NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin 
to be ISO 9001 registered by September 1999. NASA is the first 
federal agency to seek the quality certification.



JSC's certification applies to all center human space flight 
responsibilities including program and project management, spacecraft 
engineering and design, flight crew training, space and life sciences 
research, and mission operations in support of NASA's Human 
Exploration and Development of Space enterprise.

	
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