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Office of the Chief Engineer emblem. LCROSS System Engineering Team Receives OCE Award

Systems engineering is a core competency of NASA's highly skilled workforce and has been recognized as one of the "secrets" of the Agency's success in the Apollo program and many other Programs and Projects since then. NASA teams and organizations are increasingly employing well-defined, proven processes and practices to develop, manage, and integrate increasingly complex systems. The successful application of these principles is a challenge that requires not only knowledge of systems engineering but artful and disciplined implementation.

The Office of the Chief Engineer (OCE) has established the first annual NASA Systems Engineering Award. Each center nominated several highly deserving projects and each was worthy of recognition. After a very difficult and competitive review process OCE announced that the LCROSS System Engineering Team, led by Project Systems Engineer Bob Barber of NASA Ames Research Center, has been selected as one of the 2010 award recipients.

The OCE will present the award at the Program Management Challenge in February during a lunch time ceremony.

News and Features

LCROSS Impact Data Indicates Water on Moon

Preliminary data from the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite indicates that the mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct. 9, 2009, impacts near the moon's south pole.
NASA Briefs Preliminary Plume Findings From Moon Mission

NASA will hold a news conference Friday to talk about early science results from its successful moon impacting mission, the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS.
Successful Partnerships Enable a Successful Mission

The success of the LCROSS mission is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the men and women of the LCROSS team.
More Images from the Centaur Impact

Last week, NASA’s Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) plunged headlong into Cabeus crater, and the nine LCROSS instruments successfully captured each phase of the impact sequence: the impact flash, the ejecta plume, and the creation of the Centaur crater.