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ESMD
Exploration Systems Mission Directorate
NASA's mission directorate responsible for implementing the Vision for Space Exploration.
SOMD
Space Operations Mission Directorate
NASA's mission directorate responsible for operating spacecraft related to human in and beyond low-Earth orbit.
OIA
Office of Infrastructure and Administration
Office of Infrastructure and Administration is a diverse organization supporting Agency missions by providing executive leadership, policy, technical expertise and oversight of Agency infrastructure and management systems.
Overview
A true testament to the success of the NASA Transition effort is the arrival of Ares I-X hardware to the cape as shuttle missions continue.
NASA Transition is the evolution of people, property, processes, and plans to enable space exploration missions by evolving from our Space Shuttle-based human space flight system to a new architecture designed to achieve the objectives of the US Space Exploration Policy. This architecture is the Constellation human space flight system. NASA Transition is the comprehensive and careful planning of the simultaneous development and operations of these large-scale, inter-related spaceflight programs. NASA Transition proactively manages the interfaces and risks shared between programs to ensure the success of NASA’s programs and projects.Transition is an opportunity to reinvent and revitalize NASA's human spaceflight program and make it more efficient by focusing on the evolution of our skilled workers and our facilities and infrastructure. While leveraging the Agency’s robust human and robotic spaceflight program experience base.
Workforce Highlights
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NASA's Next-Generation Workforce →
The workplace is changing in ways not due entirely to the introduction of new technology or new philosophies of management. The workforce itself is changing. The rise of the millennial generation brings workers who are more introspective, more connected to the world and their community, and less willing to align themselves to the needs of employers.
Infrastructure and Property Highlights
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Historic, Apollo-Era Test Stand Readied for Ares I Testing
Engineers at the Marshall Center are working with the Saturn V Dynamic Test Stand -- another step in NASA's development of a new fleet of spacecraft.
Program Planning Highlights
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NASA Awards Construction Contract For Rocket Engine Testing
NASA signed a contract with Roy Anderson Corp. of Gulfport, Miss., for a general construction package on the A-3 test stand.
Transition Documents
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NASA Transition Management Plan
Release Date: December 18, 2008
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Multi-Program Integrated Milestones
Release Date: February 3, 2009
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NASA Integrated Acquisition Roadmap
Release Date: October 21, 2008
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RFI on Orbiter and SSME Placement
This RFI is to obtain input from institutions, museums, and other organizations about the community’s ability to acquire and publicly display the Orbiters and SSME.
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Workforce Transition Strategy Report - Second Edition
A strategy for minimizing job losses when the National Aeronautics and Space Administration transitions from the Space Shuttle to a successor human-rated space transport vehicle.
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NASA Space Shuttle Program Artifacts Pamphlet
Release Date: February 5, 2009
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Final Space Shuttle Program Programmatic Environmental Assessment
A report addressing the potential environmental impacts associated with the transition and retirement of the Space Shuttle Program.
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Rendezvous
Rendezvous is a quarterly magazine published by the Space Shuttle Program to give employees the latest transition news. The most recent issue was released in May 2009.