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NASA Artemis Missions: Exploration Ground Systems Program Could Strengthen Schedule Decisions

GAO-25-106943
Oct 17, 2024
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Agency Affected Recommendation Status
National Aeronautics and Space Administration The NASA Administrator, in coordination with the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, should ensure that Exploration Ground Systems program and Mobile Launcher 2 project officials perform at least one schedule risk analysis prior to beginning integrated operation activities to support the Artemis IV launch. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Artemis Programs: NASA Should Document and Communicate Plans to Address Gateway's Mass Risk

GAO-24-106878
Jul 31, 2024
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration The NASA Administrator, in coordination with the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, should ensure that the Gateway program documents its overall mass management plan and shares it with its projects ahead of the program's planned September 2024 critical design-informed synchronization review. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

NASA Lunar Programs: Improved Mission Guidance Needed as Artemis Complexity Grows

GAO-22-105323
Sep 08, 2022
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Agency Affected Recommendation Status
National Aeronautics and Space Administration The NASA Administrator, in coordination with the relevant mission directorates, should ensure that NASA conducts a schedule risk analysis for the Artemis II mission as close as possible to completion of the Artemis I mission and update it as needed to incorporate schedule updates and new risks. (Recommendation 2)
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NASA agreed with this recommendation and recognized the importance of performing an Artemis II schedule risk analysis. In July 2024, NASA officials told us that they completed a preliminary schedule risk analysis for Artemis II in January 2023, which allowed the agency to validate its scheduling methods and identify critical path items. As of August 2024, NASA officials told us they planned to provide documentation to demonstrate the work completed later in 2024.

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