White Sands Test Facility

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Introduction

• Johnson Space Center White Sands Test Facility
• Jim Krupovage
• WSTF IT Manager
• (JSC Information Resources Directorate)

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Process for Questions

• In order to avoid preferential treatment toward
  those attending this conference, this
  presentation will follow a written script.
• Presentations will be posted on the ITAMS website
  at http//procurement.jsc.nasa.gov/itams.
  Handouts will not be provided.
• Verbal questions will not be allowed during this
  briefing. Attendees may submit any questions in
  writing on the forms provided at the registration
  desk. Official responses will be posted on the
  ITAMS and NAIS websites.

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Objective

• What we are planning to do
• Explain facilities people (who we are)
• Explain involvement with major programs,
  projects, and missions (what we do)
• Explain the current state of IT Services at WSTF
• Application Services
• IT Security Services
• Multimedia Services
• Information Management Services
• What we are NOT planning to do
• Explain the content of the draft RFPs
• Entertain questions on the acquisition strategy
  or draft RFPs
• Discuss future plans for Facility IT Services

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White Sands Test Facility
WSTF is located near Las Cruces, New Mexico. The
closest major airport is in El Paso, Texas about
45 miles south. WSTF is a tenant of the White
Sands Missile Range. Other nearby NASA
facilities include the White Sands Space Harbor,
Sounding Rocket Facility, Orion Pad Abort, El
Paso Hanger Operations and the White Sands
Complex (Goddard)
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White Sands Test Facility
Subsidiary unit of the NASA Johnson Space
Center Constructed in 1962-1964 to support the
Apollo Project Hazardous Test Facility located in
a large buffer zone and controlled remote
property Occupies 28 square miles of the
southwest corner of WSMR 56 NASA and 640
Contractor personnel
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Mission Statement

• Our mission is to provide the expertise and
  infrastructure to test and evaluate spacecraft
  materials, components, and propulsion systems to
  enable the safe exploration and use of space.

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WSTF Objectives Tenets

• Support All NASA Endeavors
• Provide Unique Testing and Expertise for Other
  Agencies and Industry
• Host Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and
  Aerospace Southwest Communications Facility

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Customer Base

• Johnson Space Center - Shuttle Orbiter, Payloads,
  International Space Station, Crew Training,
  Constellation Program, and Special Projects
• NASA Headquarters and Other Field Centers
• Other US Government Agencies - Army, Navy, Air
  Force, DOD, DOE, EPA
• Commercial Industry

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Capabilities
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Capabilities
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Facilities

• Rocket Engine System Test Stands with Vacuum
• Long-duration Large-altitude Simulation System
• Full-scale Hypergolic and Cryogenic Propulsion
  Test Systems
• Chemistry and Metallurgical Laboratories
• Flight Component Repair, Refurbishment, and Test
  Facilities
• High Energy Blast Facility
• Oxygen-enriched Atmosphere Test Facilities
• Hypergolic Materials and Components Test
  Facilities
• Hypervelocity and Low Velocity Impact Test
  Facilities
• White Sands Space Harbor Launch and Landing Site

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Support Services

• Calibration Services
• Clean Room
• Component Services
• Composites Analysis
• Construction
• Engineering Design
• Fabrication Services
• Fire and Emergency Services
• IT Services
• Maintenance and Operations
• Photo/Video
• Publications and Records Center
• Quality Assurance and Engineering
• Radio Communications
• Safety and Industrial Hygiene
• Security

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Laboratories Office
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Laboratories Office

• Low Velocity Ice Impact Testing

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Laboratories Office

• Micrometeoroid/Debris Hypervelocity Impact
  Testing
• Shuttle Kapton Instrumentation Wire Testing for
  Extreme Heat
• Propellant and Explosion Hazards Assessment

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Laboratories Office

• STS COPV Testing on a Centaur Vessel

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Laboratories Office
Research on Flammability of Materials (including
Metals) in Oxygen-enriched Atmospheres
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Propulsion Test Office

• Night Firing of Shuttle Forward RCS Primary and
  Vernier Thrusters

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Propulsion Test Office

• Shuttle PRCS Thruster Hot-fire Testing
• Minuteman Qualification Firing inside Vacuum Test
  Cell

• Cassini Saturn Orbit Insertion Engine Glows
  during 3-h 20-min Continuous Firing

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Propulsion Test Office
Static Firing of DC-X with 4 LOX/Hydrogen RL10-A5
Engines
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Propulsion Test Office
DC-X Executes Vertical Landing at WSMR
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Hardware Processing Office

• Depot Refurbishment of Flight Critical
  Propulsion System Components

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WSSH

• Orbiter Approach
• Restricted, Controlled Airspace
• Long, Wide Lakebed Runways
• Year-round Flying Weather
• No Bird-strike Problems

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WSSH

• Landing Training for Astronauts
• Landing/NAVAID Development
• Procedure Development
• Contingency STS Landing Site
• Training Aircraft Hangared at El Paso Airport
• Schedule 250 Days for Flight Time
• Average 190 Days Flown

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WSTF IT Services Today

• WSTF IT Environment
• WSTF standardizes with JSC
• The WSTF IT Services support many different
  environments both on and off-site
• Engineering and test facilities
• Scientific laboratories
• Office environments
• Warehousing and storage facilities
• Meeting, conferencing and auditorium facilities
• The information included in this presentation are
  a snap shot in time to explain the WSTF
  environment. Companies must refer to the RFPs
  for the detailed official information.

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Application Services

• Web Applications
• Management System Manual, Pressure Vessel System,
  Emergency Accountability, Emergency Call List,
  Phone Book, Visitor Database, Safety Inspection
  Management System, Media Search, WSTF Internal,
  WSTF External
• Developed in Coldfusion and dreamweaver
  environment with some activity in SharePoint.
• Server Admin/DB admin
• Web Server/Storage/SQL server

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WSTF Management System Manual
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WSTF External Web Page
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IT Security Services

• Maintenance and Operations
• Firewalls
• Content Monitoring
• Intrusion Detection
• Logging
• Remote Access
• Vulnerability Management
• PKI (Trusted Agent)
• OCSR
• Incident Response
• Continuous Monitoring (Certification and
  Accreditation)

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Multimedia Services

• Engineering Test Support
• Propulsion/Labs/Hyper Test Photo/Video
• Digital high speed digital photography (2
  million fps)
• High speed video (60 to 120,000 fps)
• Non-visible spectrum photography
• Pulse (time-lapse) imaging
• Infrared video
• Ultraviolet/Infrared Photography
• Borescope imaging
• General Photo/Video Services

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Engineering Test Support
Impact Dynamics on Aluminum Sample
Hypervelocity Gun Lab
Photos of Projectile Impacting Material
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Multimedia Services

• Video Services
• WSTF Medium ViTS and Mission Management Team
  Room B101

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Multimedia Services
WSTF Large ViTS Room (Rotunda)
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Information Management Services

• Content Management
• Document and Data Management
• Forms
• Library Functions
• Satellite to JSC
• Writing/Editing/Graphics
• Records Management

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Customer Service Requirements

• Assisting with Customer Requirements
• Coordination
• Liaison for customer to contracts
• Service Request
• Lead customers to appropriate contract vehicles
• Resource Review
• Outreach
• Operations, Outages, Customer Forum, ITPOCs

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• THANK YOU