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NASA’s Management of Space Launch System Block 1B Development

2024
IG-24-015
Audit
National Aeronautics and Space Administration OIG
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Artemis IV will be the first flight of NASA’s more powerful heavy-lift rocket—the Space Launch System Block 1B. However, Block 1B development efforts have encountered multiple issues including Boeing’s ineffective quality management and inexperienced workforce, continued cost increases and schedule...

Audit of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

2024
IG-24-014
Audit
National Aeronautics and Space Administration OIG
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

We assessed the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope project, a NASA observatory designed to explore dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics, to determine if NASA is managing the risks and mitigating future challenges with the Roman telescope while meeting its cost, schedule, and...

NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Initiative

2024
IG-24-013
Audit
National Aeronautics and Space Administration OIG
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative was designed to provide rapid, affordable, and frequent payload deliveries to the Moon via commercial lunar landers. In this report, we assessed NASA’s management of the CLPS initiative.

NASA’s Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act for Fiscal Year 2023

2024
IG-24-012
Audit
National Aeronautics and Space Administration OIG
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Congress enacted the Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA) in 2019 to help agencies identify and reduce improper payments. For this mandated audit, we evaluated NASA’s compliance with PIIA requirements in fiscal year 2023.

NASA's Readiness for the Artemis II Crewed Mission to Lunar Orbit

2024
IG-24-011
Audit
National Aeronautics and Space Administration OIG
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

With the Artemis campaign, NASA intends to return humans to the Moon and build a sustainable lunar presence as a foundation for human exploration of Mars. Given the high stakes of the first crewed flight, the Agency is working to identify and mitigate any risks and challenges to ensure the safe...

Audit of NASA’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Engagement

2024
IG-24-010
Audit
National Aeronautics and Space Administration OIG
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement is making progress managing and coordinating a diverse group of STEM engagement activities across the Agency and continues to operate against a backdrop of uncertainty, with its efforts challenged by a history of budget cuts and proposed elimination of the office.

NASA’s Transition of the Space Launch System to a Commercial Services Contract

2024
IG-24-001
Audit
National Aeronautics and Space Administration OIG
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

This report, one in a series of audits examining NASA’s development of space flight systems for Artemis IV and future missions, examines the Agency’s plans to move its individual SLS contracts to a commercial services contract to lower the cost of the launch system.

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