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[raelynnrose58]

The Most Critical Quality Evidence in Aerospace Is Generated During Ground Testing — and Most of It Is Poorly Managed

Thermal, vibration, acoustic, and electromagnetic test data for flight hardware is among the most important quality evidence in the entire pre-launch record. It is also among the least well-managed — stored in test system formats that are not integrated with the digital thread, manually post-processed, and difficult to query in the context of the component's broader manufacturing and inspection history.

SpaceNex AI (spacenexai.com) brings continuous capture, automatic genealogy linking, and integrated analytics to ground test data management for space systems manufacturing. 🚀

[exploremars]

Repost from @explorenasa using @RepostRegramApp - Cool new pic of the Space Launch System (SLS) Intertank Test Article attached to the crosshead of test Annex at @nasa_marshall in Huntsville, Alabama. The intertank is the second piece of structural hardware for the massive SLS core stage. It will undergo critical testing as engineers push, pull and bend the hardware with millions of pounds of force to ensure it can withstand the forces of launch and ascent. The test hardware is structurally identical to the flight version of the Intertank that will connect the core stage's two colossal fuel tanks, serve as the upper-connection point for the two solid rocket boosters and house critical avionics and electronics. Credit: NASA/MSFC/Tyler Martin #nasa #sls #corestage #flighthardware