The following is a summary of the major meteorological/atmospheric projects and research that have been or currently are being accomplished at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). Listed below are highlights of work done during the past 6 months in the Engineering Directorate (ED) and in the Science and Mission Systems Office (ZP)

Roberts, Barry C.

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 Range Commanders Council Meteorology Group Meeting (RCC-MG) 
5-6 May 2015 
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Range Report- May 2015 
(RCC-MG Member) 
 
Barry C. Roberts 
NASA-MSFC 
Natural Environments Branch (EV44) 
Terrestrial & Planetary Environments Team 
Huntsville, AL 35812 
 
The following is a summary of the major meteorological/atmospheric projects and research that have been 
or currently are being accomplished at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).  Listed below are highlights 
of work done during the past 6 months in the Engineering Directorate (ED) and in the Science and Mission 
Systems Office (ZP). 
 
NASA MSFC Natural Environments Branch (EV44) Terrestrial and Planetary Environments Team   
 
Space Launch System 
 
The purpose of the Space Launch System Program (SLSP) is to develop a heavy lift launch vehicle for 
future NASA exploration missions.  EV44 is responsible for the development and implementation of 
natural environment specifications for the program.  There are also two programmatic documents 
maintained by EV44.  The “Cross Program Design Specification for Natural Environments”, SLS-SPEC-
159 Revision C was released in April 2015.  It included recently updated space and terrestrial natural 
environments specifications.  The document provides natural terrestrial and space environment 
specifications for NASA Headquarters’ Explorations Systems Development programs, which include the 
21st Century Ground Systems Program, the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) Program and the 
SLSP.   The “SLSP Vehicle Design Environments Volume 7: Natural”, SLS-SPEC-07-044 Revision C was 
also released in April 2015.  It contains applicable natural environments from SLS-SPEC-159 and updated 
tailored natural environments for the SLS, Orion MPCV and GSDO Programs. 
 
 Range Reference Atmospheres 
Work was completed on a task funded by the RCC to generate 10 additional Range Reference Atmospheres 
(RRA’s) in addition to the 4 that were developed this year.  The new RRA’s were delivered to Phil Harvey 
at Edwards Air Force Base. 
 
Planetary Exploration Programs 
 
The Natural Environments Branch Terrestrial and Planetary Environments Team continued to support the 
Mars Global Reference Atmosphere Model (GRAM) on an as-needed basis.   
 
 
NASA MSFC Earth Science Office (ZP11):   
 
Activities at the MSFC Earth Science Office can be found at their web site located at   
http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/ . 
 
 
 
 
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