Mission Quality Assurance Virtual Training and Certification Using the NASA Academy of Aerospace Quality

Mission Quality Assurance Virtual Training and Certification Using the NASA Academy of Aerospace Quality

Many educational entities are involved in developing space bound payloads. These payloads are designed, constructed and tested under diverse conditions and by largely “amateur” teams. The Academy of Aerospace Quality (AAQ) is an open-access online resource that provides quality assurance training to students and faculty involved in payload projects. AAQ’s goal is to provide assistance in assuring that payloads are “successful” from a quality standpoint. The NASA AAQ is also being used by other, non-academic entities. This paper describes the resources and functions available on the AAQ website and how they can be used by project teams to support the training of their members on quality assurance topics.