SOFIA SSSC Program Status Robert Meyer Program Manager September 29, 2009

2 Program Overview Bob Meyer 3/24/2009

3 Executive Summary Program completed detailed schedule re-plan. –On track to have airplane return to flight on October 20 th ! –First light projected for late winter –NASA Science Mission Directorate approved interim baseline on August 26 th –Final baseline pending Standing Review Board (SRB) independent review in January, and Agency program management council (APMC) –NASA Science Mission Directorate has agreed to restore funds for DAOF, which restores reserve CDDS controller delivered, integrated, and tested in July! –MCCS control of CDDS demonstrated during recent line ops Mission systems, TA, and FORCAST are on track for early science flight summer 2010, pending successful open door envelope expansion –Internet testing of MCCS engineering build 3 complete, w/FORCAST –FORCAST integration and line ops early next year Assigned separate team for segment 3 detailed planning, to mitigate schedule delays during segment 3 downtime 3/24/2009

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Upcoming Events Science Instrument Trimester Review (SITR) at Ames; September 28, 2009 SOFIA Science Steering Committee (SSSC) at Ames; September 29, 2009 Open Door Flight Readiness Review (FRR) Part 3/Final; October 7, 2009 Deutsches SOFIA Institut (DSI) Ground Breaking at Stuttgart; October 13, 2009 Functional Check Flight; October 20, 2009 Mission Readiness Brief at HQ; October 27, 2009 (TBD) Airworthiness Flight Safety Review Board (AFSRB); October 28, 2009 Open Door Flight; November 6, 2009 SOFIA Science Project Council (SSPC) in Stuttgart, Germany; December 3-4, 2009 Standing Review Board (SRB); Early 2010 (TBD) SMD Program Management Council (DPMC); Early 2010 (TBD) Agency Program Management Council (APMC); Early 2010 (TBD) 6 9/17/09

Current Schedule Status 3/24/2009 7

Program Key Milestones Milestone Program ID Tracking dates Interim Baseline dates 1 st Flight (Aircraft Functional Checks)L /20/0911/19/09 Segment 3 SRRL /16/0912/16/09 1 st Open Door FlightL /17/091/28/10 FORCAST Line OpsL /2/103/30/10 First Light OpportunityL /5/104/29/10 ISF – Short Science 1 FlightsL /6/1010/26/10 Envelope Expansion #2L /17/1012/17/10 Segment 3 Progress ReviewL /6/103/31/11 GREAT Line OpsL /18/104/12/11 Short Science 2 FlightsL /5/105/11/11 Basic Science FlightsL /9/106/10/11 FIFI-LS Line OpsL /9/118/30/11 FIFI-LS Science FlightsL /23/119/14/11 TA V&V / Aircraft Performance FlightsL /14/1110/6/11 Open Door Flight Test CompleteL /11/1111/10/11 Limited Operation Capability (LOC)L /16/123/18/13 Full Operational Capability (FOC)L /1/1412/30/14 8 9/17/09

Integrated Master Schedule (To Completion of Open-Door Flight Testing) FY Current Track (Overlays No Risk “Green Line”) Interim Baseline 9 9/17/09

FY Integrated Master Schedule (Segment III to FOC) Current Track (Overlays No Risk “Green Line”) Interim Baseline 10 9/17/09

Segment 2 – Tracking dates TA Activation FCF TA Characterization First Light attempt TA Characterization Science Flight Platform Flight TA Flight Ground Testing Data Analysis Contingency Flight 10% 100% IMS:SOFIA_MS090924Dyn.mpp Created 09/25/2009 ISF FRR #3 AFSRB

Segment 2 – Tracking Dates TA Characterization IMS:SOFIA_MS090911ajl.mpp Created 09/14/2009 Science Flight Platform Flight TA Flight Ground Testing Data Analysis Contingency Flight 12 9/17/09

Southern Hemisphere Deployment Segment 3 flight phase overview – Tracking Dates LOC FOC Observing Flights Instrument Commissioning Aircraft maintenance/Observatory upgrade Platform flights Germany Deploy either/or IMS:SOFIA_MS090911ajl.mpp Created 09/14/ /17/09

Program Risk Summary 3/24/

6/18/2015 SOF-DF-RSK-SE Approach M - Mitigate W - Watch A - Accept R - Research Med High Low Criticality L x C Trend Decreasing (Improving) Increasing (Worsening) Unchanged New Since Last Period [Risks are identified and trended from last review to current review]     Program Risk Management Matrix

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17 Program Summary Program is making significant progress and is very close to; flying, starting door open flight tests, and making first in-flight science observations! 3/24/2009

Back-ups 3/24/

8/26/ * RAC as averaged over the 12 open Program Risks Bulk of our Risk Reduction occurs over the next 10 months