Space Operations
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NASA’s Space Operations Mission Directorate is the heart of the agency’s space exploration efforts, enabling missions to low Earth orbit, the Moon, and beyond through communication and navigation, launch services, research capabilities, and crew health and support. SOMD manages NASA crewed space operations in and beyond low-Earth orbit (LEO) and commercial launch services. SOMD operates, and maintains exploration systems, develops and operates communications, and space transportation systems, and performs scientific research to enable sustained human exploration. In addition, SOMD is responsible for managing the space transportation services for NASA or NASA-sponsored payloads that require orbital launch, and the Agency's space communications and navigation services supporting all NASA space systems.
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The Human Research Program (HRP) processed new awards for the 2024 Human Exploration Research Opportunity (HERO) Appendices A-D, with 11 awards selected.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.