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NASA Office of Inspector General Issues Spring Semiannual Report
(Page) Excerpt - Today, the NASA Office of Inspector General (OlG) released its Spring 2025 Semiannual Report to Congress, which highlights the OlG's accomplishments between October 1, 2024, and March 31, 2025. During…
Safeguarding NASA’s Assets
(Page) Excerpt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv_w0OsAVS4 The Office of Investigations pursues allegations of cybercrime, fraud, waste, abuse, and misconduct related to NASA’s programs, personnel, and resources.
What Lies Ahead in 2025
(Page) Excerpt - https://youtu.be/8G1ch4lq-2I?si=7805MQzo74-L2nZo Preview our planned 2025 audit reports as we continue our objective oversight of NASA’s major programs, projects, and partnerships.
NASA's Management of the Mobile Launcher 2 Project
(Page) Excerpt - NASA is developing a second mobile launcher (ML-2)—the ground structure used to assemble, transport, and launch the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion crew capsule—to support larger variants of…
NASA’s Management of Space Launch System Block 1B Development
(Page) Excerpt - Artemis IV will be the first flight of NASA’s more powerful heavy-lift rocket—the Space Launch System Block 1B. However, Block 1B development efforts have encountered multiple issues including Boeing’s ineffective…
2023 Report on NASA’s Top Management and Performance Challenges
(Page) Excerpt - November 1, 2023 In this year’s report, we identified seven key challenges for NASA—including two that pose significant cost and schedule risks to the Artemis campaign, the Agency’s most ambitious…
Audit of NASA’s Deep Space Network
(Page) Excerpt - NASA’s Deep Space Network transmits scientific and communications data between dozens of spacecraft and Earth. However, the network is oversubscribed with demand exceeding supply by 40 percent at times. While…
NASA's Management of the Mobile Launcher 2 Contract (IG-22-012)
(Page) Excerpt - NASA awarded a $383 million contract in 2019 to Bechtel National, Inc. to design and build a second mobile launcher—the ground structure that will assemble, process, transport, and launch a…
NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) Mission (IG-22-010)
(Page) Excerpt - Prior to landing humans on the Moon as part of the Artemis program, NASA is developing new science instruments to explore the lunar surface including VIPER, a rover that will…
NASA's Development of Next-Generation Spacesuits (IG-21-025)
(Page) Excerpt - In this audit, we examined NASA's development of next-generation spacesuits for ISS and Artemis missions, specifically the extent to which the Agency is addressing cost, schedule, and performance challenges.
Artemis Status Update (IG-21-018)
(Page) Excerpt - April 19, 2021 This report updates NASA's progress in achieving milestones for the major programs that support the Artemis mission, NASA's most ambitious and costliest ongoing activity that seeks to…
Artemis Lander Program Faces Schedule Delays and Unmitigated Crew Safety Risks
(Page) Excerpt - https://youtu.be/DpLsS_P4Tq4?si=50dHQEUblV5e5JrK The Artemis campaign aims to return humans to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. To accomplish this feat, NASA has partnered with commercial vendors to…
Audit Reports
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NASA's Readiness for the Artemis II Crewed Mission to Lunar Orbit
(Page) Excerpt - With the Artemis campaign, NASA intends to return humans to the Moon and build a sustainable lunar presence as a foundation for human exploration of Mars. The Artemis II crewed…
Inspector General Examines Management of $26 Billion in Government Property Allocated to Artemis Contractors
(Page) Excerpt - To date, NASA has allocated more than $26 billion in government property to contractors in support of six Artemis programs. Today, the NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a…
NASA’s Management of Programs and Projects after Mission Termination—Canceled or Repurposed Artemis Campaign Systems
(Page) Excerpt - NASA’s reformulation of the Artemis campaign to meet the Administration’s national space policy goals resulted in the termination or repurposing of Artemis-related systems including the Exploration Upper Stage, Universal Stage…
NASA’s Management of the Artemis Supply Chain
(Page) Excerpt - NASA’s Artemis campaign involves multiple programs and projects, more than a dozen major prime contractors, and thousands of suppliers. When supply chain disruptions happen, it can put the entire effort…
NASA’s Partnerships with International Space Agencies for the Artemis Campaign
(Page) Excerpt - NASA’s plan to land humans on the Moon by the end of 2025 and send a crewed mission to Mars in the 2030s rest in part on significant participation and…
NASA's Management of the Artemis Missions (IG-22-003)
(Page) Excerpt - November 15, 2021 In this audit, we assessed the schedule and projected costs for the first several missions of the Artemis program and NASA's ambitious effort to return humans to…
NASA's Management of the Gateway Program for Artemis Missions (IG-21-004)
(Page) Excerpt - November 10, 2020 The Office of Inspector General assessed NASA's initial acquisition strategy for the Artemis missions with respect to meeting schedule, cost, and performance goals.