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Wentworth O. Denoon Director Office of Systems Safety and Mission Assurance  Wentworth O. Denoon is the Director of Systems Safety and Mission Assurance at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland. He was appointed to this position effective September 23, 2001. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Denoon served as Deputy Director of Safety and Mission Assurance, a position he held since April 2, 1995. As Director, Mr. Denoon has broad responsibility and general authority to review all technical aspects of GSFC projects, spacecraft systems, launch vehicle systems, operational ground systems and scientific instruments to assure the systems meet the Center's goals for mission success and safety. He provides leadership and guidance to GSFC managed space flight programs by directing the formulation of assurance policy in the areas of quality assurance, environmental testing, reliability, systems safety, and software assurance and design review. He provides administrative and technical leadership in the development and execution of requirements of the Office of Systems Safety and Mission Assurance related to mission, budget, and staffing of the directorate and manages the implementation of policies, plans, and procedures for the assurance program for GSFC flight and ground systems projects. Mr. Denoon joined Code 300 June 1972 where he performed engineering functions related to failure analysis, testing of flight hardware, and reliability of spacecraft systems and components engineering. Some of the projects he worked on as Flight Assurance Manager over the years included the Multimission Modular Spacecraft (MMS), LANDSAT, Satellite Servicing Project, Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO), Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), Extreme Ultra Violet Experiment (EUVE), TIROS, and the Flight Support System (FSS) for the Solar Maximum Repair Mission. In 1993, Mr. Denoon was appointed Chief, Assurance Management Office (Code 303). Mr. Denoon received his B.S.E.E in Electrical Engineering from Howard University in 1972 and his Masters of Science in Engineering Administration (M.E.A) from George Washington University in 1976. |