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Space: The Final Frontier for Standards
Wrapped snugly in a custom container, seven carefully chosen materials left Earth on Aug. 24, 2025, traveling at 17,500 mph. Nestled at the top of a Falcon 9 rocket, house dust, freeze-dried human liver and …
Category: Standards
OSC Publishes Updated TraCSS Specifications
Today, January 22, 2026, the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) published updated specification documents for the Traffic Coordination System for Space. These specifications replace those previously hosted on the Office of Space Commerce website. The …
Breaking Ground on Space Research: OSC & NIST Partner with Rhodium Scientific to Study Space-Flown Reference Materials
In the early morning hours of Sunday, August 24, 2025, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center. Onboard this NASA Commercial Resupply Services-33 flight was a wide array of reference materials – …
OSC Discusses Voluntary Consensus Standards with CONFERS
On August 6, the Office of Space Commerce’s Senior Advisor, Dr. Dianne Poster, participated in a webinar hosted by the Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS) on “the power of voluntary consensus …
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TraCSS Listening Session: Updated CDM & OCM Specifications
On Friday, August 1, 2025, the NOAA Office of Space Commerce (OSC) held a virtual Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) stakeholder listening session on the updated TraCSS Conjunction Data Message (CDM) and Orbit Comprehensive …
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OSC Seeks Comment on Draft ISO Space Traffic Coordination Standard
To foster the economic growth and technological advancement of the U.S. commercial space industry, the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) participates in the development and promotion of technical standards by standards development organizations as well …
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