The evolution of a test process for spacecraft software

• Published in: 2nd IEEE International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology (SMC-IT'06) p. 8 pp.
• Main Authors: Clancy, D.A., Clyde, B.A., Mirantes, M.A.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2006
• Subjects: Computer architecture; Embedded software; Guidelines; Hardware; Laboratories; Physics; Software architecture; Software testing; Space missions; Space vehicles

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory formed an embedded software group in 2001. In addition to defining the process for developing and testing flight software, the group had to quickly apply those new processes to a series of four different spacecraft missions from 2001 through th...