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NASA leverages the reporting phase of its performance management cycle to bring actionable 

information to Agency decision-makers and to inform future plans. This section demonstrates that the 

integration of performance reporting and performance planning information provides insights to NASA 

leaders to enhance overall performance management. The combined performance report and plans include 

NASA’s FY 2012 Performance Report, updates to the FY 2013 Performance Plan that was provided with 

the FY 2013 Congressional Justification in February 2012, and the new FY 2014 Performance Plan 

aligned with the current budget request.

Past to Future: Improved Performance Planning and 

Reporting

For over a decade, NASA kept performance planning and reporting as separate activities and published 

them as separate documents. Performance planning was part of budget formulation and execution, 

resulting with the concurrent publication of annual performance plan and Congressional Justification in 

February. NASA conducted performance reporting independently at the end of the fiscal year and 

published the results with the end-of-fiscal year financial statements in November.

Starting in FY 2013, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-11 requires agencies to 

combine their Annual Performance Reports (APRs) and Annual Performance Plans (APPs). NASA 

elected to combine the APR and APP in FY 2012 to take advantage of the benefits of an integrated, 

yearlong process while also having more time to adjust to the new requirements. This combined reporting 

format better aligns with NASA’s performance management cycle. NASA holds performance 

improvement discussions in tandem with performance planning so that measures for upcoming fiscal 

years are informed by past and current performance. This is helping NASA create better performance 

measures and conduct relevant assessments of programs and projects by improving baselines, targets or 

outcomes, and trending. As NASA looks beyond FY 2014, the Agency will leverage performance 

improvement to aid the development of a new strategic plan, which will be released with the FY 2015 

Congressional Justification.

Measuring Against Priorities

In accordance with GPRAMA and a White House initiative for building a high-performing government, 

NASA works with other Federal agencies to address national needs through its contributions to several 

Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goals. In addition, NASA’s own Priority Goals represent challenging, nearterm targets that the Agency pursues to benefit the American people in the areas of human exploration, 

planetary science, and space technology. 

CROSS-AGENCY PRIORITY GOALS

Per the GPRA Modernization Act requirement, Federal agencies address CAP Goals in their strategic 

plans, annual performance plans, and the annual performance reports. NASA currently contributes to the 

following CAP Goals:
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• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education: In support of the President’s 

goal that the U.S. have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020, the 

Federal Government will work with education partners to improve the quality of science, 

technology, engineering and math (STEM) education at all levels to help increase the number of 

well-prepared graduates with STEM degrees by one-third over the next 10 years, resulting in an 

additional 1 million graduates with degrees in STEM subjects.

• Data Center Consolidation: Improve IT service delivery, reduce waste and save $3 billion in 

taxpayer dollars by closing at least 1200 data centers by fiscal year 2015.

• Cybersecurity: Achieve 95% use of critical cybersecurity capabilities on federal executive branch 

information systems by 2014, including strong authentication, Trusted Internet Connections 

(TIC), and Continuous Monitoring.

• Sustainability: By 2020, the Federal Government will reduce its direct greenhouse gas emissions 

by 28 percent and will reduce its indirect greenhouse gas emissions by 13 percent by 2020 (from 

2008 baseline). 

• Entrepreneurship and Small Business: Increase federal services to entrepreneurs and small 

businesses with an emphasis on 1) startups and growing firms and 2) underserved markets.

• Strategic Sourcing: Reduce the costs of acquiring common products and services by agencies’ 

strategic sourcing of at least two new commodities or services in both 2013 and 2014, that yield 

at least a 10 percent savings.

• Closing Skills Gaps: Close critical skills gaps in the Federal workforce to improve mission 

performance. By September 30, 2013, close the skills gaps by 50 percent for 3 to 5 critical 

Federal Government occupations or competencies, and close additional agency-specific high risk 

occupation and competency gaps.

• Energy Efficiency: Reduce Energy Intensity (energy demand/$ real GDP) 50 percent by 2035 

(2010 as base year).

Please refer to http://www.Performance.gov for NASA’s and the lead agency’s contributions and progress 

to these goals, where applicable.

NASA’S PRIORITY GOALS

In FY 2010, NASA developed and began reporting on a quarterly basis on five Priority Goals.1 In 

FY 2012, NASA completed three Priority Goals begun in FY 2010, outlined in the table below. The other 

two goals were completed in FY 2011. NASA rated this first set of goals under the criteria used by the 

Agency for all of its performance goals, and the final ratings and rationale are provided below. NASA 

selected four new Priority Goals in February 2012. These are reviewed through a separate process, which 

is used government-wide. More information on this latter set of goals can be found below and at 

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1 When originally published, these goals were designated as High Priority Performance Goals. The GPRA 

Modernization Act of 2010 and subsequent guidance from OMB changed the designation to Agency Priority Goals.
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AGENCY PRIORITY GOALS RETIRED IN FY 2012

Retired Agency Priority Goal Responsible Organization Rating

PG 2.1.5.2 (Priority): Study Earth from space to 

understand climate change, weather, and human impact on 

our planet by launching at least two missions by 2015.

Science Mission Directorate, Earth 

Science Red

PG 1.1.1.2 (Priority): Safely fly out the Space Shuttle Human Exploration Operations 

manifest and retire the fleet. Mission Directorate, Space Shuttle Green

Program 

PG 4.1.2.1 (Priority): Increase efficiency and throughput 

of aircraft operations during arrival phase of flight.

Aeronautics Research Mission 

Directorate, Airspace Systems Green

In FY 2012, NASA closed out three FY 2010 Priority Goals. NASA completed all milestones, with the 

exception of a loss of one of the two Earth Science missions that had been planned, due to a launch 

vehicle failure in FY 2011. In 2012, NASA successfully launched the second mission, the NPOESS 

Preparatory Project (NPP), which has been renamed the Suomi National Polar Orbiting Partnership 

(Suomi NPP), and completed the on-orbit checkout to close out the activities planned for that goal. Suomi 

NPP will extend key climate measurements begun by NASA’s Earth Observing System for the climate 

research and applications communities. As originally planned, Suomi NPP also will provide a preoperational demonstration mission for validation and risk reduction for the National Polar Orbiting 

Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), which was being developed by NOAA, the Department of 

Defense (DoD) and NASA. NPOESS has been reformulated and is now the Joint Polar Satellite System 

(JPSS), being developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA. 

In addition, because of the delays in NPOESS that led to the creation of JPSS, there is a possibility of a 

gap in some of the Nation’s operational weather prediction capabilities. As a result, until the first JPSS 

satellite is launched and brought on line in 2016-2017, Suomi NPP sensor data and data products will 

serve as an essential gap-filler in the Nation’s satellite observational systems for civil and military 

operational weather prediction. 

NASA worked throughout FY 2012 with each of the museums and centers designated to receive one of 

the retired Space Shuttle fleet and completed plans to transfer the orbiters. On April 18, 2012, NASA 

delivered Space Shuttle Discovery to the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in 

Chantilly, Virginia. Space Shuttle Enterprise, which had been on display at Udvar-Hazy, was moved to 

the John F. Kennedy International Airport on April 27. NASA placed the orbiter on a barge and sailed it 

to a temporary display location on the deck of the Intrepid at Pier 87 in New York City on July 19. NASA 

delivered Space Shuttle Endeavour to Los Angeles International Airport on September 21, and placed it in 

its final resting place at the California Science Center. The Space Shuttle Atlantis was moved to its final 

display location at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center in November 2012.

Current air traffic control operations require an air traffic controller to generate and provide clearances 

manually (that include path and speeds) so aircraft can arrive at an established point on a route, and timeregulate entry into an airport’s terminal area, at a scheduled time during the arrival phase of flight. The 

manual process often results in inefficient paths for an aircraft’s flight and descent (particularly during 

higher traffic density operations) restricting the number of aircraft that can be processed for arrival 

operations, while increasing noise and fuel consumption. Success was seen in FY 2011 when NASA’s 
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Airspace Systems Program field-tested the Efficient Descent Advisor (EDA) tool that proposes to the air 

traffic controller the speed and path changes that will allow an efficient arrival profile. Building on this 

success in FY 2012, NASA officially transferred the results of its research to the Federal Aviation 

Administration for further evaluation and potential operational use as part of a more widespread 

government effort to modernize the Nation’s air traffic control system.

NASA’S FY 2012-FY 2013 PRIORITY GOALS

Agency Priority Goal Responsible Organization

Sustain operations and full utilization of the International Space Human Exploration Operations 

Station (ISS). Directorate, International Space Station 

Program 

Develop the Nation’s next generation Human Space Flight (HSF) Human Exploration Operations 

system to allow for travel beyond low Earth orbit (LEO). Directorate, Exploration Systems 

Division

Use the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover to explore and Science Mission Directorate, Mars 

quantitatively assess a local region on the surface of Mars as a Exploration Program

potential habitat for life, past or present.

Enable bold new missions and make new technologies available to Office of the Chief Technologist

government Agencies and U.S. industry.

In FY 2012, NASA made significant progress toward achieving all of the Agency Priority Goals. A brief 

summary of progress is provided below, and more details found at 

http://goals.performance.gov/agency/nasa. 

The International Space Station (ISS) is a major steppingstone in achieving NASA’s exploration goals 

across the solar system. The ISS provides a space-based research and technology development laboratory 

to safely perform multidisciplinary, cutting-edge research. In FY 2012, the laboratory had on-going 

operations and research activities. The demonstration of the delivery of supplies from a U.S. commercial 

provider for the first time since the laboratory was in service marked a groundbreaking success. 

In line with the NASA Authorization Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-267), NASA is moving ahead with a deep 

space exploration program designed to carry human beings beyond low Earth orbit. This goal focuses on 

ensuring these programs finalize cross-program requirements and meet their milestone reviews in order to 

realize the long-term goal. In FY 2012, NASA successfully completed an integrated Systems 

Requirements Review for the combined Exploration Systems Development portfolio of the Orion MultiPurpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), the Space Launch System (SLS), and ground systems capabilities.

The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) successfully reached Mars on August 5, 2012, after an eight-month 

trip from Earth. MSL has the overall science objective of exploring and quantitatively assessing a local 

region on the surface of Mars as a potential habitat for life, past or present, and is expected to remain 

active for one Mars year, or 687 days.

Through continued investment in technology, NASA is able to achieve increasingly challenging and 

complex science, exploration, and aeronautics mission goals, many of which will have direct public 

benefit through technology transfer. This past fiscal year, NASA exceeded its goal of 1,990 technologyrelated products with 2,948 new products. These products include New Technology Reports, software 
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usage agreements, new patent applications filed, patent licenses executed, and NASA Technology 

Mission Use Documents. These products represent the important first steps in the process of infusing 

them back into NASA’s work and transferring them to U.S. industry.

Changes to NASA’s Performance Plans

Each fiscal year, NASA’s budget request to Congress contains an annual performance plan that aligns 

with the funds requested. Changes to a performance plan are generally reflected in the next year’s budget 

request, if the change is known before the request is sent to Congress. If a change occurs after, then it is 

reflected in the annual performance report. NASA updates measures in the plan when the final 

appropriation differs from the amount requested, or if Congressional or Executive direction places a 

different emphasis on programs relative to what was initially requested. Additionally, the dynamic nature 

of research and development can lead to shifting priorities. This may result in NASA no longer pursuing 

activities originally identified in the annual performance plan or placing greater emphasis on another 

activity.

NASA’s policy has been to allow one of the following actions if programs are impacted by Congressional 

budget action via an appropriations or authorization law or Executive direction places a different 

emphasis on programs:

• Eliminate the performance measure (do not rate the performance measure); 

• Change the targeted performance (rate at the new target); or 

• Move the measure to the next year’s annual performance plan (do not rate until the following 

year).

If priorities have shifted due to the dynamic nature of research and development, and the activity is no 

longer pursued, NASA generally retains the measure and does not reduce the target, but rather reflects 

this via a White rating. If emphasis is shifted onto a program for which there was no measure, NASA may 

choose to add a measure and rate it, to reflect the priority of that activity. Details on NASA’s rating scales 

and criteria are in the Management and Performance Overview.

CHANGES TO THE FY 2012 PERFORMANCE PLAN

NASA corrected one annual performance goal in the FY 2012 Performance Plan and assigned White 

ratings to three measures. NASA justifies these performance plan changes below.
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Budget 

Account/ 

Corrected Measure Program Correction Made

5.4.1.2: SFS-12-3: Incorporate Human NASA updated the measure to reflect that the reference to 

information sharing processes Exploration and crew space transportation partner information sharing, 

into programmatic policies Operations/ which would include other U.S. Government agencies, was 

and incorporate into crew Launch Services incorrect, since none beyond NASA have crewed space 

demonstration addressing new flight. NASA’s Launch Services Program partnership with 

entrant launch vehicle the Department of Defense for space transportation is 

certification activities and focused on launch vehicle certification of non-crewed 

future crew space flights, to the benefit of both organizations. NASA rated the 

transportation service measure after making the correction.

contracts.

Measure Rated White

Budget Account/ 

Program Rating Justification

2.4.2.2: JWST-12-1: Begin Science/ James The JWST Program replanning process resulted in a 

integration of James Webb Webb Space schedule revision that changed the milestone encapsulated 

Space Telescope (JWST) Telescope in the FY 2012 measure. In the final review of the updated 

flight optics into Optical performance plan, NASA inadvertently missed correcting 

Telescope Element (OTE). this measure to reflect the replan. The JWST Program 

continues to be on-track toward its revised plan.

6.3.1.1: AMO-12-20: Issue a 

competitive opportunity to 

engage the public in NASA's 

activities.

Cross Agency 

Support/ Agency 

Management & 

Operations

The original plan was for NASA to use the April 2012 

OpenGov International Apps Challenge as the venue for a 

competitive opportunity for participatory engagement of the 

public. In 2012, the Office of Communications 

management determined that the participatory engagement 

resources would be better focused on leveraging other 

existing activities and redirected the funds planned for the 

competitive opportunity.

FY 2013 PERFORMANCE PLAN UPDATE

NASA submitted the FY 2013 Performance Plan with its FY 2013 Congressional Justification in 

February 2012. Since then, several factors, including typographical or other inaccuracies and changes to 

NASA’s budget structure, have made it necessary to update the plan. Additionally, NASA’s review of the 

FY 2013 and FY 2014 performance plans, within the context of performance trends seen for reported year 

of FY 2012 and spanning backward for up to five years, revealed several areas for improved and 

streamlined measurement. Specifically, NASA added several annual measures into the FY 2013 plan to 

ensure that both NASA and the public can see the trend from the past into future performance for key 

program areas.

NASA corrected nine annual performance goals after NASA published them in the FY 2013 

Congressional Justification in February 2012. The table below provides the details of those corrections.
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Corrected Measure

Budget Account/ 

Program Correction Made

APG 2.4.2.2: JWST-13-1: Initiate 

James Webb Space Telescope 

Backplane Support Frame 

Assembly. Deliver James Webb 

Space Telescope Near Infrared 

Camera to Integrated Science 

Instrument Module (ISIM) 

Integration and Test.

Science/ James Webb 

Space Telescope

The JWST Program replanning process resulted in a 

schedule revision that changed the milestone 

encapsulated in the FY 2013 measure. In the final 

review of the updated performance plan, NASA 

inadvertently missed correcting this measure to 

reflect the replan. The JWST Program continues to 

be on-track toward its revised plan.

APG ST-13-1: Research, study, Space Technology/ NASA increased the FY 2013 target based on the 

or develop concepts for 100 120 Crosscutting Space FY 2012 actual of 110 technologies documented in 

technologies as documented in Technology reports and plans and the anticipated number for FY 

technology reports or plans. Development 2013.

APG 3.2.1.1: ST-13-3: Implement 

at least one new small satellite

spacecraft mission that was 

initiated in FY 2012 selected in 

the previous fiscal year to and

demonstrate game changing or 

crosscutting technologies in 

space. 

Space Technology/

Crosscutting Space 

Technology 

Development

Clarified the measurement to be made. 

APG 3.2.1.1: ST-13-4: Implement 

at least three two Technology 

Demonstration Missions (TDM) 

technology development projects 

that were initiated in the previous 

two years.

Space Technology/

Crosscutting Space 

Technology 

Development

The solicitation for these missions had not been 

completed prior to the inclusion of the measure in 

the FY 2013 Congressional Justification. The final 

proposals selected were fewer than expected once 

the acquisition was completed.

APG 3.4.1.1: ST-13-6: Establish a 

total of two twelve partnerships 

with U.S. industry, other U.S.

agencies, or other entities to 

develop technology that supports 

NASA’s missions or national 

interests.

Space Technology/

Partnership 

Development and 

Strategic Integration

Typographical error corrected.

APG 4.1.1.1: AR-13-1: Conduct 

flight tests to characterize the ice 

crystal environment, which can 

adversely affect jet engine 

performance.

Aeronautics/Aviation 

Safety

This work was dependent on a contract that was 

discontinued due to unforeseen circumstances. As a 

result, NASA will not be able to complete a test 

flight in FY 2013 and has removed the associated 

FY 2013 APG from the performance plan. NASA 

and its partners are exploring opportunities for 

acquiring this important test data in the future.
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Corrected Measure

Budget Account/ 

Program Correction Made

APG 5.4.2.1: SFS-13-3: Continue 

21st to establish and develop the

Century Space Launch Complex 

(21stCSLC) partnerships aimed at 

understanding government and 

commercial ground processing, 

launch, and range infrastructure 

requirements, while and

implementing the modifications 

identified during the FY 2011 

initiated studies.

Human Exploration 

21st and Operations/ 

Century Space 

Launch Complex

Clarified the measurement to be made. 

APG 5.4.3.1: SFS-13-4: 

Complete TDRS L Pre-Ship

its Flight Readiness Review 

(FRR). 

for 

Human Exploration 

and Operations/

Space 

Communications and 

Navigation

Clarified the measurement to be made. The PreShip Review is a milestone that ensures that the 

spacecraft is prepared for its Flight Readiness 

Review, which is scheduled to occur in FY 2013.

APG 6.1.3.1: AMO-13-10: 

Provide equal opportunity (EO)

assessment and technical 

assistance, or onsite compliance 

assessment on-location, at a 

minimum of two STEM or

STEM-related programs that 

receive NASA funding.

Agency Management 

and Operations/

Office of Diversity & 

Equal Opportunity

Clarified the measurement to be made. 

To improve performance trending within a multi-year performance goal, NASA has added the following 

annual performance goals to the FY 2013 plan:

• APG 1.1.2.1: ISS-13-5: Provide 100 percent of planned on-orbit resources (including power, data, 

crew time, logistics, and accommodations) needed to support research.

• APG 1.2.1.1: CS-13-2: Conduct a minimum of one commercial cargo demonstration flight of new 

cargo transportation systems, including proximity operations with ISS.

• APG 3.3.1.1: ERD-13-4: Assess the feasibility of a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module based 

habitation module to support human deep-space missions.

• APG 5.3.2.1: AR-13-9: Perform a condition assessment of the ground support facilities, systems, 

and equipment within the Flight Test Project portfolio.

• APG 5.4.3.1: SFS-13-4: Complete TDRS L Pre-Ship Review.

• APG 5.4.3.2: SFS-13-5: Complete Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment (SGSS) Critical 

Design Review (CDR). 

• APG 5.4.3.3: SFS-13-6: Complete antenna structure for DSS-35 at the CDSCC. 

Further discussion on measurement changes can be found in the combined annual performance report and 

plans contained in the next section, “NASA’s Combined Performance Report and Plan.” 
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Performance–Budget Integration

Performance-budget integration is the alignment of NASA’s strategic and performance plans with its 

planned investments. Each year, NASA checks the alignment by mapping its annual approved budget 

authority to its strategic goals. This process involves linking mission directorate, mission support, and 

education accounts, and their supporting programs, to their respective strategic goals.2 This performanceto-budget alignment is reinforced in the Agency’s annual performance plan that links each annual 

performance goal, and responsible program, to the strategic goals.

NASA shows strong performance-budget integration for FY 2014. The President’s FY 2014 budget 

request for NASA is $17.7 billion through eight budget accounts. These accounts support NASA’s six 

strategic goals, outlined in detail in the 2011 NASA Strategic Plan. The strategic goals drive the mission 

priorities and activities within each account. In the FY 2014 Performance Plan, NASA plans numerous 

activities that further advance the Agency’s goals and contribute to national initiatives. Figure 2.1 maps 

the budget to strategic goals for FY 2014. Additional details on NASA’s FY 2014 Performance Plan are 

in the following section. 

	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  

2 FY 2011 was the first year where mission support and education activities map directly to a strategic goal. In 

previous years, NASA allocated the budget for mission support and education activities across all strategic goals. 

The budget for the Office of Inspector General remains allocated across all strategic goals by an equal amount.
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Figure 2.1: FY 2014 Budget by Strategic Goal
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NASA’s Combined Performance Report and Plan

Presenting the APR and APP information together allows a unique opportunity to see the trend across 

multiple years within a program and the tie between multi-year performance goals and the annual 

components of these. Multi-year performance trends are incorporated into the FY 2014 Performance Plan, 

starting with the currently reported year of FY 2012 and spanning backward for up to five years. NASA’s 

method for trending multi-year performance data is to show the linkages between measures tracking 

similar data and annual progress for follow-on program activities. Linked measures, even if revised in 

subsequent years, are shown as related performance data. They are not meant to show back data for 

measures written exactly the same. In some cases, measures have been updated over the years to improve 

accuracy and data quality. For detailed information on performance ratings and measures from FY 2009 

to FY 2011, go to http://www.nasa.gov/news/budget/index.html. 

The combined report is organized by strategic goal, followed by an overview of each outcome. NASA 

summarizes FY 2012 performance for each multi-year performance goal, and whether there is planned 

performance against these in FY 2013 and/or FY 2014. The performance goal summary is followed by: 

• The annual performance goals (APGs) associated with the performance goal; 

• The FY 2012 ratings for both the performance goal and its supporting APGs and the performance 

for the past five fiscal years (if applicable); 

• The annual performance plan for FY 2013 and FY 2014; and

• If an FY 2012 annual performance measure was not met, an explanation for why performance 

was less than planned.

Figure 2.2 below is an annotated sample from the combined APR/APP.
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Figure 2.2 APR/APP Sample

Reported Multi-Year Performance 

Multi-Year Performance Goal 2.1.0.0: By 2015, launch at least two missions in support of 

objective 2.1.0. 

FY11 The purpose of this performance goal is to launch satellites in support of objective 2.1.1, as 

outlined in the 2010 NASA Science Plan. NASA’s Earth Science program includes the 

design, development, and launch of a portfolio of new missions, along with the operation 

and provision of data from the existing fleet of Earth observing spacecraft. Launching 

missions in a timely way increases scientific capabilities and helps maintain data continuity. 

Once the satellites are operating on orbit, NASA uses these assets for scientific research and 

a range of Earth-observing capabilities. Earth Science launched the first satellite supporting 

this performance goal, Aquarius, in June 2011. Aquarius will observe and model seasonal 

and year-to-year variations of sea-surface salinity and how these variations relate to changes 

in the water cycle and ocean circulation, thereby influencing climate. During its three-year 

mission life, Aquarius will collect more sea surface salinity measurements than the entire 

125-year historical record from ships and buoys. 

Green

FY12

Green

Update to Multi-Year Performance Goal

FY13 Update This performance goal remains the same in FY13

FY14 This performance goal remains the same in FY14

Reported Annual Performance

ES-12-0: Complete the Example Mission Systems Integration Review.

Contributing Theme: Earth Science

Contributing Program(s): Earth System Science Pathfinder

FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12

7ESS0 

Green

8ES00 

Yellow

9ES0 

Green

10ES00

Green

ES-11-0 

Green

ES-12-0 

Yellow

Why this APG was not achieved: 

NASA delayed the SIR from September 2012 to November 2012 due to a potential problem identified in the 

widget subsystem. The contractor isolated the problem at the end of September as a faulty component. 

Planned Annual Performance

FY13 Update Conduct Launch Readiness Review.

FY14 No APG in FY14

Performance goal 

number and 

description

Changes, if any, to the 

performance goal in the FY13 

or FY14 Performance Plans

Explanation of 

performance goal and 

its rating

Performance goal 

current and past 

ratings

APG number and 

description

Explanation for APG 

not rated Green

APG rating for FY12 

and past 5 fiscal 

years

FY13 and FY14 

Performance Plans 

for the APG