{"id":638,"date":"2023-02-03T14:45:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T14:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public.ksc.nasa.gov\/mns\/?page_id=638"},"modified":"2024-07-19T14:22:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T18:22:22","slug":"ms-lifecycle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/public.ksc.nasa.gov\/mns\/ms-lifecycle\/","title":{"rendered":"M&#038;S LifeCycle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"min-height:220px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-ast-global-color-8-background-color has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"522\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-102\" alt=\"NASA models and simulations (M&amp;S)\" src=\"https:\/\/public.ksc.nasa.gov\/mns\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/12\/HeroBG-1.jpg\" style=\"object-position:49% 75%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"49% 75%\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-eaa22779\"><h1 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">M&amp;S LifeCycle<\/h1><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/public.ksc.nasa.gov\/mns\/ms-planning\/#Life-Cycle-Context\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/public.ksc.nasa.gov\/mns\/ms-planning\/#Life-Cycle-Context\">RWS-M&amp;S Life Cycle Context<\/a>&nbsp;section, the full M&amp;S Life Cycle follows a series of essentially sequential phases. 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