The Moon to Mars Space Weather Analysis Office; Mission, Goals and Concept of Operations

As NASA plans for human missions beyond Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), the need for improvements in space weather environment modeling capabilities, communication of radiation risks, and real-time space weather analysis support is essential for mission success. These future missions will be flying in deep space and no longer have the Earth's protective magnetic field shielding them from radiation in space. The Space Radiation Analysis Group (SRAG) at Johnson Space Center and the Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC) at Goddard Space Flight Center have worked on the Integrated Solar Energetic Particle (ISEP) Warning System project which is a collaboration that expands SRAG's current space weather monitoring capabilities beyond LEO. In 2020, NASA established an interface of communications with SRAG to improve science and prediction capabilities both for lunar and Mars missions in support of crewed missions beyond LEO. The Moon to Mars (M2M) Space Weather Analysis Office located at Goddard Space Flight Center was established to support NASA's Space Radiation Analysis Group (SRAG) with human space exploration activities by providing novel capabilities to characterize the space radiation environment. M2M will work as the proving grounds and testbed for the capabilities that will eventually transition to operational agencies. M2M also supports NASA robotic missions with space weather notifications and anomaly assessments. We will present the M2M Office's goals, infrastructure, and validation activities to support SRAG and NASA missions in collaboration with CCMC and other government agencies.