Organization: NESC

NASA Engineering and Safety Center Director Tim Wilson discusses the NESC’s contributions to NASA mission success.

For NASA programs using risk-based independent verification and validation (IV&V), detailed NASA-developed/supported simulation of key flight phases provides deeper government insight and certification ability.

A NASA Engineering and Safety Center assessment of the Autonomous Flight Termination System resulted in coding standard and software static analysis recommendations for software development teams.

NASA Chief Engineer Ralph Roe discusses engineering best practices.

An investigation into the cause of intermittent electrical shorts on the Cassini space probe over a six-year period determined they were most likely due to the presence of tin whiskers. 

NASA has discovered wiring damage issues in every crewed vehicle system, but early indications suggest the new generation of vehicles appears to benefit from more simplified designs and lower technician traffic during integration.

Best practices for conducting high-purity hydrazine elemental analysis processes must be followed to avoid sample contamination that could impact space missions.

Overarching NESC articles highlight important information, gleaned from NESC assessments, which may benefit a wider audience. 

This webpage provides an overview of the NESC Leadership Team personnel, org. chart, and emails