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NESC Overview

    What is the NESC?

    NASA Engineering and Safety Center's (NESC) mission is to perform value-added independent testing, analysis, and assessments of NASA's high-risk projects to ensure safety and mission success. The NESC engages proactively to help NASA avoid future problems.

    NESC is an independently funded program with a dedicated team of technical experts that provides objective engineering and safety assessments of critical, high-risk projects. This is the charge of the NESC: an organization dedicated to promoting safety through engineering excellence, unaffected and unbiased by the programs it is evaluating. The NESC is a resource and is meant to benefit the programs and organizations within the Agency, the Centers, and the people who work there.
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NESC Features

NESC Latest News

     02.01.10 - NESC Composite Crew Module (CCM) Features – Part II
    In January 2010, CCM has been featured again in additional news publications as tests have continued
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     01.19.10 - NESC Composite Crew (CCM) Featured
    CCM has been featured in several news publications recently.
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     09.24.09 - AIAA selects NESC's Dr. Mike Gilbert as the Hampton Roads Section Engineer of the Year
    AIAA Hampton Roads has awarded Dr. Michael Gilbert for his work on the NESC MLAS project.
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Submitting Requests

    Do you have a technical concern?
    Please contact the NESC at: NESC@nasa.gov

    If you would like to submit a technical request anonymously, please mail it to:
    NESC
    NASA Langley Research Center
    Mail Stop 118
    Hampton, VA 23681

CCM News

NESC Composite Crew Module (CCM) has been featured in several news publications recently.

CCM News
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MLAS Launch Video

The Max Launch Abort System launched at 6:26 a.m. EDT on July 8, 2009.
Credit: NASA/Gary Banzinger

MLAS Simulation Video

This video is provided by Wallops Flight Facility Mission Planning Lab.

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Organization Structure

OCE/NEN Organizations

    NASA Office of the Chief Engineer (OCE)
    The Office of the Chief Engineer ensures that missions are planned and conducted with sound engineering practices and with proper controls and management.
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