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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

     06.16.09 - LaRC's Researcher News Features Engineer’s Working on NESC’s
    NESC’s MLAS has offered NASA engineers unique experiences on real hardware.
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     06.12.09 - Max Launch Abort System (MLAS) Launch News
    Spaceref.com features the NESC MLAS in this article.
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     04.27.09 - NESC Executive Administrator featured in LaRC's Researcher News
    Executive Administrator, Jenny DeVasher, looks to the future and keeps up with the diverse NESC projects.
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     01.22.09 - The NESC received NIA/CIBER 2008 Digital Video Award
    The NESC Academy (Innovative Engineering Design Course) received a 2008 Digital Video Award for its promotional science video used in an educational setting.
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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

MLAS Simulation Video

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

Preview of MLAS Simulation Video

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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