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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

     10.10.07 - NASA Studying Possible Wing Problem
    NASA is studying a possible problem with the thermal shielding on Discovery's wings that could force a delay in this month's launch.
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     08.16.07 - Carbon Composite Materials Might Not Be So Bad for Spacecraft...
    For the first time ever, the Space Shuttle will fly with an all-composite "carrier" in its cargo bay.
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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

Organization Structure

Organization Structure

    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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