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The Office of Strategic Communications & Education (OSCE) at Langley Research Center is the organization who facilitates NESC’s communications with the public via the news media and outreach activities.

All media inquiries should be directed to:
     Chris Rink
     chris.rink@nasa.gov

Latest NESC News

	2.26.13 - NESC Implements New On-Line NESC Academy The NESC recently implemented a new on-line NESC Academy, documenting lessons learned from experts on the most complex technical challenges at NASA. + Read More
	6.19.12 - Former NESC Founding Member Achieves Leadership Position and Board Membership in Industry A former NESC founding member, Michael Hagopian, is named Senior Vice-President of Engineering at Sigma Space Corporation and a Sigma Board Member. + Read More
	5.8.12 - NESC Group Achievement Award for Crew Module Water Landing Design NESC’s Group Achievement Award for Crew Module Water Landing Design is featured in an Altair Publication. + Read More
	4.13.12 - NESC is Featured at NASA Day of Education in Elkhorn City, KY NESC’s Carol and David Castle and Charlie Camarda recently visited students in Kentucky to present NESC information during NASA’s Day of Education. + Read More
	03.14.12 - NESC Contributions to Space Technology Roadmaps (STRs) NESC has contributed significantly in developing 14 STRs, which describe time sequencing and interdependencies of high-priority space technology research and development over the next 5 to 30 years. + Read More
	12.13.11 - NESC’s Cynthia Null accepts a Special Award from the Mining Foundation NESC’s Cynthia Null accepted a Special Citation from the Annual American Mining Foundation for the NESC’s contribution in rescuing the Chilean Miners. + Read More
	09.15.11 - NESC's Clint Cragg receives Heyman Award Clint Cragg received a National Security and International Affairs Medal for his work on assisting the Chilean Miners. + Read More
	03.24.11 - NASA Has a Crush on You It's almost one million pounds of force on the "can," and they want to see it buckle. The hope is to use data from the test to generate new "shell-buckling design factors" that will enable lightweight, safe and sturdy "skins" for future launch vehicles. The test is led by the NASA Engineering and Safety Center, or NESC, based at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. + Read More
	03.22.11 - Success - This can is crushed! With ominous building-shaking booms and rumbles, the world's largest can crusher put the vertical smack down on a huge aluminum-lithium test cylinder with almost one million pounds of force. + Read More
	03.18.11 - NESC announces Shell Buckling Knockdown Factors Test On March 23, 2011, NESC will lead a test to improve future heavy-lift launch vehicle design. + Read More
	01.05.11 - NESC Tests Cylinders to Save Weight on Launchers Tests by NESC’s Shell Buckling Knockdown Factors assessment team indicate that weight savings up to 20% may be achieved for future launch vehicles. + Read More
	12.22.10 - NESC Participates in Study of TRACE Spacecraft’s New Slewing Procedure NESC assists study of TRACE spacecraft by showing that the shortest path is not always the fastest in reaching destinations in space. + Read More
	11.01.10 - NESC’s Mike Gilbert honored by AIAA AIAA selected NESC’s Mike Gilbert for the Associate Fellows class of 2011. + Read More
	10.28.10 - Recognition of NESC's Clint Cragg NESC’s Clint Cragg is recognized in the White House Oval Office for his work in rescuing the trapped Chilean miners. + Read More
	10.20.10 - NESC’s Assistance with Chilean Miner Rescue Features The NESC’s assistance with the Chilean miner rescue has again been featured in numerous recent publications. + Read More
	10.12.10 - NESC's Engineer Clint Cragg helps with Chilean rescue NESC's Clint Cragg assists with design of the Phoenix capsule used to rescue the Chilean miners. Local WAVY-10 features Cragg in the linked video and article. + Read More
	10.01.10 - NESC Support to Trapped Chilean Miners Clint Cragg and the NESC have been featured in several recent publications concerning support to trapped Chilean miners. + Read More
	09.03.10 - NESC sponsored MIT development of astronaut airbags NESC sponsored MIT to devise a reusable airbag system that inflates during launch and landing and deflates for storage. + Read More
	08.31.10 - NESC's Composite Crew Module (CCM) benefits NASA programs and private space efforts Lessons learned during the design, build, and test of NESC's CCM are being applied to NASA programs and private space efforts. + Read More
	08.31.10 - NESC's Clint Cragg helping with Chile Mine Collapse NESC's Clint Cragg is in Chile helping the 33 trapped miners. + Read More
	07.02.10 - Resident Engineers, assigned to NESC, featured in LaRC's Researcher News NESC offers Resident Engineers opportunities to work with experts on several projects. + Read More
	06.04.10 - NESC sponsored an award-winning student project at Penn State University An NESC-sponsored student team won the Penn State University College of Engineering award for their contributions to the study of astronaut safety. + Read More
	03.23.10 - NESC's Dr. Mike Gilbert selected as AIAA National Engineer of the Year In January 2010, NESC’s Dr. Mike Gilbert was selected as the AIAA National Engineer of the Year. Dr. Gilbert, as the recipient of this prestigious award, has been featured in various news publications. + Read More
	02.01.10 - NESC Test Validate Composite Human Spacecraft Concepts, Aviation Week and Space Technology NESC performs engineering experiments, demonstrating that composite pressure shell technology holds promise for whatever comes next at NASA. + Read More
	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 + Read More
	01.19.10 - NESC Composite Crew (CCM) Featured CCM has been featured in several news publications recently. + Read More
	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. + Read More
	07.08.09 - Virginian Pilot features successful test of MLAS Just after 6:25 a.m., NESC tested MLAS and the test went as planned. + Read More
	07.08.09 - Max Launch Abort System (MLAS) demonstration test was successful this morning at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. MLAS demonstrated an alternate concept for safely propelling a future spacecraft and its crew away from a problem on the launch pad or during ascent. + Read More
	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. + Read More
	06.12.09 - Max Launch Abort System (MLAS) Launch News Spaceref.com features the NESC MLAS in this article. + Read More
	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. + Read More
	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. + Read More
	08.14.08 - Apollo Veterans Bridge Generation Gap to Mentor Young Engineers Mentors try to keep the young engineers from making the same mistakes they made. + Read More
	08.13.08 - Max Launch Abort System Development The Wallops Flight Facility supports the NESC with the development of a composite crew module for the Exploration Orion spacecraft. + Read More
	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. + Read More
	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. + Read More
	02.21.07 - Failure Leads to Success When the Columbia space shuttle broke apart above Texas in February 2003, no one knew that it could one day result in success. NASA astronaut Dr. Charles Camarda, however, believes the tragedy has provided both current and future engineers with a motto to live by - where there is failure, there is knowledge and understanding that doesn't come with success. + Read More
	02.05.07 - NASA Developing Composite Orion Shell to Aid Future Exploration NASA's Engineering and Safety Center is developing all-composite designs for the Orion crew vehicle pressure shell to gain in-house experience for future spacecraft. + Read More
	01.25.07 - Aging Aircraft Conference Planned NESC Director Ralph R. Roe Jr. will attend the 10th conference on Aging Aircraft, scheduled for April 16-19 in Palm Springs, Calif. + Read More
	01.01.07 - NASA Reaching Out to Space Aces The agency's engineering and safety center, based at Langley, makes sure that an expert is never more than a phone call away. + Read More
	10.24.06 - Space Exploration: Filling Up the Canvas Experts in structures, materials and other disciplines in the aerospace sciences, along with the NASA Engineering and Safety Center that is hosted at Langley, helped return the Space Shuttle to flight after the Columbia accident. + Read More
	10.11.06 - NASA Announces New Cleveland Safety Center The center will complement the NASA Engineering and Safety Center based at Langley. + Read More
	09.08.06 - NASA delays shuttle launch once again The shuttle Discovery's 2005 launch was plagued by similar problems with the engine cut-off sensors. The root cause of Discovery's problem was never identified, according to a NASA Engineering and Safety Center analysis in 2005. + Read More
	07.14.06 - NASA clears key hurdle as foam fears ebb "We've been really impressed as a team with the way they were able to analyze the issues they needed to resolve," adds Ralph Roe, director of NASA's Engineering and Safety Center at the agency's facilities in Langley, Va. + Read More
	05.08.06 - Hydrazine Tanks for Jason-2 Satellite Will Be Modified ... fuel tanks could leak and pose a danger to satellite integration teams prompted a detailed review of the system by the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC ... + Read More
	01.19.06 - Remarks by NASA Administrator Griffin at the National Society of Professional Engineers Professional Development Conference To provide a further independent engineering assessment capability, we have a group at the Langley Research Center called the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC), comprised of some of the most talented engineers in the Agency. + Read More