NASA Engineering and Safety Center

NASA Engineering and Safety Center
This article is from the 2025 Technical Update. The human factors TDT looks for and creates opportunities to influence design to leverage human strengths and to protect people and missions. The human factors team has experts with knowledge of human performance in all aspects of NASA missions as well as from other safety-critical industries. The […]
Posted March 10, 2026
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
This article is from the 2025 Technical Update. The NESC has invested significant time and resources to better understand composite overwrapped pressure vessels (COPV) performance and more importantly, how these complex, high-pressure storage systems can fail.
Posted March 10, 2026
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
This article is from the 2025 Technical Update. The NESC’s Thermal Control & Protection Technical Discipline Team (TDT) is a resource providing subject matter expertise in active and passive thermal control as well as ascent and entry thermal protection across the spectrum of agency needs.
Posted March 10, 2026
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
The NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) partnered with Materials and Processes and Flammability subject matter experts from the Johnson Space Center, White Sands Test Facility, and the Marshall Space Flight Center to design and develop a test for evaluating the effectiveness of material assemblies to serve as a barrier between a potential cab
Posted March 9, 2026
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
The NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) conducted a technical assessment to evaluate alternatives to dichloromethane, traditionally used for bonding transparent polymeric materials.
Posted February 4, 2026
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
Annual Report of NESC Technical Activities On behalf of the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC), I am pleased to provide you with the 2025 NESC Technical Update. This annual report summarizes the technical work, engineering advancements, and knowledge capture efforts we made in FY25.
Posted January 20, 2026
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
BackgroundThe NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) has reviewed flight, ground test, and published data on ultraviolet-induced degradation of silicone based thermal control coatings.
Posted September 23, 2025
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
How to Attend The workshop will be hosted by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.Virtual and in-person attendance are available. Registration is required for both. (Link coming soon!)Virtual attendees will receive connection information one week before the workshop.
Posted February 20, 2025
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
The portfolio of current NESC technical activities reaches across mission directorates and programs encompassing design, test, and flight phases.
Posted February 11, 2025
NASA Engineering and Safety Center
The NESC Mechanical Systems TDT provides broad support across NASA’s mission directorates.
Posted December 26, 2024
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