NASA’s Mishap Program Working Group focused on Human Factors Analysis and Classification System training during its annual meeting, held Aug. 5-8 at Johnson Space Center.

The October 2014 issue of Orbital Debris Quarterly News includes an article featuring the comet Siding Spring and the science opportunities it presents. Continue reading for the full article.

NASA’s Safety Culture Program assesses and promotes a healthy Safety Culture at all levels of the agency.

John Evans and Reza Ghaffarian co-presented their paper on accelerated testing of advanced electronics as keynote speakers for the 2014 Accelerated Stress Testing & Reliability Workshop.

For the past three years, NASA’s Metrology and Calibration Program Office has been repurposing measuring and test equipment previously used to support the Shuttle Program at Kennedy Space Center, resulting in close to $2 million in cost avoidance to date.

Using the NASA Safety Reporting System, anyone at NASA can report hazards and safety concerns to agency upper management without fear of reprisal.

On Aug. 6, Dr. Homayoon Dezfuli, NASA System Safety fellow, presented the paper, “The Evolution of System Safety at NASA,” at the International System Safety Training Symposium 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri.

The newly established NASA Construction Safety Working Group held its first annual meeting at Kennedy Space Center July 8-9.

Agile development helps support NASA’s next-generation missions, but it also poses new challenges for Software Assurance oversight.

Goddard Space Flight Center has made reliability a key component in the development of SpaceCube.