"Just Culture" session panelists Roy Malone, Randy Lycans, Marcus Lea, Loucious Hires, and Pete Allen.

Vernon "Bill" Wessel, former associate director of NASA's Glenn Research Center from 2006-2011, addresses team members at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center Jan. 19 as part of the "Mission Success in in Our Hands" Shared Experiences forum. Wessel, currently senior vice president of Ares Corp. and deputy of the Huntsville-based company's Space & Defense Division, spoke about his 30-year NASA career and the importance of workplace safety. "Keep in your head every day and in every way that safety is number one," he said. "When you meet people, ask them, 'How are you doing today? How's the job? How are you staying safe?' These are the things that are important." The bimonthly Shared Experiences forum, a Marshall safety initiative to promote and strengthen mission assurance and flight safety, is sponsored by NASA partner Jacobs Engineering of Huntsville.

Randy Lycans, vice president/general manager of NASA Enterprise Solutions, Jacobs, participates in a prelaunch media briefing on the role of industry in advancing human exploration on Aug. 26, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as the agency prepares for launch of Artemis I scheduled for Aug. 29, at 8:33 a.m. EDT from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39B. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond. The primary goal of Artemis I is to thoroughly test the integrated systems before crewed missions by operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orion’s heat shield, and recovering the crew module after reentry, descent, and splashdown.

NASA holds a prelaunch media briefing on the role of industry in advancing human exploration on Aug. 26, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as the agency prepares for launch of Artemis I scheduled for Aug. 29, at 8:33 a.m. EDT from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39B. Participants, from left are Kathryn Hambleton, NASA Communications; Jim Free, association administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters; and Randy Lycans, vice president/general manager of NASA Enterprise Solutions, Jacobs. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond. The primary goal of Artemis I is to thoroughly test the integrated systems before crewed missions by operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orion’s heat shield, and recovering the crew module after reentry, descent, and splashdown.

NASA holds a prelaunch media briefing on the role of industry in advancing human exploration on Aug. 26, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as the agency prepares for launch of Artemis I scheduled for Aug. 29, at 8:33 a.m. EDT from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39B. Participants, from left, are Randy Lycans, vice president/general manager of NASA Enterprise Solutions, Jacobs; Jeff Zotti, RS-25 program director, Aerojet Rocketdyne; and Jennifer Boland-Masterson, director of operations, Michoud Assembly Facility, Boeing. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond. The primary goal of Artemis I is to thoroughly test the integrated systems before crewed missions by operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orion’s heat shield, and recovering the crew module after reentry, descent, and splashdown.

NASA holds a prelaunch media briefing on the role of industry in advancing human exploration on Aug. 26, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as the agency prepares for launch of Artemis I scheduled for Aug. 29, at 8:33 a.m. EDT from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39B. Participants, from left are Kathryn Hambleton, NASA Communications; Jim Free, association administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters; Randy Lycans, vice president/general manager of NASA Enterprise Solutions, Jacobs; Jeff Zotti, RS-25 program director, Aerojet Rocketdyne; Jennifer Boland-Masterson, director of operations, Michoud Assembly Facility, Boeing; Doug Hurley, senior director of business development, Northrop Grumman; Kelly DeFazio, director of Orion production, Lockheed Martin; and Ralf Zimmerman, head of Moon programs and Orion European Service Module, Airbus. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond. The primary goal of Artemis I is to thoroughly test the integrated systems before crewed missions by operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orion’s heat shield, and recovering the crew module after reentry, descent, and splashdown.

NASA holds a prelaunch media briefing on the role of industry in advancing human exploration on Aug. 26, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as the agency prepares for launch of Artemis I scheduled for Aug. 29, at 8:33 a.m. EDT from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39B. Participants, from left are Kathryn Hambleton, NASA Communications; Jim Free, association administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters; Randy Lycans, vice president/general manager of NASA Enterprise Solutions, Jacobs; Jeff Zotti, RS-25 program director, Aerojet Rocketdyne; Jennifer Boland-Masterson, director of operations, Michoud Assembly Facility, Boeing; Doug Hurley, senior director of business development, Northrop Grumman; Kelly DeFazio, director of Orion production, Lockheed Martin; and Ralf Zimmerman, head of Moon programs and Orion European Service Module, Airbus. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human presence to the Moon and beyond. The primary goal of Artemis I is to thoroughly test the integrated systems before crewed missions by operating the spacecraft in a deep space environment, testing Orion’s heat shield, and recovering the crew module after reentry, descent, and splashdown.