Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 127: Chief ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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Human Factors: Designing Systems with People in Mind - Part 1 of 2

Dr. Cynthia Null, NASA Technical Fellow for Human Factors, discusses how understanding human capabilities and limitations can help engineers reduce risk and design safer, more successful missions from the start.

. 18min 59sec

Passing Down Knowledge

Heather Koehler, NASA Technical Fellow for Flight Mechanics, explains how knowledge at NASA is passed from person to person, program to program.

. 16min 36sec

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