EVA 23: Lessons Learned from a NASA Spacewalking Close Call

On July 16th, 2013, Italian Astronaut Luca Parmitano ventured outside the International Space Station for a routine spacewalk. When his helmet began filling with water, the following harrowing minutes became the most dangerous spacewalking incident in NASA history. NASA Engineer Chris Hansen will discuss lessons learned from the investigation that are applicable to any high-risk environment, and may very well help your organization think about safety in a very different way.

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Mr. Hansen joined NASA at the Johnson Space Center as a Co-operative Education Student in 1991 where he worked on several projects as a structural analyst and designer. After graduating from the University of California at Irvine in 1993 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, he joined NASA full-time where he worked as a structural analyst for projects including the Shuttle Plume Impingement Flight Experiment and the Space Shuttle Lightweight Seats project. He then went on to lead…