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WELCOME TO WHITE SANDS TEST FACILITY!
 
Welcome to Employee Orientation for new and transferring NASA White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) employees. This site provides the essential information, forms, contacts, and checklists that you will need to begin working at WSTF. Your orientation starts here and will continue with onsite in-processing, briefings, training, and management receptions. To get started, select your employee type from the list above and follow the checklist.
 
 
CENTER DIRECTOR'S WELCOME
 
Center Director - Michael L. CoatsJSC Center Director - Michael L. Coats

Welcome to the Johnson Space Center Team! You are joining an organization that takes great pride in its historic achievements in human space flight and looks ever forward to the great challenges and opportunities associated with the Vision for Space Exploration that will take us back to the Moon, on to Mars and beyond. 
 
 
WSTF - Managers Welcome
 
White Sands Test Facility, Manager - Frank J. BenzWhite Sands Test Facility, Manager - Frank J. Benz

Welcome to the White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) and the JSC Team! You are joining an organization that builds on its historic 40+ year legacy in human space flight and is avidly aligning themselves for the challenges and opportunities associated with the Vision for Space Exploration. WSTF has been a vital part of our Nation’s space program since the days of Apollo. We are a world class facility that prides itself on doing things safety and effectively. Because of employees with high commitment to our mission, we are successful in the areas of spacecraft propulsion, aerospace material component and integrated testing, as well as systems screening and certification. As a new employee of this facility, you will be challenged to uphold our heritage and contribute to our success; I am glad you are here.
 
 

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Where We've Been
White Sands Test Facility (WSTF), located in southwestern New Mexico, has been a part of the NASA Johnson Space Center since its construction in 1963. Beginning with Project Apollo in the early 1960s, WSTF has supported every United States human exploration space flight program.

Where We're Going
Our future is bright, today we continue to play a key role in the Nation's space adventure by evaluating materials and components for use in propulsion, power generation, and life-support systems, crew cabin equipment, payloads, and experiments carried aboard the Shuttle orbiter and the International Space Station. The new Vision for Space Exploration will bring an entire new set of spacecraft development and verification efforts to our door. We will align our expertise and capabilities with the Constellation Program's needs and ensure that as an Agency we accomplish the vision laid out before us in a safe and effective manner.

 
 
 
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