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Safety at Kennedy Space Center honored with award NASA-KSC NEWS RELEASE Posted: May 8, 2004 NASA's Kennedy Space Center recently was recognized by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as a Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star site, joining an elite group of organizations considered to have the best safety programs in the nation. VPP is a national program designed to recognize and promote effective safety and health management. Currently, only approximately 600 organizations have received this honor nationwide. KSC was recommended for Star certification, this program's highest level, in July 2003 after an intense OSHA review of the Center's safety and health programs. The Center was presented with the official Star flag by OSHA Deputy Regional Administrator Teresa Harrison on April 26 at KSC. "It's exciting to know we did this together as a team," said KSC Director Jim Kennedy. "I came here with the expression, 'KSC and proud to be,' and now we are also 'VPP and proud to be.'" VPP is a cooperative effort between OSHA, employers, employees and unions that recognizes exemplary safety programs that go above and beyond regulatory compliance. To qualify for Star certification, an organization's average injury, illness, and lost worktime rates for the previous three years must be below the current comparable private sector average rates as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The program began in the private sector in 1982 and was opened to federal sites in 1997. |
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The spectacular high-resolution, color panorama from the Mars rover Opportunity at the edge of Endurance Crater is presented with expert narration by Steve Squyres, the mission's lead scientist. (2min 08sec file)
Explore the Columbia Hills at Gusev Crater where Spirit is headed in this computer-generated movie using imagery from orbit. Expert narration by Amy Knudson, science team collaborator. (3min 11sec file)
The Mars rover Opportunity's arrival at Endurance Crater and Spirit's trek to the Columbia Hills are topics in this news conference from May 6. (42min 12sec file)