• 5 min read NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2025 Annual Report Jessica Taveau NASA Headquarters The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), which advises NASA and Congress on safety, has released its 2025 annual report on NASA’s performance and challenges • While the panel acknowledged NASA’s safety achievements, it warned that the agency’s biggest challenges stem from interconnected factors - workforce, acquisition, technical authority, budgets, and the growing complexity of human spaceflight - requiring sustained attention as missions become more ambitious • “Independent assessments like this will make NASA better,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman • “The panel’s report underscores areas where we must raise the bar, from how we structure oversight and manage integrated risk to how we declare and learn from anomalies • We are wholly committed to transparency • That’s how we protect crews, earn trust, and keep the Artemis lunar campaign and our transition to a commercial presence in low Earth orbit on a safe, sustainable path

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  • The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), which advises NASA and Congress on safety, has released its 2025 annual report on NASA’s performance and challenges. While the panel acknowledged NASA’s safety achievements, it warned that the agency’s biggest challenges stem from interconnected factors - workforce, acquisition, technical authority, budgets, and the growing complexity of human spaceflight - requiring sustained attention as missions become more ambitious. “Independent assessments like this will make NASA better,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. “The panel’s report underscores

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