Located in the heart of West Virginia's emerging technology sector, the NASA IV&V Facility was established in 1993 as part of an Agency-wide strategy to provide the highest achievable levels of safety and cost-effectiveness for mission critical software. The NASA IV&V Facility was founded under the NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA) as a direct result of recommendations made by the National Research Council (NRC) and the Report of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident.
Since then, the NASA IV&V Facility has experienced continual growth in personnel, projects, capabilities, and accomplishments. The NASA IV&V Facility's efforts have contributed to NASA's improved safety record since the NASA IV&V Facility's inception. Today, IV&V is an Agency-level function, delegated from OSMA to Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and managed by the NASA IV&V Facility. The NASA IV&V Facility's primary business, software IV&V, is sponsored by OSMA as a software assurance technology. Having been reassigned as GSFC, the NASA IV&V Facility is Code 180 (Center Director's direct report).
The NASA IV&V Facility houses over 150 full-time employees and leverages the expertise of in-house partners and contractors.
