Welcome to the home page of the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (ASEB). The ASEB is a board within the National Research Council, which is the principal operating agency of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The ASEB operates a number of standing committees and task groups that perform studies in aeronautics and space engineering and policy for the federal government.

• History and Charter of the Board
• Membership of the Board
• Reports of the Board A complete listing of all the reports published by the ASEB

New ASEB Reports

• Upgrading the Space Shuttle.

• Improving the Continued Airworthiness of Civil Aircraft.

• Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics: Breakthrough Technologies to Meet Future Air and Space Transportation Needs and Goals.

• Space Technology for the New Century.

• Protecting the Space Shuttle from Meteoroids and Orbital Debris.

Ongoing Committees and Panels of the Board

ASEB Reports Available On-Line (in alphabetical order)

Link to Related Sites

Last Updated 02/04/99

ASEB website is maintained by Marvin Weeks

Questions and comments may be sent to aseb@nas.edu.