NASA's Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) Program 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.

NASA's IV&V Program houses approximately 270 employees and leverages the expertise of in-house partners and contractors.

As a result of being located in North Central West Virginia, the NASA IV&V Program boasts some of the lowest cost (labor rate) systems and software engineers in the country.

This capability provides for multiple spot-checking throughout the SDLC and addresses those issues that can jeopardize mission safety and quality.

JSTAR’s main role consists of developing industry leading digital-twin computer simulations of embedded spacecraft environments.

The materials and training cover a wide range of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics.

The on-site student outreach program brings over 2,000 youth to the facility annually to experience workshops on robotics, rocketry, aviation, and other STEM topics.