Managing Editor NASA needs to do a better job of storing and managing hazardous materials at its field centers to prevent accident and injuries, according to a new audit by the space agency’s Office of Inspector General. “We found that hazardous materials are not managed uniformly across the Agency, the Centers we visited did not consistently implement adequate controls, and employees and contractors at times circumvented existing controls to acquire hazardous materials,” the audit said. Auditors reviewed hazardous materials practices at four field facilities: Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.; Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas; Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.; and Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Miss. They discovered problems at each location.