World Quality Month 2026
Quality through time!
WE ARE A GO!
IN 2026, ASQ CELEBRATES 80 YEARS of advancing the quality profession. This November, World Quality Month presents an opportunity to honor this milestone while inspiring members to continue shaping the future of quality. Everyone is invited to celebrate and remember the people, industries, milestones, innovations, technology, and future vision that have defined the organization since 1946.Downloadable Resources
- 11/5 Resource Eight Disciplines
- 11/12 Resource Histogram
Trivia Question:
Crew members, five historical events have become scrambled in time. Your mission is to decode the clues, verify the dates, and reconstruct the timeline in order to receive the Breakthrough Sigil.
A: Astronomers identify the then-most-distant known galaxy as a military quality specification receives its third amendment.
B: Scientists release 480 million metallic dipoles into orbit in an experimental communications project as a military quality specification undergoes revision.
C: A planetary mission carrying the first wheeled vehicle operated on another world launches shortly after a military-specific quality specification is canceled.
D: A spacecraft bound for Mars loses contact shortly before orbital insertion as a notice reaffirms a military quality specification.
E: A military quality specification is introduced as TIME examines the U.S.-Soviet space race.
YOUR MISSION: Identify all five events, establish their dates, and arrange them chronologically. Then identify the international quality standard family connected to the evolution of military quality requirements.
Bonus: What common principle connects quality management and space exploration?
Crew members, five historical events have become scrambled in time. Your mission is to decode the clues, verify the dates, and reconstruct the timeline in order to receive the Breakthrough Sigil.
A: Astronomers identify the then-most-distant known galaxy as a military quality specification receives its third amendment.
B: Scientists release 480 million metallic dipoles into orbit in an experimental communications project as a military quality specification undergoes revision.
C: A planetary mission carrying the first wheeled vehicle operated on another world launches shortly after a military-specific quality specification is canceled.
D: A spacecraft bound for Mars loses contact shortly before orbital insertion as a notice reaffirms a military quality specification.
E: A military quality specification is introduced as TIME examines the U.S.-Soviet space race.
YOUR MISSION: Identify all five events, establish their dates, and arrange them chronologically. Then identify the international quality standard family connected to the evolution of military quality requirements.
Bonus: What common principle connects quality management and space exploration?
Trivia Answer:
Correct chronological order: E → B → D → A → C
-
E (1959): MIL-Q-9858 was introduced.
-
B (1963): Project West Ford released 480 million copper dipoles into orbit; MIL-Q-9858 was revised.
-
D (1993): Mars Observer lost communication near Mars; MIL-Q-9858A received a validation notice.
-
A (1995): Astronomers identified a then-record distant galaxy; MIL-Q-9858A received its third amendment.
-
C (1996): MIL-Q-9858 was canceled; Mars Pathfinder launched carrying the Sojourner rover.
International quality standard family: ISO 9000.
Bonus: Both quality management and space exploration rely on careful planning, testing, risk prevention, and getting things right the first time.
Trivia Question: An early work of science fiction that explored the idea of a distant future utopia was published the same year that a quality pioneer was building the future himself. What was this industrial breakthrough, and who was it built by?
Trivia Answer: Cromford Mill, built by Richard Arkwright