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PhoneSat 1.0 during high-altitude balloon test.
Masters with Masters: Innovating at NASA

Two seasoned NASA practitioners discussed new ways of doing business at the agency with cutting-edge technology and innovative practices.

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2013 NASA APPEL Annual Report
APPEL Annual Report Released

The Academy’s annual report provides an in-depth look at its training and development accomplishments in Fiscal Year (FY) 2013.

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Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, engineers and technicians have begun the process to stow the power-generating solar arrays for the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, spacecraft. (September 30, 2013)
GAO Assessment of NASA’s Large-Scale Projects

NASA has made progress toward better management of cost and schedule across its portfolio, according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.

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One of the most perfect spheres ever created by humans. A fused quartz gyroscope for the Gravity Probe B experiment which differs from a perfect sphere by no more than a mere 40 atoms of thickness as it refracts the image of Einstein in the background.
This Month in NASA History: 10th Anniversary of the Gravity Probe B Launch

Forty years in the making and no stranger to the threat of cancellation, NASA’s mission to test predictions made by Albert Einstein serves as a testament to a team that was focused, yet flexible.

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Cover image of NASA's Software Catalog
NASA’s Software Catalog Is Now Available Online

NASA’s Chief Technology Office released over 1,000 pieces of code to the public in its new online software catalog.

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Suggest a Story to APPEL

Have an interesting project management or engineering story? Share it with APPEL.

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The hand-built Kennedy Space Center fixed-wing aircraft, Genesis, flying over the test range the day before the competition. NASA Marshall Space Flight Center / Adam Kimberlin
Rocket U UAS Competition Series: Going Forward

The Rocket U Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Competition may have come to a close, but not to an end. 

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Les Boatright (left) and Mike Knutson (right) prepare Kennedy Space Center’s Genesis aircraft for launch.
Rocket U UAS Competition Series: Team Kennedy

With an aircraft already in production and the groundwork underway for test flights, the Kennedy Space Center Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) team found themselves in a race against time to reach competition day.

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International Space Apps Challenge will take place on April 12 – 13, 2014.
International Space Apps Challenge: Interview with Beth Beck

NASA’s global mass collaboration event is back—and it’s aiming to leverage space data in new and interesting ways.

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