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Academy Brief: Masters with Masters

August 30, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 8   With over 100 years of combined aerospace experience, Jack Boyd and Hans Mark have seen it all—and today looks different than the past.

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(Left to right) Bryan O’Connor, Amy Edmondson, Mike Ryschkewitsch, and Robin Dillon share insight into organizational silence on a panel at Goddard Space Flight Center on July 31, 2012.
The Sound of Organizational Silence

August 30, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 8   “How do we create a culture where the most important thing is to share the expertise and the wisdom that we have?” Ed Hoffman asked the audience at the Goddard Organizational Silence Forum in July.

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C.J. Kanelakos, mechanical engineer at Johnson Space Center, with the R2 torso and legs on the table in the background.
Young Professional Brief: R2 and C.J. Kanelakos

October 31, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 10   Straight out of graduate school, Carolynn “C.J.” Kanelakos had the opportunity to build Robonaut 2’s lower half. On February 24, 2011, Robonaut 2 (R2), the NASA-General Motors humanoid robot torso, launched to the International Space Station (ISS).  With its state-of-the-art dexterity, unmatched weight-lifting capability, and slick helmet, R2 […]

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Kevin Stube,‬ ‪contractor at Ames Research Center who serves as the program manager for the Exploration Technology Directorate‬, at Ames Research Center in California. ‬‬
Academy Interview: Kevin Stube

August 30, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 8   Interacting with international partners is critical to the success of the next-generation workforce, according to Kevin Stube.

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The ChemCam instrument for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission uses a pulsed laser beam to vaporize a pinhead-size target, producing a flash of light from the ionized material -- plasma -- that can be analyzed to identify chemical elements in the target.
Research Brief: Aviation Week Young Professional Workforce Study Released

August 30, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 8   Key job considerations for industry young professionals have experienced a notable shift in Aviation Week‘s third annual survey.

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Lunar Orbiter spacecraft schematic as seen in Destination Moon: A History of the Lunar Orbiter Program.
This Month in NASA History: Lunar Orbiter Project

August 30, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 8   The 3,000-plus images captured by the Lunar Orbiter Program from August 1966-August 1967 were critical in paving the way for the first manned flight to the Moon.

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This full-resolution self-portrait shows the deck of NASA's Curiosity rover from the rover's Navigation camera. The back of the rover can be seen at the top left of the image, and two of the rover's right side wheels can be seen on the left. The undulating rim of Gale Crater forms the lighter color strip in the background. Bits of gravel, about 0.4 inches (1 centimeter) in size, are visible on the deck of the rover.
Message from the Director: A Strategy for Knowledge

August 30, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 8   Knowledge is all around us at NASA. So why do we need a knowledge strategy?

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Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is in the background of the image, and the moon's north polar hood is clearly visible. See PIA08137 to learn more about that feature on Titan (3,200 miles, or 5,150 kilometers across). Next, the wispy terrain on the trailing hemisphere of Dione (698 miles, or 1,123 kilometers across) can be seen on that moon which appears just above the rings at the center of the image. See PIA10560 and PIA06163 to learn more about Dione's wisps. Saturn's small moon Pandora (50 miles, or 81 kilometers across) orbits beyond the rings on the right of the image. Finally, Pan (17 miles, or 28 kilometers across) can be seen in the Encke Gap of the A ring on the left of the image. The image was taken in visible blue light with the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera on Sept. 17, 2011.
Message from the Director: ‘Casino Mission’ Royale

July 31, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 7   The year was 1993—and something wasn’t right.

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Julio Aprea, Project Controller at the European Space Agency (ESA), standing on the balcony of the Operations Support Building II (OSB II) at Kennedy Space Center for APPEL’s eighth International Project Management course. Photo Credit: Image courtesy of Julio Aprea.
Academy Brief: Perspective on International Project Management

July 31, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 7   ESA young professional Julio Aprea learns that when it comes to managing international projects, theres rarely one right answer.

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