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Tim Pickens speaks to an audience of young professionals at the 2012 Global Exploration Conference in Washington, D.C.
Young Professional Brief: Learning from a Rocket City Space Pioneer
May 24, 2012 // by

May 30, 2012 — Vol. 5, Issue 5   Smarts alone do not guarantee career success, according to inveterate inventor Tim Pickens.

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NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity catches its own late-afternoon shadow in this dramatically lit view eastward across Endeavour Crater on Mars.
Academy Interview: Planetary Protection of Icy Bodies
May 24, 2012 // by

May 30, 2012 — Vol. 5, Issue 5   It takes more than a little hand sanitizer to protect the worlds we explore.

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Over the course of a year, sea ice in northern Canada pulsates down into the Hudson Bay and retreats northward in the summer months. In the winter months where the sea ice extends down into the bay, polar bears wander onto the ice in search of food. As summer approaches and the sea ice melts, the bears wander back onto the mainland until the next winter.
Research Brief: Earth Observing System Assessment
May 24, 2012 // by

May 30, 2012 — Vol. 5, Issue 5   Inadequate funding and access to space threaten the nation’s Earth-observing capability, according to a new report by the National Research Council.

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Comet Hale Bopp seen from Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-83. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: Hale-Bopp, Interrupted
May 24, 2012 // by

May 30, 2012 — Vol. 5, Issue 5 Fifteen years ago this month, a solar event triggered a rare sight.

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Moscow appears at the center of this nighttime image photographed by the Expedition 30 crew aboard the International Space Station, flying at an altitude of approximately 240 miles on March 28, 2012. A solar array panel for the space station is on the left side of the frame. The view is to the north-northwest from a nadir of approximately 49.4 degrees north latitude and 42.1 degrees east longitude, about 100 miles west-northwest of Volgograd. The Aurora Borealis, airglow and daybreak frame the horizon.
Message from the Director: Hidden Risks
April 26, 2012 // by

April 30, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 4   The risks associated with space exploration are not purely technical.

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Academy Brief: Risk Management II
April 26, 2012 // by

April 30, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 4   A new course demonstrates a different mindset about managing risk at NASA.

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Panelists speak on the topic of line and project management at the 2012 Goddard Spring Masters Forum. (From right to left) Mansoor Ahmed, associate director for Astrophysics Projects Division, Donya Douglas-Bradshaw, head of the Systems Engineering Services and Advanced Concepts Branch, James O’Donnell, head of the Attitude Control Systems Engineering Branch, and Cathy Peddie, deputy project manager for the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST).
Goddard Spring Masters Forum
April 26, 2012 // by

April 30, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 4   Goddard practitioners and leaders reflected on successes, failures, and the challenges of working on complex projects.

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Bryan Fafaul, Glory Project Manager from Goddard Space Flight Center, talks about the launch of the GLORY mission during a news conference at NASA Headquarters, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011, in Washington.
Balancing Risks for Glory
April 26, 2012 // by

April 30, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 4   The Glory mishap provides a lesson about balancing risks to make the best decision possible.

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Brindley McGowan, Technical Education and Training Manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Farewell, Brindley McGowan
April 26, 2012 // by

April 30, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 4   After eleven years managing technical education and training at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Brindley McGowan bids NASA adieu.

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