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Working Lunch: Soviet Robotic Lunar and Planetary Exploration

April 30, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 4   The early Soviet probes to the moon, Mars, and Venus were a product of dogged persistence, according to Dr. Wesley Huntress.

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View from the Outside: Countering Optimism Bias in Government Projects

April 30, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 4   Social psychology research has helped shape the United Kingdom’s plan to improve estimates of government project parameters.

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This picture of the galaxy UGC 10214 was was taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), which was installed aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in March 2002 during HST Servicing Mission 3B (STS-109 mission). Dubbed the "Tadpole," this spiral galaxy is unlike the textbook images of stately galaxies. Its distorted shape was caused by a small interloper, a very blue, compact galaxy visible in the upper left corner of the more massive Tadpole. The Tadpole resides about 420 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. Seen shining through the Tadpole's disk, the tiny intruder is likely a hit-and-run galaxy that is now leaving the scene of the accident. Credit: NASA / Marshall Space Flight Center
This Month in NASA History: Hubble Spots a Hit-and-Run

April 30, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 4   Ten years ago this month, the Hubble Space Telescope saw its first “Tadpole” in space.

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Robonaut and a spacesuit-gloved hand are extended toward each other to demonstrate the collaboration between robots and humans in space.
Message from the Director: NASA’s Knowledge Imperative

March 28, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 3   Like all large, knowledge-intensive organizations, NASA faces continuous challenges identifying, capturing, and sharing what it knows.

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NASA APPEL Project Management #7 class at the Rocket Garden at Kennedy Space Center.
International Brief: International Project Management

March 28, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 3   The Academy continues to expand opportunities to learn with NASA’s international partners.

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Fan Blade Artifacts from 16-foot Transonic Tunnel installed in the third floor conference room of Langley’s Headquarters (“New Town”) building.
Academy Brief: Introduction to Sustainable Facilities Course

March 28, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 3   A new course teaches the NASA workforce about designing sustainable facilities.

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Dr. Kris Lehnhardt speaks at the International Space University Space Café on March 13, 2012. The event took place at Science Club in Washington, DC.
ISU Space Café: Are We Really Ready for Mars?

March 28, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 3   A biomedical knowledge gap stands in the way of successfully sending humans to Mars.

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Fully functional, 1/6th scale model of the JWST mirror in optics testbed.
Government Brief: GAO Reviews Large-Scale Projects at NASA

March 28, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 3   GAO released its latest snapshot of how well NASA is planning and executing its major acquisition projects.

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Cygnus X hosts many young stellar groupings. The combined outflows and ultraviolet radiation from the region’s numerous massive stars have heated and pushed gas away from the clusters, producing cavities of hot, lower-density gas.
Knowledge Bookshelf: Too Big to Know

March 28, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 3   Information overload isn’t what it used to be, according to David Weinberg, author of Too Big to Know.

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