APPEL News Staff

After nearly two decades, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will conclude its mission with a series of dives into the narrow gap between Saturn and its rings. 

A recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) examined the progress of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP).

A new edition of the APPEL News Digest has been released. We invite you to read it today on our website.

For the third quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2017, APPEL is offering a range of courses designed to support the development goals of NASA practitioners at all career levels. 

As a prime example of how “clever engineering” can expand project potential, the Spitzer Space Telescope continues to deliver unprecedented data more than 13 years after launch. 

Time:  Wednesday, June 22, 2016 @ 1:30 – 3:00 pm (ET) Presenters: Dr. Nigel Packham – Manager, Flight Safety Office, NASA Johnson Space Center Peter Spidaliere – Mission Systems Engineer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Abstract: Program and project managers must make thousands of decisions in the course of delivering successful products and missions. But how […]

Time: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 @ 12:00 – 1:30 pm (ET) Presenters: Dr. Kate Earle – Chief Learning Officer, Quiet Leadership Institute Jason Lee – Assistant Director of the Applied Research and Methods Team, US Government Accountability Office (GAO) Vernell Jackson – Systems Resource Manager, NASA GSFC Applied Engineering and Technology Directorate Cynthia Simmons – Goddard […]

Time:  Tuesday, November 17, 2015 @ 2:00 – 3:30 pm (ET) Presenters: Doug Comstock – Director, Cost Analysis Division Kristin Van Wychen – Senior Analyst, Acquisition and Sourcing Management Team, U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Mary Beth Zimmerman – Branch Chief, OCFO Strategic Investments Division Abstract:  Successful projects require an integrated approach to managing cost, schedule, and […]

Time:  Tuesday, September 22, 2015 @ 2:00 – 3:30 pm (ET) Presenter: Bohdan Bejmuk, Aerospace Consultant Abstract:  Technical knowledge is essential to the work done by NASA practitioners. So it may be surprising to learn that the most ingenious and elegant solutions to project challenges often arise not from a specific technical discipline perspective, but from a systems-focused […]