Ask OCE — February 24, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 5 On February 20, 1962, Friendship 7 (MA-6) embarked on its historic voyage into space, making astronaut John Glenn the first American to orbit the earth.
Ask OCE — February 24, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 5 Steve Fossett, piloting the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer broke his own record for the longest flight in aviation history after making an emergency landing on February 11th at Bournemouth Airport, in England. Fossett traveled 26,389.3 miles in 76 hours 45 minutes.
Ask OCE — February 24, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 5 By Chris Scolese The primary goal of my tenure as Chief Engineer is to refine our way of doing business so that over the long term, technical excellence, safety, and mission success become part of the fabric of our institution. There are […]
Ask OCE — February 24, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 5 Three Langley Research Center engineers conducted a wind tunnel investigation that extended the existing knowledge base for supersonic transports.
ASK OCE — March 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 6 Pioneer 10 was launched on March 2nd 1972, undertaking a mission to explore Jupiter. Its mission ended 31 March 1997. Pioneer’s final, faint signal was received on 23 January 2003, more than 30 years after launch.
ASK OCE — March 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 6 APPEL held the twelfth Masters Forum in Herndon, VA, on March 8-10, with a full line-up of NASA and industry veterans on hand to share stories and wisdom with approximately 67 current program/project managers and engineers.
ASK OCE — March 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 6 The Manhattan Project. The Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. Apple Computer. The Lockheed Skunk Works. Walt Disney Studio animators.
ASK OCE — March 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 6 Engineering Management Journal, the flagship quarterly publication of the American Society for Engineering Management, devoted its entire December issue to the Center for Program/Project Management Research (CPMR), a partnership between NASA APPEL and the Universities Space Research Association (USRA).
ASK OCE — March 17, 2006 — Vol. 1, Issue 6 Nobody understood better than the legendary Dr. Wernher Von Braun that mistakes are an unavoidable fact of life in aerospace development. Von Braun made a point of encouraging his team members to be forthcoming about their mistakes. In an anecdote that he recalled […]
