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Artist's Conception- Close Up The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) spacecraft is the predecessor to the WMAP Project. COBE was launched by NASA into an Earth Orbit in 1989 to make a full sky map of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation leftover from the Big Bang. The first results were released in 1992. COBE's limited resolution (7 degree wide beam) provided the first tantilising details in a full sky image of the CMB. Photo Credit: NASA/COBE Science Team

My Best Mistake: John Mather’s “Recognizing My Limits”

March 2, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

I’ve made plenty of mistakes, and some were instructive.

Lunar water could be used for drinking or its components – hydrogen and oxygen – could be used to manufacture important products on the surface that future visitors to the moon will need, like rocket fuel and breathable air. Photo Credit: NASA

February 26, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

Twenty years ago, Doring Kindersley Publishing–the UK book company famous for the large “DK” logo on its lower spine and its floating art design–announced a new series of reference guides called DK Pockets.

WPA work safety poster from the Library of Congress.. Image Credit: Library of Congress

My Best Mistake: Mike Lipka’s “Knowledge Now or Later”

February 23, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

Before I came to work for NASA, I worked as a contractor for the Air Force. My job was to develop and deploy a knowledge management system called “Knowledge Now.”

Masters with Masters with Bart Singer and Jennifer Stevens. Image Credit: NASA

Learning Lessons at NASA: A Masters with Masters Interview with Bart Singer and Jennifer Stevens

February 11, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

How can lessons learned from NASA projects and programs guide our projects and programs to better ensure mission success?

The CK Gateway is a portal connecting the NASA community to a vast array of NASA video-based lessons learned resources and serving as an index to broadly applicable lessons learned that enable mission success.

Introducing the Gateway to Critical Knowledge

February 5, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

NASA Chief Knowledge Officer Ed Hoffman announces the implementation of the Critical Knowledge (CK) Gateway.

Artist's conception of Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS). Image Credit: NASA

My Best Mistake: Daniel Andrews’s “Too Good To Be True”

February 4, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

As project manager of the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Mission to the moon, I (re)learned the hard way that nothing comes for free.

Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon during the historic Apollo 11 space mission in July 1969, served for seven years as a research pilot at the NACA-NASA High-Speed Flight Station, now the Armstrong Flight Research Center, at Edwards, California, before he entered the space program. Armstrong is pictured here on an early simulator, dated October 8, 1956. Photo Credit: NASA

Game On For Knowledge

January 28, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

In the movie Edge of Tomorrow, Tom Cruise’s character is stuck in a time loop, which—after his violent death by earth-ravaging aliens—returns him to yesterday only to fight another day until he dies again.

Mike Ciannilli, NASA Test Director, and Jon Cowart, NASA Commercial Crew, during the 23rd Masters with Masters in the video interview series. Photo Credit: NASA

To Long for the Endless Immensity of the Sea

January 16, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

NASA CKO Ed Hoffman sat down with two master practitioners, with over a half century of experience between them, in this edition of Masters with Masters.

Sharing at Knowledge 2020 Conference, Practitioners Learn from the Past and the Present to Focus on the Future

January 8, 2015 // by CKO News Staff

Knowledge 2020 gathered together some of the best practitioners of knowledge sharing from within NASA, other organizations, and private industry leaders.

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