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Program Management (PgM) Series Overview graphic. Credit: NASA

APPEL KS Presents Unique Learning Opportunity

May 24, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

PgM Series features facilitated seminars on program management.

Surveyor 1 was a three-legged spacecraft, 10 feet tall, with large pads at the end of each leg. At about 650 pounds, it was a true test of the lunar surface and the first controlled-descent, soft landing on the Moon. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: Surveyor 1 Launches

May 12, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Robotic lander series demonstrated lunar surface would support Apollo’s Lunar Module.

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher as it rolls out of High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building for the first time to Launch Complex 39B, Thursday, March 17, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

Podcast Focuses on Engineering Best Practices

April 29, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Small Steps, Giant Leaps series features engineering leaders.

NASA researched vertical farming in the Biomass Production Chamber, a repurposed Project Mercury-era hypobaric test chamber at Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA/KSC

Radiant Barriers, Vertical Gardens, Robotic Gloves and More

April 25, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Publication highlights NASA technology improving life on Earth.

The satellite rescue attempt during STS-51-D included an unscheduled rendezvous maneuver, an unscheduled spacewalk, and a highly unusual request: Build a fly swatter. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: Build a Fly Swatter

April 14, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Well-trained shuttle crew works to activate malfunctioning satellite.

Leadership includes beginning with an organization’s origin story—its “why”—then connecting that “why” with the individual “why” of each of your team members. Here, President John F. Kennedy sets part of NASA’s origin story on September 12, 1962, saying, “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard…” Credit: NASA

The Why of Leadership

March 28, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

How leaders can foster cognitive diversity and align personal and organizational goals.

Innovation is a key element of many NASA aeronautics projects. Here, a modified F/A-18 aircraft serves as a testbed for validating a number of NASA technical innovations in aircraft control and data systems. Credit: NASA

The Value of Being Uncomfortable

March 18, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

Event keynote examines a key metric for teams seeking to innovate at the leading edge.

The Space Shuttle Atlantis carried the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-1) module in its cargo bay in March 1992 during the STS-45 mission. The ATLAS-1 instruments are back dropped against the Atlas Mountains and dunes in the Iguidi Dune Sea near Mali in the western Sahara. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: STS-45 Studies Earth

March 11, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

First flight of ATLAS examined Earth’s complex mesosphere and solar science.

NASA operates two Airborne Science ER-2 aircraft for a wide variety of environmental science, atmospheric sampling, and satellite data verification missions. Credit: NASA/Carla Thomas

NASA Project Flies into the Storm

February 25, 2022 // by Kevin Wilcox

IMPACTS finds surprises inside powerful snowstorms.

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