Volume 5

Soyeon Yi the day of launch on April 8, 2008.

May 24, 2012 // by APPEL News Staff

May 30, 2012 — Vol. 5, Issue 5 For Dr. Soyeon Yi, the first South Korean astronaut to fly in space, her mission was a national accomplishment, not a personal one.

International Space Apps Challenge

May 24, 2012 // by APPEL News Staff

May 30, 2012 — Vol. 5, Issue 5 Lessons from a global innovation event may inspire new ways to solve project-based challenges concurrently.

NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity catches its own late-afternoon shadow in this dramatically lit view eastward across Endeavour Crater on Mars.

Academy Interview: Planetary Protection of Icy Bodies

May 24, 2012 // by APPEL News Staff

May 30, 2012 — Vol. 5, Issue 5 It takes more than a little hand sanitizer to protect the worlds we explore.

Over the course of a year, sea ice in northern Canada pulsates down into the Hudson Bay and retreats northward in the summer months. In the winter months where the sea ice extends down into the bay, polar bears wander onto the ice in search of food. As summer approaches and the sea ice melts, the bears wander back onto the mainland until the next winter.

Research Brief: Earth Observing System Assessment

May 24, 2012 // by APPEL News Staff

May 30, 2012 — Vol. 5, Issue 5 Inadequate funding and access to space threaten the nation’s Earth-observing capability, according to a new report by the National Research Council.

Comet Hale Bopp seen from Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-83. Credit: NASA

This Month in NASA History: Hale-Bopp, Interrupted

May 24, 2012 // by APPEL News Staff

May 30, 2012 — Vol. 5, Issue 5 Fifteen years ago this month, a solar event triggered a rare sight.

Tim Pickens speaks to an audience of young professionals at the 2012 Global Exploration Conference in Washington, D.C.

Young Professional Brief: Learning from a Rocket City Space Pioneer

May 24, 2012 // by APPEL News Staff

May 30, 2012 — Vol. 5, Issue 5 Smarts alone do not guarantee career success, according to inveterate inventor Tim Pickens.

Brindley McGowan, Technical Education and Training Manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Farewell, Brindley McGowan

April 26, 2012 // by APPEL News Staff

April 30, 2012 Vol. 5, Issue 4 After eleven years managing technical education and training at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Brindley McGowan bids NASA adieu.