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Members of GSFC's Science & Engineering Collaboration Program (SECP)--electronics engineer Jack Sadleir (left) and aerospace engineer Sabrina Thompson (right)--along with SECP program manager Rebecca Derro (not pictured) discussed the benefits of APPEL's course Presentation Skills for Technical Professionals.
At GSFC, Presentation Skills Support Science and Engineering Collaborations

Can good presentation skills help advance science and technology? Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) Science & Engineering Collaboration Program (SECP) decided to find out. 

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Clockwise from top left: Stu McClung, Acting Orion Program Executive at NASA HQ, Cathy Richardson, Deputy Program Manager, Earth Science Projects Division at GSFC, Ralph Basilio, OCO-3 Project Manager at JPL, Brian Muirhead, Mars Sample Return Lander Study Lead at JPL, and Cynthia Simmons, Chief, Instrument Systems and Technology Division at GSFC, discussed the habits that help them manage projects effectively at NASA.
At NASA, Effective PMs Guide Teams Toward Success

What qualities make NASA project managers effective? In a recent Virtual PM Challenge, agency project managers discussed the characteristics they find critical to mission success. 

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On October 26, 1977, as the space shuttle prototype Enterprise landed during the final ALT free-flight test, it bounced on the runway due to unexpected pilot-induced oscillation that resulted from a problem with the shuttle’s flight control computer. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: As Enterprise Landed, the Shuttle Program Took Off

Forty years ago, the space shuttle prototype Enterprise set out to prove that the orbiter could return from space and glide to a precise, unpowered landing.

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APPEL News Digest - September 2017
September 2017 APPEL News Digest Now Available

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

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First-Quarter FY18 Courses Enhance Professional Development

APPEL kicks off the first quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2018 with a wide range of courses designed to support the development goals of NASA practitioners at all career levels.

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This montage of infrared images shows approximately where Cassini entered Saturn’s atmosphere to end its mission on September 15, 2017. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
Cassini’s Journey Ends but its Legacy Lives On

On September 15, Cassini’s 13-year odyssey through the Saturn system—which transformed views on the possibility of life beyond Earth—came to a grand finale. 

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On July 10, NASA’s SOFIA team carefully positioned the aircraft so that it was in the shadow of a star precisely when 2014 MU69 transited in order to learn more about the environment around the Kuiper Belt Object. NASA’s New Horizons mission plans to fly past MU69 on January 1, 2019. Credit: NASA
New Horizons Sets Trajectory for Unprecedented Flyby

Thanks to a novel occultation campaign, the New Horizons mission has set its trajectory for the first-ever flyby of a remote Kuiper Belt Object (KBO). 

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Engineers at the JHUAPL prepare the primary structure and propulsion system of the Parker Solar Probe for testing in 2016. In late 2017, the spacecraft will be moved to GSFC, where it will undergo final testing before launch in mid-2018. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL
Solar Probe Prepares to Explore the Sun’s Corona

Roughly one year from now, the Parker Solar Probe will become the first spacecraft to travel directly into the sun’s corona and fly within four million miles of our star. 

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STS-79 came to a close as Atlantis landed at KSC on September 26, 1996. Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: Shannon Lucid Set Spaceflight Records

The story of the Space Shuttle Program is one of overcoming obstacles through hard work and innovation. During STS-79, astronaut Shannon Lucid’s efforts set new records for the program.

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