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New Virtual PM Challenge: Independent Assessment at NASA

How does NASA ensure its projects remain on track and on time? Two words: independent assessment. Find out more at a new Virtual Project Management (PM) Challenge on May 17. 

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Participants gather for a brief break during APPEL’s March 2017 offering of International Project Management. Credit: NASA APPEL / Daniel Connell
At APPEL, International Project Management Supports Global Collaboration

A recent offering of APPEL’s International Project Management course united presenters from seven international space agencies with practitioners from ten NASA centers. 

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Crew member Lee M. E. Morin participated in his first extravehicular activity (EVA) during STS-110. Here, he is anchored to the station’s robotic arm, Canadarm2, which was used for the first time to move astronauts during EVAs. Photo Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: STS-110 Gave the ISS a Spine

Fifteen years ago, the space shuttle Atlantis blasted off from Kennedy Space Center to deliver and install the S-Zero (S0) truss: the backbone of the International Space Station (ISS).

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Cassini Headed Where No Spacecraft Has Gone Before

After nearly two decades, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will conclude its mission with a series of dives into the narrow gap between Saturn and its rings. 

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In February 2016, engineers from Langley Research Center (LaRC) and Boeing tested the performance of the CST-100 Starliner, which is being developed for the Commercial Crew Program, in water. Although the capsule is designed to land on the ground, the test article was dropped into LaRC’s Hydro Impact Basin to assess its performance in the event of an emergency water-based landing
Government Brief: GAO Assesses Commercial Crew Program

A recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) examined the progress of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP).

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APPEL News Digest - March 2017 Announcement
March 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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For the third quarter of FY 2017, APPEL is offering a range of courses designed to support the development goals of agency practitioners. The visual above indicates the number of APPEL courses offered at each NASA center.
Third-Quarter Courses Propel Professional Development

For the third quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2017, APPEL is offering a range of courses designed to support the development goals of NASA practitioners at all career levels. 

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Smart Engineering Helps Spitzer Go Beyond Expectations

As a prime example of how “clever engineering” can expand project potential, the Spitzer Space Telescope continues to deliver unprecedented data more than 13 years after launch. 

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Dr. Nigel Packham - Manager, Flight Safety Office, NASA Johnson Space Center
2016 Session 3: Considering It All For Project Success: Dissenting Opinions at NASA

Time:  Wednesday, June 22, 2016 @ 1:30 – 3:00 pm (ET) Presenters: Dr. Nigel Packham – Manager, Flight Safety Office, NASA Johnson Space Center Peter Spidaliere – Mission Systems Engineer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Abstract: Program and project managers must make thousands of decisions in the course of delivering successful products and missions. But how […]

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