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Composite image created by the Hubble Space Telescope showing comet Siding Spring as it passed near Mars. Photo Credit: : NASA, ESA, PSI, JHU/APL, STScI/AURA
A Rare Event Offers Insight into Solar System Origins

Mars recently played host to an Oort Cloud comet flyby, providing an unprecedented opportunity to expand understanding of our solar system.

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Virtual Project Management Challenge
APPEL To Be Featured on Upcoming NASA Virtual PM Challenge

NASA’s project managers and systems engineers are integral to the agency’s efforts and achievements. But who helps them achieve their professional development goals? 

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Some of the stars in the image are 800 billion years old and 13,000 light years away from Earth. Photo Credit: NASA / Ames / JPL-Caltech
Academy Bookshelf—Making a World of Difference: Engineering Ideas into Reality

A new book from the National Academy of Engineering celebrates 50 years of innovation by engineers from a range of disciplines, including aerospace and systems engineering.

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Artist’s concept of the Orion service module and crew module in flight. Image Credit: NASA
Expanding Human Space Exploration through Global Cooperation

As Orion readies for Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) in December, it looks forward to a future fueled by international collaboration.

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Astronauts conduct scientific research during Spacelab’s first mission. From left to right: Mission Specialist Robert Parker, Payload Specialist Byron Lichtenberg, Mission Specialist Owen Garriott, and Payload Specialist Ulf Merbold. Photo Credit: NASA
This Month in NASA History: An International Initiative Expanded the Frontiers of Science

Thirty-one years ago this month, the space shuttle Columbia hosted the first reusable, crewed on-orbit research laboratory: Spacelab.

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Engineers finalize the installation of the world’s largest heat shield on Orion. Photo Credit: NASA/Daniel Casper
An Uncrewed Mission Designed to Advance Human Space Exploration

The upcoming Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) will leave Earth without a crew, but everything about the spacecraft is engineered to facilitate human spaceflight.

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Masters with Masters: Oberhettinger and Bell
Masters with Masters: The Ongoing Evolution of Lessons Learned at NASA

How can NASA capture, share, and leverage its wealth of lessons learned to enhance the effectiveness of future work? Two Chief Knowledge Officers explored the issue.

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Artist’s concept of the Space Launch System rocketing into space. Image Credit: NASA / MSFC
Young Professionals Explore the Challenges Ahead in Getting Humans to Mars

On October 3, 2014, young professionals in the international space community sparked a conversation about the future of human space endeavors.

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Computer-generated image of Mars using 3D information from the Mars Orbital Laser Altimeter, which was on NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor orbiter. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Need for Sustained Commitment Underscores Pathways to Human Space Exploration

Human space exploration speaks to a basic desire to explore and understand. Just as basic, says the National Research Council (NRC), is the need for ongoing support.

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